Textbook of Physical Diagnosis History and Examination
CONTENTS
SECTION I: The Art of Interviewing
1. The Interviewer's Questions
2. The Patient's Responses
3. Caring for Patients in a Culturally Diverse Society
4. Assessment of Nutritional Status
5. Putting the History Together
SECTION II: The Science of the Physical Examination
6. The Physical Examination
7. The Skin
8. The Head and Neck
9. The Eye
10. The Ear and Nose
11. The Oral Cavity and Pharynx
12. The Chest
13. The Heart
14. The Peripheral Vascular System
15. The Breast
16. The Abdomen
17. Male Genitalia and Hernias
18. Female Genitalia
19. The Musculoskeletal System
20. The Nervous System
21. Putting the Examination Together
SECTION III: Evaluation of Specific Patients
22. The Pregnant Patient
23. The Pediatric Patient
24. The Geriatric Patient
25. The Acutely III Patient
SECTION IV: the Data to Work
26. Diagnostic Reasoning in Physical Diagnosis
27. The Clinical Record
APPENDICES
28. Appendix A: Commonly Abused Drugs
29. Appendix B: Signs and Symptoms in Deficiency States
30. Appendix C: Conversion Tables