Physical Diagnosis in Medicine

Physical Diagnosis in Medicine covers the procedures for physical examination and for diagnosis of common causes of abnormal physical signs. This book is composed of eight chapters that also outline the physical signs encountered in common medical conditions.
The opening chapters deal with the preliminary general appraisal of the patient for a number of important physical sign, appearance, behavior, and mental state. The rest of the book outlines the schematic approach allowing an overall assessment concerning conditions of the nervous, cardio-vascular, gastrointestinal, hemotopoietic, respiratory, and endocrine systems. The final chapter considers the procedures for examination of the joints.
This book will prove useful to general medical practitioners.

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PREFACE

Chapter 1: PRELIMINARY APPRAISAL OF THE PATIENT

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PALLOR AND PLETHORA

CYANOSIS

PIGMENTATION

JAUNDICE

SPOT DIAGNOSIS

EXAMINATION OF THE HANDS

Chapter 2: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

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APPEARANCE AND GENERAL BEHAVIOUR

THE SKULL

THE SPINE

CRANIAL NERVES

FIRST CRANIAL NERVE (OLFACTORY)

SECOND CRANIAL NERVE (OPTIC NERVE)

THE THIRD, FOURTH AND SIXTH CRANIAL NERVES

THE THIRD CRANIAL NERVE (OCULOMOTOR)

THE FOURTH CRANIAL NERVE (TROCHLEAR)

THE SIXTH CRANIAL NERVE (ABDUCENS)

THE FIFTH CRANIAL NERVE (TRIGEMINAL)

THE SEVENTH CRANIAL NERVE (FACIAL)

THE EIGHTH CRANIAL NERVE (ACOUSTIC)

NINTH AND TENTH CRANIAL NERVES (GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL AND VAGUS)

THE ELEVENTH CRANIAL NERVE (SPINAL-ACCESSORY)

THE TWELFTH CRANIAL NERVE (HYPOGLOSSAL)

EXAMINATION OF THE LIMBS AND TRUNK

EXAMINATION OF THE LOWER LIMB

NEUROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS

THE EXAMINATION OF THE UNCONSCIOUS PATIENT

Chapter 3: THE CARDIO-VASCULAR SYSTEM

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THE PULSE

DETERMINATION OF THE BLOOD PRESSURE

THE EXAMINATION OF THE PULSATIONS IN THE NECK

EXAMINATION OF THE PRAECORDIUM

CARDIAC LESIONS

SIGNS OF CARDIAC FAILURE

SIGNS OF BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS

PERICARDIAL LESIONS

Chapter 4: THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM

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Examination of the lips

Examination of the teeth, gums and buccal mucosa

Examination of the tongue

THE ABDOMEN

AREA IDENTIFICATION OF OTHER ABDOMINAL SWELLINGS

Chapter 5: THE HAEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM

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ANAEMIA

POLYCYTHAEMIA

LYMPHADENOPATHY

PURPURA

SPLENOMEGALY AND HEPATOMEGALY

Chapter 6: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

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Inspection

Palpation

Percussion

Auscultation

Inspection of the sputum

CORRELATION OF THE PHYSICAL SIGNS WITH UNDERLYING PATHOLOGY

Chapter 7: THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

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Thyrotoxicosis

Myxoedema

Addison's disease

Cushing's syndrome

Acromegaly

Hypopituitarism

Hypoparathyroidism

Chapter 8: EXAMINATION OF JOINTS

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ARTHROPATHIES

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