DeGowin's diagnostic examination
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DeGowin's diagnostic examination
McGraw-Hill, Medical Publishing Division, c2004
8th ed. / edited by Richard F. LeBlond, Richard L. DeGowin, Donald D. Brown
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Diagnostic examination
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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'...classic and elegant, deserves a place in the library of every medical student and physician' - JAMA review of prior edition. The classic point-of-care guide to the undifferentiated patient has been completely revised and redesigned to maximize its clinical use and value. "DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination" has been essential for so many clinicians because it: provides a proven framework for the clinician to begin the diagnostic exam starting with the patient's symptoms; relates signs from physical examination to the underlying pathophysiology and to the presenting symptoms; assists the clinician in reviewing the diagnostic possibilities from which to select a limited differential diagnosis that can be efficiently tested through additional physical or laboratory examinations.Featuring an improved, user-friendly design, no other text integrates the principles of assessment and examination with differential diagnosis as completely or efficiently as DeGowin's. Reach for it when time is tight and accuracy is a must.
Feature new to this edition are: improved user-friendly, easy-access format; improved organization from symptoms to signs to syndromes; concise, clinically relevant of underlying pathophysiology; and, principles of judicious, efficient use of lab tests and radiography. '...Concise & useful...one of my best purchases. The book lives in the car for ready reference & gets so much use, the cover edges are wearing down' - Online reader review of the prior edition. 'The basic library of a doctor ...For any busy doctor, it is going to be one of the reliable sources of information' - Online reader review of the prior edition.
Table of Contents
- PART I: THE DIAGNOSTIC FRAMEWORK 1. Diagnosis 2. History Taking and the Medical Record 3. The Screening Physical Examination PART II: THE DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION 4. Vital Signs, Anthropomorphic Measures and Pain 5. Non-Regional Systems and Diseases 6. The Skin and Nails 7. The Head and Neck 8. The Chest: Chest Wall, Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Systems
- The Breasts 9. The Abdomen, Perineum, Anus and Rectosigmoid 10. The Urinary Tract 11. The Female Genitalia and Reproductive System 12. The Male Genitalia and Reproductive System 13. The Spine and Extremities: The Musculoskeletal and Soft Tissue Exam 14. The Neurologic Exam 15. The Mental Status Psychiatric and Social Evaluations PART III: PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION 16. The Preoperative Evaluation PART IV: USE OF THE CLINICAL LABORATORY AND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING IN THE DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION 17. Principles of Diagnostic Imaging 18. Common Diagnostic Tests
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