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Macleod's clinical diagnosis / Alan G Japp, Coin Robertson ; co-authors Rohana J Wright, Matthew J Reed, Andrew Robson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Edinburgh : Elsevier, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 2nd editionDescription: x, 315 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780702069611
Other title:
  • Clinical diagnosis
Uniform titles:
  • Preceded by (work): Macleod's clinical diagnosis.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.075 23
LOC classification:
  • RC71 .M33 2018
NLM classification:
  • 2018 E-559
  • WB 141
Contents:
Part 1 Principles of clinical assessment. What's in a diagnosis? Assessing patients: a practical guide. The diagnostic process. Part 2 Assessment of common presenting problems. Abdominal pain. Breast lump. Chest pain. Coma and altered consciousness. Confusion: delirium and dementia. Diarrhoea. Dizziness. Dysphagia. Dyspnoea. Fatigue. Fever. GI haemorrhage haemorrhage: haematemesis and rectal bleeding. Haematuria. Haemoptysis. Headache. Jaundice. Joint swelling. Leg swelling. Limb weakness. Low back pain. Mobility problems: falls and immobility. Nausea and vomiting. Palpitation. Rash: acute generalised skin eruption. Red eye. Scrotal swelling. Shock. Transient loss of consciousness: syncope and seizures. Urinary incontinence. Vaginal bleeding. Weight loss
Summary: 'Macleod's Clinical Diagnosis' demonstrates how to apply the core clinical skills learned from the companion textbook 'Macleod's Clinical Examination' to maximum advantage. Charting the course from routine work-up to diagnosis, the book presents a modern and realistic approach to clinical assessment and explains how to integrate information obtained from the history, examination, bedside tests and specialised investigations. For this second edition the text has been expanded with five new topics covering nausea and vomiting; vaginal bleeding; red eye; urinary incontinence; and weight loss.
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"Enhanced digital version included" -- Cover.

Includes access to e-book version via scratch off code inside front cover.

Previous edition edited by Alan G. Japp, Colin Robertson. Published, Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 Principles of clinical assessment. What's in a diagnosis? Assessing patients: a practical guide. The diagnostic process. Part 2 Assessment of common presenting problems. Abdominal pain. Breast lump. Chest pain. Coma and altered consciousness. Confusion: delirium and dementia. Diarrhoea. Dizziness. Dysphagia. Dyspnoea. Fatigue. Fever. GI haemorrhage haemorrhage: haematemesis and rectal bleeding. Haematuria. Haemoptysis. Headache. Jaundice. Joint swelling. Leg swelling. Limb weakness. Low back pain. Mobility problems: falls and immobility. Nausea and vomiting. Palpitation. Rash: acute generalised skin eruption. Red eye. Scrotal swelling. Shock. Transient loss of consciousness: syncope and seizures. Urinary incontinence. Vaginal bleeding. Weight loss

'Macleod's Clinical Diagnosis' demonstrates how to apply the core clinical skills learned from the companion textbook 'Macleod's Clinical Examination' to maximum advantage. Charting the course from routine work-up to diagnosis, the book presents a modern and realistic approach to clinical assessment and explains how to integrate information obtained from the history, examination, bedside tests and specialised investigations. For this second edition the text has been expanded with five new topics covering nausea and vomiting; vaginal bleeding; red eye; urinary incontinence; and weight loss.

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