Essentials of Clinical Examination Handbook
Essentials of Clinical Examination Handbook

Author: Justin Hall

Publisher: Thieme

Published: 2013-09-01

Total Pages: 752

ISBN-13: 1604069120

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Medical, nursing, and physician assistant students should find the practical history and physical exam guidance in this book to be invaluable. As an introductory reference to primary-care patient encounters, the book is highly recommended. -- Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine Long heralded as a key guide for medical students, nurses, and physician assistants, Essentials of Clinical Examination Handbook, Seventh Edition is a concise yet comprehensive on-the-job reference for history-taking and physical exams that covers both standard exams and specialty-specific diagnostic approaches. Each chapter has been edited by several students and reviewed by faculty experts at the University of Toronto. This new edition includes updated and improved flow charts, mnemonics, illustrations, and clinical pearls, with a greater focus on evidence-based medicine across all topics.

Talley & O'Connor's Clinical Examination Essentials - eBook
Talley & O'Connor's Clinical Examination Essentials - eBook

Author: Nicholas J. Talley

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2019-07-01

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 072958741X

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- New introductory chapter on how to pass your clinical exams and the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) - New clinical photographs - Updated hint boxes and summaries

Clinical Examination
Clinical Examination

Author: Nicholas Joseph Talley

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 619

ISBN-13: 0729541479

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Since 1988 this textbook has provided a clear and easily grasped explanation of the origins of physical signs when examining a patient, (both historically and physiologically). Much has been rewritten to reflect new thinking and new techniques.

Macleod's Essentials of Examination E-Book
Macleod's Essentials of Examination E-Book

Author: Euan Sandilands

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2024-08-28

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 0443125856

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Despite many diagnostic advances, expert clinical examination is fundamental to the practice of medicine. Macleod's Essentials of Examination provides a concise guide to examining each body system, ideal for senior medical students, doctors in training and other health professionals.Each chapter provides a standardised framework for examining a body system, along with important considerations for the clinician as well as self-test questions. The book is spiral-bound, portable and concise, with space for the reader to annotate and add their own notes – making it ideal as both a guide on the wards and as an exam revision aid.The second edition of this popular title has been fully revised to take into account current terminology, guidelines and diagnostic pathways. Written specifically for this format, the book can be used as a standalone resource or alongside its hugely successful parent text, Macleod's Clinical Examination and the other MacLeod's titles. - Practical, quick-reference guide for senior medical students and doctors in training – can be used for both examinations and clinical practice - Concise, point-by-point template for examining all the major body systems - Clear set of guidelines on what to do at each stage of the clinical examination - Specific instructions around technique and key clinical points to consider - Typical OSCE scenarios, exam questions and answers – with tips on presenting findings and how to maximise exam success - Self-test questions to consolidate knowledge and skills - Can be used alongside the other Macleod's titles or as a stand-alone resource - Fully updated throughout - New chapters on skin and eyes - Updated exam tips and questions/answers to ensure they are relevant, current and accurate

Essentials of Clinical Examination Handbook
Essentials of Clinical Examination Handbook

Author: Yuhao Shi

Publisher: Thieme

Published: 2018-01-15

Total Pages: 1113

ISBN-13: 1626239452

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Long heralded as a key guide for medical students, nurses, and allied health professionals, the Essentials of Clinical Examination Handbook, Eighth Edition is a concise yet comprehensive on-the-job reference for history-taking and physical examination, which covers both standard exams and specialty-specific diagnostic approaches. The Handbook has been edited by over 70 students and 60 faculty experts at the University of Toronto. This new edition includes improved evidence-based clinical pearls and succinct summary tables for differential diagnoses and clinical presentations. A companion mobile application has also been developed which features clinical examination checklists that users can use to practice and test themselves on the go. This edition marks its 20th anniversary as a concise, portable, and affordable guide to clinical examination for medical students and allied health professions around the world.

