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Sapira's Art and Science of Bedside Diagnosis

Sapira's Art and Science of Bedside Diagnosis

9781605474113
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The Fourth Edition of this textbook teaches the artful science of the patient interview and the physical examination—from the fundamentals to the most advanced levels. Written in an artful storytelling style, the book describes methods in step-by-step detail, with clinical pearls, vignettes, practical clinical experience, personal history, explanations of the physiologic significance of findings, and extensive discussions of evidence-based medicine.

Highlights of this new edition include—Points to Remember boxes with three or four bullets per chapterMore than 300 questions with answers and discussionRevisions based on new material from journals (especiallyJAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, andAnnals of Internal Medicine); CME conferences, especially the weekly grand rounds at Carondelet St. Josephs Hospital; specialty conferences pertaining to orthopedics and neurology; and cases that recently came up in practiceMore than 120 additional references, some new and some old classics newly discovered by the authorExpanded discussion of evidence-based medicine, both its appropriate usage and pitfalls, with additional information on sensitivity, specificity, and other features of various findings from recent studies and review articles. Insights on the development of expertise have been added.Expanded discussion of sleep apnea, blast injury, minor head trauma, and cervical spine involvement in rheumatoid arthritisNew findings pertaining to transplantation-related graft-versus-host problems, AIDS and the adverse effects of therapy, drug abuse, especially methamphetamine, and egg donationAdditional maneuvers include the scapulohumeral reflex, the head thrust test, the apprehension test, and a newly described test for intercostal muscle innervationAdditional information on dementia, hysteria, missed aneurysms, pulmonary embolism, evaluation of dehydration/malnutrition, and compressions-only cardiopulmonary resuscitationUpdated and substantially simplified discussion of carotid stenosis and indications for carotid endarterectomyMore historical tidbits, for example, on the development of thermometryCompanion Website with fully searchable text and 300-question online test bank/ULBR/>
Even with all of todays sophisticated laboratory and imaging technology, a skillfully performed patient interview and physical examination can be a quicker and more cost-effective route to an accurate diagnosis. The Fourth Edition ofSapiras Art and Science of Bedside Diagnosisis your guide to gaining the most reliable information from your patients, developing a differential diagnosis and an efficient diagnostic strategy.
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9781605474113
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Publication date
2009
Issue number
4
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
688
Dimensions (mm)
5403 x 7016
Weight (g)
771561
  • SECTION HEADINGS

    1:: INTRODUCTION

    2:: THE INTERVIEW

    3:: THE HISTORY

    4:: THE CASE RECORD

    5:: GENERAL APPEARANCE

    6:: THE VITAL SIGNS

    7:: INTEGUMENT

    8:: LYMPH NODES

    9:: THE HEAD

    10:: THE EYE

    11:: THE EAR

    12:: THE NOSE

    13:: THE OROPHARYNX

    14:: THE NECK

    15:: THE BREAST

    16:: THE CHEST

    17:: THE HEART

    18:: ARTERIES

    19:: VEINS

    20:: THE ABDOMEN

    21:: MALE GENITALIA

    22:: FEMALE GENITALIA

    23:: THE RECTUM

    24:: THE EXTREMITIES

    25:: THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

    26:: THE NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION

    27:: CLINICAL REASONING

    28:: SOME BEDSIDE LABORATORY TRICKS

    29:: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY    /DIV>
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