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Bates' Guide To Physical Examination and History Taking, 13th North American Edition, Revised Reprint (2023) by Lynn S. Bickley MD FACP, Peter G. Szilagyi MD MPH, and co-authors - Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022 - is the #1 choice worldwide for complete, authoritative guidance on the physical examination and patient history. Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Wolters Kluwer), this landmark text has set the standard for clinical examination training across medicine, nursing, and allied health for decades.
Confidently perform accurate, efficient, and effective physical examinations. This highly regarded text in book-only format includes fully illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline the correct performance of every component of the physical examination. An intuitive two-column format correlates examination techniques on the left with abnormalities (clearly indicated in red) and differential diagnoses on the right - making it effortless to move from normal findings to pathologic ones.
New to this edition: Expanded Unit 1 provides a comprehensive overview of the components of the patient encounter and helps ensure the most effective information-gathering and decision-making approaches; key terms are now bolded in chapters and correspond to an online glossary with definitions; and expanded coverage of special populations familiarizes readers with important approaches for LGBTQ persons, persons with physical disabilities, and diverse populations throughout the life cycle.
Topics covered: the approach to the patient, interviewing and the health history, clinical reasoning and assessment, general survey, vital signs, pain assessment, skin, hair, and nails, head and neck, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and pharynx, thorax and lungs, cardiovascular system, peripheral vascular system, breasts and axillae, abdomen, male and female genitalia, anus, rectum, and prostate, musculoskeletal system, nervous system, and examination of infants, children, older adults, and pregnant patients.
Essential for: medical students in physical diagnosis courses; nurse practitioner programs (FNP, AGNP, PMHNP, PNP); physician assistant programs; internal medicine, family medicine, and pediatric residency training; clinical nurse specialist programs; osteopathic medicine students; and practicing clinicians seeking the authoritative desktop reference on physical examination.
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