The GIDEON Tutorial

INFECTIOUS DISEASES DIAGNOSIS 3 – INFO

At this point you have several options:

• Click on the disease names listed in blue. The resulting screens allow you to explore the clinical features and epidemiology of diseases listed in the differential diagnosis. For example, the General note tells us the following about plague:

• Specific worldwide distribution information can be found by clicking the Distribution tab.  Additionally, the presence of a blue ‘globe’ icon next to a disease name indicates that specific country information is available.  Upon clicking the globe icon, a note for plague in Mongolia appears as follows:

• The ‘Rare’ window accesses clinical findings which are rare, albeit compatible, for each of the diseases listed. This will help you understand why certain common diseases were assigned a low probability and ranking by GIDEON.

• You can also see images and clinical information by choosing the associated tab:

If you wish, you can also use the Diagnosis module to simulate diseases. For example, how many different diseases are associated with diarrhea, worldwide? … or in your country?

Next: Epidemiology

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