Description
Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Sapira Art & Science Of Bedside Medical Diagnosis, 4Th Edition by Orient
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.
Key Features:-
- Revisions based on new material from journals (especially JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, May
- Expanded discussion of evidence-based medicine, both its appropriate usage and pitfalls, with additi
- Expanded discussion of sleep apnea, blast injury, "minor" head trauma, and cervical spine involvemen
- New findings pertaining to transplantation-related graft-versus-host problems, AIDS and the adverse
- Additional maneuvers include the scapulohumeral reflex, the head thrust test, the apprehension test,
- Additional information on dementia, hysteria, missed aneurysms, pulmonary embolism, evaluation of de