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Diagnosis of Post-traumatic stress disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder Diagnosis: Book Excerpts

Tests and diagnosis discussion for Post-traumatic stress disorder:

condition is diagnosed when the following symptoms have been present for longer than one month:

Re-experiencing the event through play or in trauma-specific nightmares or flashbacks, or distress over events that resemble or symbolize the trauma.
Routine avoidance of reminders of the event or a general lack of responsiveness (e.g., diminished interests or a sense of having a foreshortened future).
Increased sleep disturbances, irritability, poor concentration, startle reaction and regressive behavior.

(Source: excerpt from Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters: NIMH)

Diagnostic Tests for Post-traumatic stress disorder: Online Medical Books

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Posttraumatic stress disorder: Diagnosis
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

For characteristic findings in patients with this condition, see Diagnosing posttraumatic stress disorder, page 470.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Posttraumatic stress disorder: Diagnosis
(Handbook of Diseases)

For characteristic findings in patients with this condition, see Diagnosing posttraumatic stress disorder.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Amputation, traumatic: Diagnosis
(Handbook of Diseases)

Any patient with a traumatic amputation requires careful monitoring of vital signs as well as assessment for other traumatic injuries. If amputation involves more than just a finger or a toe, assessment of airway, breathing, and circulation is also required. Because profuse bleeding is likely, watch for signs of hypovolemic shock, and draw blood for hemoglobin level, hematocrit, and typing and crossmatching. If the patient has a partial amputation, check for pulses distal to the amputation.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003