1st Edition

Making Sense of Clinical Examination of the Adult Patient: A Hands on Guide

By Douglas Model Copyright 2006
    312 Pages
    by CRC Press

    The ability to record an accurate and complete patient history, and to examine the patient appropriately in response to the history described, are fundamental skills that all student doctors need to acquire at an early stage in training.

    'Making Sense of Clinical Examination of the Adult Patient' provides invaluable 'hands-on' guidance for medical students and junior doctors when presented with a new patient. Written from a very practical standpoint, Dr Douglas Model shares his extensive experience of teaching this subject. Real life scenarios are interspersed throughout the text.

    On reading 'Making Sense of Clinical Examination of the Adult Patient', the reader is given: practical advice on recording all aspects of a patient's history, including the present complaint, past medical history, and family history; and detailed guidance on performing an examination of each body system.

    Preface
    Acknowledgements
    List of Abbreviations
    1. Practical considerations
    2. Clinical thinking and the diagnostic process
    3. History-taking
    4. General appearance of the patient
    5. Vital signs
    6. Head, nose, ears, mouth and neck
    7. Cardiovascular system
    8. Peripheral vascular system
    9. Respiratory system
    10. Abdominal system
    11. Mental status examination
    12. Cranial nerves
    13. Motor system
    14. Sensory system
    15. Unconscious patient
    16. Musculoskeletal system
    17. Breasts and axillae
    18. Female genitalia and rectum
    19. Male genitalia and rectum
    Conclusion and further reading
    Index

    Biography

    Dr Douglas Model MBBS BSc (Physiology) FRCP is a visiting lecturer at the American University of the Caribbean and was formerly a Consultant Physician at the Eastbourne District General Hospital, Eastbourne, UK.