Baid Heather
Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority, Horley, Surrey.
Br J Nurs. 2006;15(18):1007-11. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2006.15.18.22027.
Differential diagnosis has become a key element of advanced nursing roles that are incorporating history taking and physical assessment into their remit of professional responsibilities. The aim of this article is to review the relevant definitions of different types of diagnoses, to describe the process of formulating a differential diagnosis including using clinical reasoning skills, and to use a case study as an example of differential diagnosis in advanced clinical practice.
鉴别诊断已成为高级护理角色的关键要素，这些角色将病史采集和体格检查纳入其职业责任范围。本文旨在回顾不同类型诊断的相关定义，描述制定鉴别诊断的过程，包括运用临床推理技巧，并以一个案例作为高级临床实践中鉴别诊断的示例。
