Symptom Sorter

Symptom Sorter is the essential handbook for navigating symptoms in primary care. Unlike texts focusing on diagnoses, it reflects real patient presentations—often vague, multiple or obscure—with practical red flags, top tips and ready reckoners. Invaluable for GPs, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and emergency nurses.

Across its seven editions, Symptom Sorter has become the essential handbook for navigating symptoms in primary care. Unlike most clinical texts that focus on diagnoses, this trusted guide reflects the reality of patient presentations by focusing on symptoms—often vague, multiple or obscure—and providing practical tools to make sense of them. Presenting a multitude of symptoms commonly encountered in primary care, each is meticulously analysed using the popular red flags, top tips and ready reckoner features that have characterised previous editions. This new edition builds on the success of its predecessors with significant updates and new content to meet the evolving needs of today’s healthcare professionals. Key Features:Fully updated to reflect the latest clinical guidelines and advances in primary care, with significant revisions throughoutSix brand new chapters covering previously unaddressed symptoms, and four new chapters expanding and refining the approach to already familiar symptomsConsistent and logical presentation for rapid access during consultationsDesigned to mirror the real-world experience of primary care, helping clinicians distil complex presentations into clear diagnosesThis revised and updated seventh edition remains an invaluable reference for general practitioners, especially GP trainers and registrars. It is also highly recommended for advanced nurse practitioners and pharmacists who are increasingly taking on first-contact roles in primary care and for emergency department nurses seeking a concise, easy-to-use diagnostic guide.