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This concise and trusted reference provides authoritative guidance on how to perform the patient interview, physical examination, and other core assessments as well as how to apply clinical reasoning and use shared decision-making in a quick-reference format—all based on a firm understanding of clinical evidence.

Bates’ Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking includes illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline the correct performance of the physical examination in an easy-to-follow two-column format featuring examination techniques on the left and abnormalities (clearly indicated in red) with differential diagnoses on the right. This highly regarded pocket guide also covers special stages in the life cycle—infancy through adolescence, pregnancy, and aging.

Features of Bates’ Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking 8th Edition PDF

Here are important features of this book:

• Text boxes help readers quickly find important summaries of clinical conditions and other relevant information.
• Many new and updated photographs and illustrations support the text, and figures are now numbered for easy identification and reference.
• Rewritten chapter on evaluating clinical evidence clarifies key concepts to ensure student understanding.
• Revised and expanded chapter on the skin, hair, and nails includes new dermatology photographs and provides the framework for assessing common lesions and abnormalities.
• Updated behavior and mental status chapter now references DSM-5.
• Significantly revised information on obesity and nutrition counseling; cardiovascular risk factor screening and new clinical guidelines; new screening guidelines for breast cancer, colon cancer, Papanicolau smears, and stroke risk factors; current information on STIs; new geriatric assessment tools; and much more provide essential clinical updates.
• New life-cycle content includes an increased emphasis on cardiovascular health promotion and child development; updated pregnancy topics such as weight gain, substance abuse, and intimate partner violence; and new information on the older adult, including frailty, immunizations, cancer screening, cognitive decline and dementia screening, and a new algorithm for falls prevention.

Lynn S. Bickley MD FACP (Author)

Dr. Lynn Bickley is a dermatologist in Chestertown, MD and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown and University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton. She received her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and has been in practice 32 years.

Dr. Bickley accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. She is one of 4 doctors at University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown and one of 3 doctors at University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton who specialize in Dermatology.

Other Authors

1. Peter G. Szilagyi, MD, MPH
   Professor of Pediatrics and Executive Vice-Chair
   Department of Pediatrics
   University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
   Los Angeles, California
2. Richard M. Hoffman, MD, MPH, FACP
   Professor of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology
   Director, Division of General Internal Medicine
   University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
   Iowa City, Iowa

Table of Contents

Below is the complete table of contents offered inside Bates’ Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking 8th Edition PDF:

1. Foundations for Clinical Proficiency
2. Evaluating Clinical Evidence
3. Interviewing and the Health History
4. Beginning the Physical Examination: General Survey, Vital Signs, and Pain
5. Behavior and Mental Status
6. The Skin, Hair, and Nails
7. The Head and Neck
8. The Thorax and Lungs
9. The Cardiovascular System
10. The Breasts and Axillae
11. The Abdomen
12. The Peripheral Vascular System
13. Male Genitalia and Hernias
14. Female Genitalia
15. The Anus, Rectum, and Prostate
16. The Musculoskeletal System
17. The Nervous System
18. Assessing Children: Infancy through Adolescence
19. The Pregnant Woman
20. The Older Adult

Product Details

Below are the technical specifications of Bates’ Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking 8th Edition PDF:

• Book Name : Bates’ Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking
• Edition : 8th Edition | | ISBN : 9781496338488
• Author Name : Lynn S. Bickley MD FACP
• Category : Medical
• Format / Pages : PDF – 454 Pages

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