Macleod's clinical examination

Describes the practical skills various clinicians must acquire and develop in order to evolve diagnostic procedures and management strategies and plans. This book shows you how to: talk with a patient; take the history from the patient; examine a patient; and, use investigations to support or refute...

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Other Authors: Nicol, E. Fiona, Macleod, John 1915-, Robertson, Colin (Colin Ernest), Douglas, Graham (Consultant physician)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Churchill Livingstone Elsevier 2009
Edition:12th ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • History taking and general examination
  • Approach to the patient
  • History taking
  • The general examination
  • System examination
  • The skin, hair and nails
  • The endocrine system
  • The cardiovascular system
  • The respiratory system
  • The gastrointestinal system
  • The renal system
  • The reproductive system
  • The nervous system
  • The visual system
  • The ear, nose and throat
  • The musculoskeletal system
  • Specific situations
  • Babies and children
  • Assessment for sedation and anaesthesia
  • The critically ill patient
  • Confirming death.