Talley and O'Connor's Clinical Examination - E-Book VBK, 10th Edition
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Comprehensive guide to core principles and clinical skills
Talley and O’Connor’s Clinical Examination is a complete resource for students and educators covering the core principles, skills and competencies needed for effective patient examination and diagnosis.
For each body system, the book details how to take a systematic and comprehensive health history, how to examine a patient, how to correlate physical signs with disease, and how to use rigorous clinical thinking skills to form a diagnosis.
This tenth edition of the book has been fully updated and forms part of a complete package that includes an eBook, skills videos, ECG and imaging cases, and Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs), and is complemented by two companion texts, Talley and O’Connor’s Clinical OSCEs and Clinical Examination Essentials.
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- Suitable for every level of medical student in Australia and New Zealand as well as those in the UK, Ireland, Canada and across Asia and Africa – from pre-clinical studies through to final exams
- Offers a systematic approach to physical examination and history taking
- Includes all important specialties – including women’s health, paediatrics, mental health, and acute care
- Fully updated with the latest evidence, references and historical notes
- Content organised to maximise comprehension, with supporting full-colour figures, comments, footnotes and aide-memoires
- Additional online material to support learning
New to this edition
- New section on dermatology and skin colour and the racial differences in disease
- Content displayed separately for junior and more advanced students
- New videos demonstrating physical examination techniques
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Section 1: The general principles of history taking and physical examination
1. The general principles of history taking
2. Taking the history: advanced history taking
3. The general principles of physical examinationSection 2: The cardiovascular system
4. The cardiovascular history
5. The cardiac examination
6. The limb examination and peripheral vascular disease
7. Correlation of physical signs disease and cardiovascular disease
8. A summary of the cardiovascular examination and extending the cardiovascular examinationSection 3: The respiratory system
9. The respiratory history
10. The respiratory examination
11. Correlation of physical signs and respiratory disease
12. A summary of the respiratory examination and extending the respiratory examinationSection 4: The gastrointestinal system
13. The gastrointestinal history
14. The gastrointestinal examination
15. Correlation of physical signs and gastrointestinal disease
16. A summary of the gastrointestinal examination and extending the gastrointestinal examinationSection 5: The genitourinary system
17. The genitourinary history
18. The genitourinary examination
19. A summary of the examination of chronic kidney disease and extending the genitourinary examinationSection 6: The haematological system
20. The haematological history
21. The haematological examination
22. A summary of the haematological examination and extending the haematological examinationSection 7: The rheumatological system
23. The rheumatological history
24. The rheumatological examination
25. Correlation of physical signs with rheumatological and musculoskeletal disease
26. A summary of the rheumatological examination and extending the rheumatological examinationSection 8: The endocrine system
27. The endocrine history
28. The endocrine examination
29. Correlation of physical signs and endocrine disease
30. A summary of the endocrine examination and extending the endocrine examinationSection 9 The nervous system
31. The neurological history
32. The neurological examination: general signs and the cranial nerves
33. The neurological examination: speech and higher centres
34. The neurological examination: the peripheral nervous system
35. Correlation of physical signs and neurological syndromes and disease
36. A summary of the neurological examination and extending the neurological examinatioSection 10: Paediatric and neonatal history and examination
37. The paediatric history and examination
38. The neonatal history and examinationSection 11: Women's health history and examination
39. The obstetric history and examination
40. The gynaecological history and examination
41. The breasts: history and examinationSection 12: Specialty system history and examination
42. The eyes, ears, nose and throat
43. The skin and lumps
44. The older person assessment
45. Approaching infectious diseasesSection 13: Mental health history and examination
46. The mental health history and mental state examination
Section 14: Acute care and end of life
47. The acutely ill patient
48. The pre-anaesthetic medical evaluation (PAME)
49. Assessment of deathSection 15: Adult history taking and examination in the wards and clinics
50. Writing and presenting the adult history and physical examination
51. A suggested method for a rapid screening adult physical examination
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