DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination

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'...classic and elegant, deserves a place in the library of every medical student and physician' - JAMA review of prior edition. The classic point-of-care guide to the undifferentiated patient has been completely revised and redesigned to maximize its clinical use and value. DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination has been essential for so many clinicians because it: provides a proven framework for the clinician to begin the diagnostic exam starting with the patient's symptoms; relates signs from physical examination to the underlying pathophysiology and to the presenting symptoms; assists the clinician in reviewing the diagnostic possibilities from which to select a limited differential diagnosis that can be efficiently tested through additional physical or laboratory examinations.Featuring an improved, user-friendly design, no other text integrates the principles of assessment and examination with differential diagnosis as completely or efficiently as DeGowin's. Reach for it when time is tight and accuracy is a must. Feature new to this edition are: improved user-friendly, easy-access format; improved organization from symptoms to signs to syndromes; concise, clinically relevant of underlying pathophysiology; and, principles of judicious, efficient use of lab tests and radiography. '...Concise & useful...one of my best purchases. The book lives in the car for ready reference & gets so much use, the cover edges are wearing down' - Online reader review of the prior edition. 'The basic library of a doctor ...For any busy doctor, it is going to be one of the reliable sources of information' - Online reader review of the prior edition.

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The classic guide to the undifferentiated patient–enhanced by new cases A Doody's Core Title for 2023, 2024 & 2026! Technological advances have taken testing and imaging to remarkable new places—yet establishing patient history and performing physical examinations are more important now than ever. This classic guide has been showing students and clinicians how to approach the diagnostic process thoughtfully and systematically for decades—and this revised edition brings you completely up to date. Part physical examination primer, part differential diagnosis tool, DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination provides the information and insights you need to make accurate, evidence-based diagnostic hypotheses. Covering all physical exam techniques and procedures, this updated edition shows how to collect clinical findings gleaned from the physical examination and synthesize them into a differential diagnosis. • Covers the latest developments in evidence-based physical examinations• Explains how to obtain a complete patient history and perform a thorough physical exam• Organized by signs, symptoms, and syndromes to make finding what you need quick and easy• Connects symptoms and signs with disease pathophysiology • Facilitates efficient, cost-effective diagnostic testing using focused differential diagnoses This classic guide continues to effectively combine current diagnostic practices with the unchanging aspects of clinical medicine.

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Pages: 928, Edition: 11th ed., Paperback, McGraw Hill / Medical