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 diagnosis, understand their significance, and then select the most accurate ones.

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 -- …