Symptom-based pages: start here for most real-world encounters.
Scope: Adult and geriatric patients (no pediatrics or pregnancy/OB).
Total: 91 complaint pages across 12 body systems.
Pick a body system, then the specific complaint. All pages use the same clinic-speed pattern: quick nav → red flags → focused history/exam → differential table (with patient-described keywords) → management-by-diagnosis cards → follow-up + patient instructions.
Body Systems#
| System | Topics | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Musculoskeletal | 15 | Regional pain (upper/lower extremity, spine), joint swelling, falls |
| Neuro | 8 | Headache, dizziness, numbness, weakness, tremor, spells, memory, gait |
| Cardio | 6 | Chest pain, palpitations, syncope, edema, HTN urgency, DOE |
| Pulmonary | 6 | Acute/chronic cough, acute/chronic dyspnea, wheeze, hemoptysis |
| GI | 9 | Acute/chronic abd pain, N/V, diarrhea, constipation, GI bleed, dyspepsia, dysphagia |
| ENT | 6 | Sore throat, sinus, ear pain, hearing loss, epistaxis, hoarseness |
| Derm | 9 | Acute/chronic rash, cellulitis vs dermatitis, urticaria, pruritus, lesions, wounds, nails, hair |
| GU | 8 | Dysuria, hematuria, flank pain, frequency/urgency, scrotal pain, vaginal discharge, ED, pelvic pain |
| Psych & Sleep | 6 | Depression, anxiety, insomnia, substance use, adult ADHD, somatic symptoms |
| Endocrine & Metabolic | 6 | Hyper/hypothyroid, hyper/hypoglycemia, weight gain, weight loss |
| Constitutional | 5 | Fatigue, acute/prolonged fever, lymphadenopathy, night sweats |
| Geriatrics | 7 | Falls, delirium, cognitive decline, orthostasis, polypharmacy, incontinence, failure to thrive |
Page Structure#
Every complaint page follows the Complaint Creation Standard:
- One-liner — What this complaint is about
- Quick nav — Jump links to each section
- Red flags / send to ED — When to escalate immediately
- Key history — Questions that change management
- Focused exam — Maneuvers that discriminate diagnoses
- Differential — Pattern recognition tables with patient language
- Workup — What to order (and what NOT to order)
- Initial management — First steps before diagnosis confirmed
- Management by diagnosis — Diagnosis cards with education, treatment, follow-up
- Follow-up — Specific intervals and return precautions
- Patient instructions — Plain-language handout content
- Smartphrase snippets — EMR-ready documentation templates
Related Resources#
- Differentials — Diagnosis-first lookup
- Medication Management — Controlled substances, high-risk monitoring, tapering
- Preventive Care — Screening and immunizations
- Procedures — Office procedures
- Forms — DME, FMLA, prior auth, work notes