Ferri's Clinical Advisor

Dr. Ferri is a Clinical Professor of Community Health at the Alpert Medical School, Brown University and author of over 30 medical books. He has been the best selling medical author in the United States over the past 25 years and is also well known and respected internationally. He has been a visiting Professor at other medical schools and many of his books have been translated in several languages. In addition to his numerous publications, he has had a distinguished academic career at Brown University where he has received several awards for his dedication to teaching including the Brown University Excellence in Teaching award and Dean's teaching Award, and with the American College of Physicians where he was inducted as a Fellow in the ACP and has been a recipient of the Irving Addison Beck Award from the Rhode Island Chapter of the American College of Physicians.

Section I. Diseases and Disorders: Ascites * Bartter's Syndrome * Burning Mouth Syndrome * Chronic Pain Management * Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) Delirium * Dyspepsia, non-ulcerative * Emergency Contraception * Falls in the Elderly * Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) * Helicobacter pylori infection * Hirsutism * Jaundice in the Adult Patient * Mastitis * Orthostatic Hypertension (OH) * Peritonsillar Abscess * Sexual Dysfunction in Women * Tinea Capitis * Tubular Necrosis, Acute * Venous Ulcers * Vertebral Compression Fractures * Vestibular Neuronitis Section II. Differential Diagnosis: Androgen excess, reproductive age woman * Anhydrosis * Arthritis and abdominal pain * Arthritis and diarrhea * Back pain, viscerogenic origin * Ballism * Blindness, monocular transient * Calcifications, cutaneous * Calcium stones * Cardiac death, sudden * Cardioembolism * Cerebral infarction secondary to inherited disorders * Chorea * Daytime sleepiness * Diplopia, monocular * Diplopia, vertical * Dizziness * Elbow pain * Encephalomyelitis, nonviral causes * Erosions, genitalia * Erythroderma * Esophagitis * Esotropia * Finger lesions, inflammatory * Footdrop * Granulomatous dermatitides * Hepatitis, acute * Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy * Hypoglycemia * Hyponatremia * Intracerebral hemorrhage, nonhypertensive causes * Joint pain, polyarticular * Leg movement when standing, involuntary * Leptomeningeal lesions * Lymphangitis * Lymphocytosis, atypical * Mediastinitis, acute * Melanonychia * Memory loss symptoms, elderly patients * Meningitis, recurrent * Monoarthritis, acute * Myelin disorders * Myoclonus * Neuropathies with facial nerve involvement * Nipple lesions * Nodules, painful * Nystagmus, monocular * Opsoclonus * Osteoporosis, secondary causes * Paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes * Parkinsonism-plus syndromes * Postural hypotension, non-neurologic causes * Premature graying, scalp hair * Pseudohermaphroditism, female * Pseudohermaphroditism, male * Puberty, precocious * Red hot joint * Renal cystic disorders * Smell disturbance * Spinal cord compression, epidural * Spinal cord ischemic syndromes * Tics * Uric acid stones * Verrucous lesions * Vision loss, children * Weakness, nonneuromuscular causes Section III. Clinical Algorithms: Ataxia, progressive * Cutaneous occlusion syndromes * Diabetic autonomic neuropathy * Eosinophilic dermatoses * Erythroderma * Genitalia, ambiguous * HIV-infected patient with CNS mass lesion * Hyperpigmentation * Hyperuricemia * Inflammatory arthritis * Malar eruption * Nail dystrophy * Photosensitivity * Pruritus, vulva * Septic arthritis * Sexual precocity, female * Sexual precocity, male * Shoulder pain * Skin blisters * Weakness, neuromuscular