Macleod's Clinical Examination

This title is 'Highly Commended' in the 2006 British Medical Association Awards! 'an incredibly thorough book which is very well illustrated - a must in a book explaining how to perform examinations' - ("Medical Student Review"). This book will show you how to: talk with a patient; take the history from the patient; examine a patient; formulate your findings into differential diagnoses and rank these in order of probability; and, use investigations to support or refute your differential diagnosis. "Macleod's Clinical Examination" builds on the critical success of the previous edition by describing the practical skills that every clinician must acquire and develop in order to evolve diagnostic procedures and management strategies and plans. The book is divided into three sections: a general overview section on history taking and the general examination provides the framework on which to hang the detail, the systematic examination section documents clearly the relevant history, examination and special investigations as well as giving advice on their significance, the final section covers specialised areas and emphasises an integrated and structured approach to these patients. There is a bonus DVD that contains specially-recorded videos demonstrating many of the clinical examination routines as they are described in the main text. This title is written by a team of editors and contributors who are all active clinicians and experts in their specialist fields.

ISBN 0443068488   Pages 488 ISBN13 9780443068485 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Elsevier Health Sciences   Weight (grammes) 1089 Imprint Churchill Livingstone   Published in London Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780443074042 Publication date 11 Jun 2009   Height (mm) 246 Library of Congress 2008038900   Width (mm) 189 DEWEY 616.075   Spine width (mm) 23 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate

Sect. 1		History Taking and General Examination
1		Approach to the patient by G. Douglas and F. Nicol and C. Robertson		3
2		History taking by D. Snadden and R. Laing and G. Masterton and F. Nicol and N. Colledge		7
3		The general examination by G. Douglas, J. Bevan		45
Sect. 2		System Examination
4		The skin, hair and nails by D. Gawkrodger		71
5		The endocrine system by J. Bevan		87
6		The cardiovascular system by N. Grubb and J. Spratt and A. Bradbury		105
7		The respiratory system by G. Devereux and G. Douglas		153
8		The gastrointestinal system by M. Ford and A. MacGilchrist and R. Parks		183
9		The renal system by A. Cumming and S. Payne		217
10		The reproductive system by E. Anderson and A. Gebbie and N. Smith and S. Payne		235
11		The nervous system by B. Pentland and R. Davenport and R. Cowie		267
12		The visual system by J. Olson and R. Cowie		307
13		The ear, nose and throat by F. Nicol and R. Mills		333
14		The musculoskeletal system by J. Huntley and J. Gibson and H. Simpson		355
Sect. 3		Specific Situations
15		Babies and children by I. Laing and S. Bradshaw and J. Paton		401
16		Assessment for sedation and anaesthesia by T. Walsh		429
17		The critically ill patient by A. Gray and C. Robertson		437
18		Confirming death by J. Douglas and G. Douglas		451
		Index		457