Research Catalog

Title

The rational clinical examination : evidence-based clinical diagnosis / editors, David L. Simel, Drummond Rennie ; editor, education guides, Sheri A. Keitz.

Publication

New York : McGraw-Hill Medical ; [Chicago, IL] : JAMA & Archives Journals, American Medical Association, [2009], ©2009.

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Additional Authors

• Simel, David L.
• Rennie, Drummond.
• Keitz, Sheri A.

Description

xix, 744 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm

Summary

"Trainees and experienced clinicians alike will find The Rational Clinical Examination to be the perfect supplement to standard physical examination textbooks.You will learn the best questions to ask patients, which physical examination findings have the most clinical significance, and how to put the information to quantitative use."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Diagnosis
• Medical history taking
• Evidence-based medicine
• Physical Examination
• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Medical History Taking
• Signs and Symptoms

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. A Primer on the Precision and Accuracy of the Clinical Examination -- 2. Does This Patient Have Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm? -- 3. Is Listening for Abdominal Bruits Useful in the Evaluation of Hypertension? -- 4. Does This Patient Have an Alcohol Problem? -- 5. Does This Adult Patient Have Appendicitis? -- 6. Does This Patient Have Ascites? -- 7. What Can the Medical History and Physical Examination Tell Us About Low Back Pain? -- 8. Does This Patient Have Breast Cancer? -- 9. Does This Patient Have a Clinically Important Carotid Bruit? -- 10. Does This Patient Have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? -- 11. Does This Patient Have Abnormal Central Venous Pressure? -- 12. Does This Patient Have Acute Cholecystitis? -- 13. Does the Clinical Examination Predict Airflow Limitation? -- 14. Does This Patient Have Clubbing? -- 15. Is This Patient Taking the Treatment as Prescribed? -- 16(A). Can the Clinical Examination Diagnose Left-Sided Heart Failure in Adults? -- 16(B). Does This Dyspenic Patient in the Emergency Department Have Congestive Heart Failure? -- 17. Is This Patient Dead, Vegetative, or severely Neorologically Impaired? Assessing Outcome for Comatose Survivors of Cardiac Arrest -- 18(A). Does This Patient Have Deep Vein Thrombosis? (1998) -- 18(B). Does This Patient Have Deep Vein Thrombosis? (2006) -- 19. Is This Patient Clinically Depressed? -- 20. Does This Patient Have a Family History of Cancer? -- 21. Does This Patient Have a Goiter? -- 22. Does This Patient Have Hepatomegaly? -- 23. Does This Patient Have Hypertension? -- 24. Is This Adult Patient Hypovolemic? -- 25. Is This Child Dehydrated? -- 26. Does This Patient Have Influenza? -- 27. Does This Patient Have a Torn Meniscus or Ligament of the Knee? -- 28. Is This Adult Patient Malnourished? -- 29. Does This Patient Have a Mole or a Melanoma? -- 30. Does This Adult Patient Have Acute Meningitis? -- 31. Is This Woman Perimenopausal? -- 32. Does This Patient Have Aortic Regurgitation? -- 33. Does This Patient Have an Abnormal Systolic Murmur? -- 34. Does This Patient Have Myasthenia Gravis? -- 35. Is This Patient Having a Myocardial Infarction? -- 36. Does This Woman Have Osteoporosis? -- 37. Does This Child Have Acute Otitis Media? -- 38. Does This Patient Have Parkinson Disease? -- 39. Is This Patient Allergic to Penicillin? -- 40. Does This Adult Patient Have Community-Acquired Pneumonia? -- 41. Does This Infant Have Pneumonia? -- 42. Is This Patient Pregnant? -- 43. Does This Patient Have Pulmonary Embolism? -- 44. Does This Patient Have an Instability of the Shoulder or a Labrum Lesion? -- 45. Does This Patient Have Sinusitis? -- 46. Does This Patient Have Splenomegaly? -- 47. Does This Patient Have Strep Throat? -- 48. Is This Patient Having a Stroke? -- 49. Does This Patient Have Temporal Arteritis? -- 50. Does This Patient Have an Acute Thoracic Aortic Dissection? -- 51. Does This Woman Have an Acute Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection? -- 52. What Is Causing This Patient's Vaginal Symptoms? -- 53. Does This Dizzy Patient Have a Serious Form of Vertigo?

ISBN

• 9780071590303 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0071590307 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780071640169 (international ed. : alk. paper)
• 0071640169 (international ed. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007050971

OCLC

• ocn184963061
• 184963061
• SCSB-5436013

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries