Evidence-based physical diagnosis
"Fully updated from cover to cover, incorporating over 200 new studies on the evidence-based approach to diagnosis, the 4th edition of Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis remains your go-to resource for guidance on interpreting physical signs, enabling you to determine the most appropriate physical finding to confirm a diagnosis. Internationally renowned author Dr. Steven McGee puts the most current evidence at your fingertips, allowing you to quickly compare all physical signs for a given diagno…
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- Full title :Evidence-based physical diagnosis / Steven McGee, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
Summary
"Fully updated from cover to cover, incorporating over 200 new studies on the evidence-based approach to diagnosis, the 4th edition of Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis remains your go-to resource for guidance on interpreting physical signs, enabling you to determine the most appropriate physical finding to confirm a diagnosis. Internationally renowned author Dr. Steven McGee puts the most current evidence at your fingertips, allowing you to quickly compare all physical signs for a given diagnosis, understand their significance, and then select the most accurate ones."--Back cover.
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- Publication Date:©2018
- Edition:4th edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Elsevier
- Place of Publication:Philadelphia, PA
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2018
The Physical Object
- Description:xvi, 736 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780323392761, 0323392768
- oclc:ocn957503379
- LC Classification:RC76
- Dewey Decimal:616.07/5
Table of Contents
What is evidence-based physical diagnosis? -- Diagnostic accuracy of physical findings -- Using the tables in this book -- Using the evidence-based medicine calculator (expert consult) -- Reliability of physical findings -- Mental status examination -- Stance and gait -- Jaundice -- Cyanosis -- Anemia -- Hypovolemia -- Protein-energy malnutrition and weight loss -- Obesity -- Cushing syndrome -- Pulse rate and contour -- Abnormalities of pulse rhythm -- Blood pressure -- Temperature -- Respiratory rate and abnormal breathing patterns -- Pulse oximetry -- The pupils -- Diabetic retinopathy -- The red eye -- Hearing -- Thyroid and its disorders -- Meninges -- Peripheral lymphadenopathy -- Inspection of the chest -- Palpation and percussion of the chest -- Auscultation of the lungs -- Ancillary tests -- Pneumonia -- Chronic obstructive lung disease -- Pulmonary embolism -- Pleural effusion -- Inspection of the neck veins -- Percussion of the heart -- Palpation of the heart -- Auscultation of the heart: general principles -- The first and second heart sounds -- The third and fourth heart sounds -- Miscellaneous heart sounds -- Heart murmurs : general principles
Aortic stenosis -- Aor…
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