Anatomic Basis of Neurologic Diagnosis
Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2010
Diseases and Disorders 3/e
Degowin's Diagnostic Examination 9/e
- Author:
- Degowin R.L.
- Publisher:
- McGraw-Hill
- ISBN:
- 9780071478984
- Pages:
- 1072
- Product type:
- Book (paperback)
- Topics:
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General & Internal Medicine
» General Practice
» General Practice
General & Internal Medicine » Internal Medicine (General) » Reference works - Publication date:
- November 2008
- Price:
- € 37.90
Part physical examination primer, part differential diagnosis tool, DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination takes you a step beyond elementary physical diagnosis.
DeGowin's covers all physical examination techniques and
procedures, but this highly practical point-of-care guide goes further,
focusing on the meaning of signs and symptoms. It also shows you how to
catalog clinical findings resulting from the physical examination-and
order them into a differential diagnosis.
FEATURES
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All the essentials of the diagnosis exam procedure and patient record preparation - in one ultra-handy reference
- Top-to-bottom coverage of differential diagnosis, organized by systems, signs, and syndromes
- High-yield overviews of each organ/region/system, followed by the definition of key presenting signs and their possible origins
- NEW! Updated content includes the latest developments in evidence-based physical examination, along with references to the popular JAMA series ?The Rational Clinical Examination?
- NEW! 24 full-color illustrations
Richard LeBlond, MD runs the Primary Care Clinic at the University of Iowa. Nationally known for his expert diagnostic skills. Professor of Medicine, University of Iowa.
Donald Brown, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Iowa. Also known nationally for his diagnostic skills and for his teaching abilities-constantly voted by medical students at Iowa as one of the top teachers in the program.
Richard DeGowin, MD, Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa.
CONTENTS
PART I: The Diagnostic Framework
1. The Principles of Diagnosis
2. The Diagnostic Evaluation
3. History Taking
4. The Physical Examination
5. The Problem List: Recording and Organizing Clinical Findings
6. The Plan: Testing Diagnostic Hypotheses
7. The Medical Record
PART II The Diagnostic Examination: Technique and Significance of Clinical Findings
8. Vital Signs
9. The Skin
10. Head and Neck
11. The Chest
12. The Abdomen
13. The Genitalia and Urinary Tract
14. The Spine and Extremities
15. The Neurologic Examination
16. Social and Psychiatric Examinations
PART III Directed Evaluations
17. The Preoperative Evaluation
18. The Geriatric Evaluation
19. The Athletic Screening Examination
20. The Health Maintenance Examination
21. The Disability Evaluation
22. Medicare Documentation Requirements
Part IV: Use of Imaging and the Laboratory in the Diagnostic Evaluation
23. Use of the Laboratory in the Diagnostic Evaluation
24. Interpretation of Laboratory Tests
25. Imaging in the Diagnostic Evaluation