David L. Simel - The Rational Clinical Examination

The Rational Clinical Examination

Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis

Editors

David L. Simel, MD, MHS

Chief, Medicine Service
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Professor of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina

Drummond Rennie, MD

JAMA
Chicago, Illinois
Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California,
San Francisco San Francisco, California

Editor, Education Guides

Sheri A. Keitz, MD, PhD

Chief, Medicine Service
Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Associate Dean for Faculty Diversity and Development
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Miami, Florida

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John Attia, MD, MSc, PhD

Academic Director of General Medicine
University of Newcastle
John Hunter Hospital
New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia
Meningitis, adult

Robert G. Badgett, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Texas, San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Congestive heart failure

Allan N. Barkun, MD, MSc

Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
McGill University
Montreal General Hospital
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Splenomegaly