Clinical Examination E-Book
Clinical Examination E-Book

Author: Owen Epstein

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2008-07-07

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 0723436053

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The fourth edition of Clinical Examination provides a clear, practical and above all, superbly illustrated guide to all aspects of history taking and patient examination. Designed to be accessible both to medical students just starting their clinical attachments and to more experienced readers, the clear writing style, the innovative use of clinical photographs and the explanatory illustrations combine to explain and clarify the concepts and skills necessary to take a history and perform an examination. The text is organised by body system, with each chapter structured the same way: firstly, underlying structure and function; secondly, signs, symptoms and abnormalities; thirdly, patient examination. The anatomy & physiology coverage 'sets the scene' and refreshes students' memory on the science they studied earlier in their course The signs & symptoms sections serve as a mini-textbook of medicine by highlighting most important diseases associated with each body system The history-taking and examination sections alert students to general principles and particular considerations relevant to interacting with patients Eight different types of boxes classify information on key aspects of the text: differential diagnosis; emergency topics; examination of the elderly; questions to ask; areas for review; risk factors; symptoms and signs; and ‘red flag’ issues Nearly 1000 illustrations, including over 500 photographs of physical signs as they present in real life Colour diagrams illustrate underlying structure and function as well as demonstrating examination techniques Now available on Student Consult with full online access to the text and illustrations An expanded author team includes representatives from primary care to reflect the changes in the teaching environment for clinical skills A new first chapter focuses more strongly on communication skills and ethics New ‘red flag’ highlight important symptoms and signs requiring urgent attention Online access to the text and illustrations on Student Consult for the first time A revised text design givers the text a fresh feel and aids navigation through the book

Essential Clinical Skills in Pediatrics
Essential Clinical Skills in Pediatrics

Author: Anwar Qais Saadoon

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-09-03

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 3319924265

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This book is a concise learning guide dedicated to the full scope of pediatric history-taking and clinical examination, for use in OSCEs as well as clinical life. It guides the reader simply and methodically through what to ask when taking a history, and how to perform a comprehensive physical examination. The book contains more than 30 “History Stations” covering the most common pediatric cases, as well as 10 “Examination Stations” covering examinations of the different body system. It provides students and resident doctors worldwide with the necessary core information for pediatric history-taking and clinical examination, all in a brief and interesting format. The book adopts a reader-friendly format through a lecture-note style and the use of Key Points, Clinical Tips, Notes, Tables, and Boxes listing the most important features. It is also richly illustrated, demonstrating the correct way to perform clinical examinations. Written “by a resident, for residents and medical students,” this book has been revised, foreworded, and peer-reviewed by fourteen prominent authorities in the field of Pediatrics from various parts of the world (including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, Canada, and India), and from different universities (Illinois, Pennsylvania, Washington, Oxford, Edinburgh, Keele, Melbourne, Toronto, Parma, and Florence Universities). These experts recommend this book for medical students, pediatric residents, and pediatric practitioners, as well as pediatricians.

Essential Clinical Procedures E-Book
Essential Clinical Procedures E-Book

Author: Richard W. Dehn

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2020-01-10

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 0323624685

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Provide safe and effective care to every patient with the fully revised 4th Edition of Essential Clinical Procedures. Written by experts in the field, this widely used reference shows you step by step how to perform more than 70 of the most common diagnostic and treatment-related procedures in today's primary care and specialist settings. You'll find clear, concise coverage of the skills you need to know, including new and advanced procedures and new procedure videos. - Covers patient preparation, the proper use of instruments, and potential dangers and complications involved in common procedures, as well as nonprocedural issues such as informed consent, standard precautions, patient education, and procedure documentation. - Includes new chapters on Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Ring Removal, as well as 34 new procedure videos. - Features significantly revised content on cryosurgery • injection techniques • arterial puncture • shoulder/finger subluxations • sterile technique • outpatient coding • casting and splinting • blood cultures • standard precautions • and more. - Contains more than 200 high-quality illustrations, including updated images of office pulmonary function testing and wound closure. - Uses a consistently formatted presentation to help you find information quickly. - Reflects the latest evidence-based protocols and national and international guidelines throughout. - Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Introduction to Clinical Examination
Introduction to Clinical Examination

Author: Michael J. Ford

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 0443074178

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The most important core skills for medical students to master are history taking and clinical examination. This extensively revised, eighth edition has been written with the philosophy that the acquisition of clinical skills is most effectively undertaken at the bedside. This pocketbook should be used as a companion, to be taken onto the wards and into consulting rooms where the information is most needed. The book begins with a system of history taking followed by a new chapter on the analysis of key symptoms. The remaining chapters cover physical examination of each of the major systems. Each stage of the examination starts with a detailed, step-by-step description of the examination method complemented by relevant illustrations, diagrams and tables on the facing page. This book is intended primarily for use at the outset of clinical training; once students have achieved proficiency in the basic skills of interviewing and examining, the book should also prove useful for revision. An invaluable starter book concentrating purely on the fundamentals of performing a patient examination. Covers each body system and outlines the principles of: - taking a history - how to conduct a physical examination - specific examination points as appropriate Concentrates only on the main symptoms of disease and then the normal and abnormal physical findings. Mention of specific diseases is confined to those most commonly encountered. Compact and pocket-sized to be carried around easily. · Now in full colour double-page format · Clear simple colour line drawings covering the essentials of a clinical examination. · Published simultaneously with the Eleventh Edition of Macleod's Clinical Examination