Diagnosis

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

The diagnosis of gout is based upon the identification of intracellular monosodium urate (MSU) crystals in the synovial fluid aspirate of an affected joint, under polarizing light microscopy. But when this is not possible, a clinical diagnosis can be deduced with the help of classical clinical features, including the history and physical examination, laboratory findings, and various imaging studies.

See also

• Diagnosis codes
• Differential diagnosis
• Diagnosis of exclusion
• Diagnosis (artificial intelligence)
• Diagnosis-related group
• Disease
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
• Doctor-patient relationship
• Etiology
• International Statistical Classification of
  Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD)
• Medical classification
• Medical history
• Medical imaging
• Medical record
• Medical test
  • Biopsy
  • Blood pressure
  • Blood tests
  • Diagnostic testing
  • Electrocardiogram
  • Fecal tests
    • Fecal occult blood test
    • Fecal fat test
  • Genetic testing
  • Hydrogen breath test
  • Pulse
  • Saliva tests
  • Stethoscope
  • Urine tests and urinalysis

• Medicine
• Mental illness
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
• Misdiagnosis and medical error
• Nocebo
• Nosology
• Nursing diagnosis
• Pathogenesis
• Pathology
• Patient
• Physical examination
• Physician
• Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
• Prenatal diagnosis
• Prognosis
• Pulse diagnosis
• Reasoning applicable to diagnosis:
  • Abductive reasoning
  • Common sense
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Defeasible reasoning
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Inference
  • Inquiry
  • Retroduction
• Self diagnosis
• Therapy
• Trashcan diagnosis

Lists

• List of diseases
• List of disorders

• List of medical symptoms
• Category:Diseases

External links

• GPnotebook web site GPnotebook is a British medical database for GPs that provides an immediate reference resource for clinicians worldwide. The database consists of over 30,000 pages of information.
• Free 24/7 DRG & ICD-9-CM lookup powered by Flash Code at icd9coding.com
• Differential Diagnosis
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy