Research Catalog

Title

Textbook of physical diagnosis : history and examination / Mark H. Swartz.

Author

Swartz, Mark H.

Publication

Philadelphia : Saunders, [2002], ©2002.

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Description

xix, 826 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm +

Subject

• Diagnosis
• Medical History Taking
• Physical Examination
• Physical diagnosis

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

System Details (note)

• System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Windows, PC based Pentium 266MMX.

Contents

Sect. I. The Art of Interviewing -- Ch. 1. The Interviewer's Questions -- Ch. 2. The Patient's Responses -- Ch. 3. Caring for Patients in a Culturally Diverse Society -- Ch. 4. Assessment of Nutritional Status -- Ch. 5. Putting the History Together -- Sect. II. The Science of the Physical Examination -- Ch. 6. The Physical Examination -- Ch. 7. The Skin -- Ch. 8. The Head and Neck -- Ch. 9. The Eye -- Ch. 10. The Ear and Nose -- Ch. 11. The Oral Cavity and Pharynx -- Ch. 12. The Chest -- Ch. 13. The Heart -- Ch. 14. The Peripheral Vascular System -- Ch. 15. The Breast -- Ch. 16. The Abdomen -- Ch. 17. Male Genitalia and Hernias -- Ch. 18. Female Genitalia -- Ch. 19. The Musculoskeletal System -- Ch. 20. The Nervous System -- Ch. 21. Putting the Examination Together -- Sect. III. Evaluation of Specific Patients -- Ch. 22. The Pregnant Patient -- Ch. 23. The Pediatric Patient -- Ch. 24. The Geriatric Patient -- Ch. 25. The Acutely Ill Patient -- Sect. IV. Putting the Data to Work -- Ch. 26. Diagnostic Reasoning in Physical Diagnosis -- Ch. 27. The Clinical Record. App. A. Commonly Abused Drugs -- App. B. Signs and Symptoms in Deficiency States.

ISBN

072169411X

LCCN

2001032847

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries