Lynn Bickley MD - Bates Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking

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Bates pocket guide to physical examination and history taking / Lynn S. Bickley, Peter G. Szilagyi. ; cm.
Pocket guide to physical examination and history taking
Abridgement of: Bates guide to physical examination and history-taking. 11th ed. / Lynn S. / Lynn S.

Bickley, Peter G. Szilagyi. c2013. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: This concise pocket-sized guide presents the classic Bates approach to physical examination and history taking in a quick-reference outline format. It contains all the critical information needed to obtain a clinically meaningful health history and to conduct a thorough physcial assessment. Fully revised and updated, the Seventh Edition will help health professionals elicit relevant facts from the patients history, review examination procedures, highlight common findings, learn special assessment techniques, and sharpen interpretive skills.

The book features a vibrant full-color art program and an easy-to-follow two-column format with step-by-step examination techniques on the left and abnormalities with differential diagnoses on the right.Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-1-4511-7322-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
I. Bates, Barbara, 1928-2002. II.

Szilagyi, Peter G. III. Bickley, Lynn S. Bates guide to physical examination and history-taking. IV. V. V.

Title: Pocket guide to physical examination and history taking. [DNLM: 1. Physical ExaminationmethodsHandbooks. 2. Medical History Taking
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The Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, 7th edition is a concise, portable text that: Describes how to interview the patient and take the health history.

Provides an illustrated review of the physical examination. Reminds students of common, normal, and abnormal physical findings. Describes special techniques of assessment that students may need in specific instances. Provides succinct aids to interpretation of selected findings. There are several ways to use the Pocket Guide: To review and remember the content of a health history. To review and rehearse the techniques of examination.

This can be done while learning a single section and again while combining the approaches to several body systems or regions into an integrated examination (see ). To review common variations of normal and selected abnormalities. Observations are keener and more precise when the examiner knows what to look, listen, and feel for. To look up special techniques as the need arises. Maneuvers such as The Timed Get Up and Go test are included in the Special Techniques sections in each chapter. To look up additional information about possible findings, including abnormalities and standards of normal.

The Pocket Guide is not intended to serve as a primary text for learning the skills of history taking or physical examination. Its detail is too brief for these purposes. It is intended instead as an aid for student review and recall and as a convenient, brief, and portable reference.

This chapter provides a road map to clinical proficiency in two critical areas: the health history and the physical examination. For adults, the comprehensive history includes Identifying Data and Source of the History, Chief Complaint(s),Present Illness, PastHistory,Family History,Personal and Social History, and Review of Systems. New patients in the office or hospital merit a comprehensive healthhistory; however, in many situations, a more flexible focused, or problem-oriented,interview