Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis

by Steven McGee

Fully updated from cover to cover, incorporating over 200 new studies on the evidence-based approach to diagnosis, the 4th Edition of Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis remains your go-to resource for guidance on interpreting physical signs, enabling you to determine the most appropriate physical finding to confirm a diagnosis. Internationally renowned author Dr. Steven McGee puts the most current evidence at your fingertips, allowing you to quickly compare all physical signs for a given diagnosis, understand their significance, and then select the most accurate ones.Includes a unique evidence-based calculator online that enables you to easily determine probability using likelihood ratios.Features a reader-friendly outline format , including dozens of "EBM boxes" and accompanying "EBM ruler" illustrations.Provides new evidence on the scientific value of many physical findings , including Cheyne-Stokes respirations, subclavian stenosis, fever of unknown origin, porto-pulmonary hypertension, localization of stroke, and many more.NEW two-color format improves readability and helps you find essential information faster.NEW Key Teaching Points at the beginning of every chapter, ideal for teachers of bedside medicine.

Genres: Medicine, Reference

736 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 16, 2001

Reviews

[Gijs Limonard · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a practicing clinical physician myself, I found this to be very helpful; the diagnostic value of physical examination findings are quantified into likelihood ratios; which not incidentally is exactly what clinicians intuitively do in a Bayesian approach in establishing a clinical diagnosis.

[Charlie · Rating 5 out of 5]

While I do not have the sheer amount of clinical hours to employ these exams, nor the professional responsibility to exam and diagnose my loved ones, I relished this book and its statistics-supported crackpot attitude towards the physical exam. Will this replace the point of care ultrasound for the tendon injury or CT angiography for the abdominal aortic dissection? Of course not, but there is an undeniable allure to studying the physical exam, like that of a master woodworker who refines the techniques of prior generations with modern sensibilities, bridging the past and future.

[Bruna · Rating 5 out of 5]

✯ [5/5] ✯

Let me just be clear: best book for revisions (apart from UpToDate) when you need something in your internship. Also I am counting this one because I am studying so much and I need to put my academics books in my goal because I will not complete it otherwise hahahahah

[Annie]

big-time starred review from nishant. he uses this on teaching rounds all the time. gives data on what a piece of physical diagnostics actually means in terms of predicting disease/outcome. i should def buy this for residency.

[Travis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting, but very dense. I haven't finished it, but I use it as a reference.