Subject Guides: Point of Care: Differential Diagnosis

Tools for Generating Differential Diagnoses

5-Minute Consult This link opens in a new window
Quick, evidence-based answers to clinical questions at the point of care; includes the full content of 5-Minute Clinical Consult, 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, and selected content from other specialty consults. Mobile friendly.
Diagnosaurus This link opens in a new window
Look up a symptom or disease. A static differential organized by organ system is given in no order of likelihood. Mobile friendly. App available.
Essential Evidence Plus This link opens in a new window
Contains a Derm Expert tool designed to help clinicians diagnose dermatological conditions, containing hundreds of images, browsable by morphology and disease. Mobile friendly.

PEPID This link opens in a new window
The DDX tool in PEPID online and app allows you to enter multiple symptoms, labs and physical findings, then filter by age, gender, etiology, onset and severity. The differential is provided in decreasing order of likelihood. Conditions are internally linked to the disease monographs. App available.
VisualDx This link opens in a new window
Clinical decision support tool that builds differentials to evaluate the possibilities, compare variations, and improve diagnostic accuracy at the point of care across several professional specialties. Includes dermatology of skin types and skin of color. Mobile friendly. App available.