Essential reading for beginning and experienced clinicians alike, Sapira's Art & Science of Bedside Diagnosis, Fifth Edition, discusses the patient interview and the physical examination in an engaging, storytelling style. Tried and true methods are described in step-by-step detail, and include clinical pearls, vignettes, practical clinical experiences, personal history, explanations of the physiologic significance of findings, and extensive discussions of evidence-based medicine. It’s a useful guide for learning and reinforcing effective bedside diagnosis techniques at all levels and stages of clinical practice.
"The physical exam can either determine disease or confirm good health.
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Diagnose with confidence, knowing that your patient assessments are backed by scientific evidence! This is the only clinical reference that takes an evidence-based approach to the physical examination. Best of...
An enjoyable and thorough book emphasizing the underlying physiology and hemodynamic alterations of cardiac conditions that are detectable through the cardiac physical exam.
Townsend CM Jr, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, et al., eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 18th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders; 2008:ch 73. James E. Corwin, MD Scenario A 32-year-old female presents with. Chapter 393 911.
From the American College of Emergency Physicians and the ACEP Bookstore (www.acep.org/bookstore).
This comprehensive text contains 64 chapters covering all sources of poisoning.
Diagnosis and Injection Techniques in Orthopedic Medicine
This classic text is much beloved by medical students and physicians-in-training throughout the English-speaking world, as its many editions indicate.
In Lovell and Winter's Pediatric Orthopedics, 7th ed., Weinstein SL, and Flynn JM, eds. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1388–1525. Deeney VF, et al. 2012. Orthopedics. In Atlas of Pediatric Physical Diagnosis, 6th ed, ...