Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination is a comprehensive textbook of physical examination, history-taking, and health assessment with a unique emphasis on differential diagnosis and variations across the lifespan. The book conveys a uniquely compassionate, patient-centered approach to physical examination with a strong evidence-based foundation.
Key Features
- Clinical Pearls boxes give brief clinical insights with expert tips on techniques, findings, and patient teaching.
- Mnemonic boxes deliver engaging auditory, visual, and other memory cues to help you remember series of assessment or exam steps.
- Physical Variations boxes detail multicultural considerations for assessing patients from diverse ethnic and cultural groups.
- Staying Well boxes describe holistic approaches to health promotion and patient teaching.
- Risk Factors boxes highlight modifiable and non modifiable risk factors for a variety of conditions.
- Differential Diagnosis boxes give comparisons of expected findings for similar conditions and explain how disease presentations vary.
- Physical Examination boxes provide current data on the most effective techniques for delivering quality patient care.
- Functional Assessment boxes focus on the patient's functional abilities and present a holistic approach to patient care.
- Downloadable text and PDA summaries allow for quick review of the key steps in each system exam.
- Dynamic learning exercises on the companion website test your knowledge and provide instant feedback on your progress.
New to This Edition
- Updates throughout reflect the latest research findings and evidence-based practice for techniques, normal and abnormal findings, genetics, and assessment.
- 60 video clips demonstrate exam techniques for each system and are downloadable for use on Video iPod devices.
- 25 new anatomy and physiology animations provide narrated explanations of processes beneath the skin.
- New audio chapter summaries, downloadable for use on MP3 players, offer a convenient way to review key content on the go.
- New 3-column tables featuring Pathophysiology, Subjective Data, and Objective Data provide an illustrated reference that allows for quick and accurate comparisons.
- 75 new illustrations and dozens of new photos of normal and abnormal findings help to clarify anatomic concepts and exam techniques.
Contents
- Chapter 1: The History and Interviewing Process
- Chapter 2: Cultural Awareness
- Chapter 3: Examination Techniques and Equipment
- Chapter 4: Mental Status
- Chapter 5: Growth and Measurement
- Chapter 6: Nutrition
- Chapter 7: Assessment of Pain
- Chapter 8: Skin, Hair, and Nails
- Chapter 9: Lymphatic System
- Chapter 10: Head and Neck
- Chapter 11: Eyes
- Chapter 12: Ears, Nose, and Throat
- Chapter 13: Chest and Lungs
- Chapter 14: Heart
- Chapter 15: Blood Vessels
- Chapter 16: Breasts and Axillae
- Chapter 17: Abdomen
- Chapter 18: Female Genitalia
- Chapter 19: Male Genitalia
- Chapter 20: Anus, Rectum, and Prostate
- Chapter 21: Musculoskeletal System
- Chapter 22: Neurologic System
- Chapter 23: Sports Participation Evaluation
- Chapter 24: Putting It All Together
- Chapter 25: Taking the Next Steps: Critical Thinking
- Chapter 26: Recording Information
- Chapter 27: Emergency or Life-Threatening Situations
Appendices
- Appendix A:
- Preterm infant growth chart
- Boys birth to 36 months growth chart
- Girls birth to 36 months growth chart
- Boys 2 to 20 years growth chart
- Girls 2 to 20 years growth chart
- Appendix B:
- Tables B-1 and B-2: Weight and Length Conversion Charts
- Table B-3: Body Mass Index (BMI)
- Appendix C: Denver II Development Tool
- Appendix D: Temperature Conversion Chart
About the Authors
- Henry M. Seidel, MD, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
- Jane W. Ball, RN, DrPH, CPNP, DPNAP, Trauma Systems Consultant, American College of Surgeons, Gaithersburg, MD.
- Joyce E. Dains, DrPH, JD, RN, FNP, BC, DPNAP, Advanced Practice Nursing Program Director, The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston,TX.
- John A. Flynn, MD, MBA, Clinical Director and Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
- Barry S Solomon, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Director, Harriet Lane Clinic, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
- Rosalyn W Stewart, MD, MS, MBA, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 912 pages
- Publisher: Mosby; 7 edition (2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0323055702
- ISBN-13: 978-0323055703
- Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 1.5 inches
List Price: $109.00