SWARTZ Textbook of Physical Diagnosis. History and Examination

Swartz, M.

9ª Edición Marzo 2025

Inglés

Tapa dura

848 pags

2400 gr

22 x 28 x 4 cm

ISBN 9780443235061

Editorial ELSEVIER

LIBRO IMPRESO

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7 - 10 días

exploración | evaluación | valoración | examen historia clínica | anamnesis

Section 1 Mastering the Art of Interviewing
1. The Interviewer's Questions
2. The Patient's Responses
3. Understanding Complementary and Alternative Medicine
4. Putting the History Together

Section 2 Valuing Diversity: Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
5. Deconstructing Racism and Bias in Clinical Medicine

Section 3 Understanding the Science of the Physical Examination
6. The Physical Examination
7. Assessment of Nutritional Status
8. The Skin
9. The Head and Neck
10. The Eye
11. The Ear and Nose
12. The Oral Cavity and Pharynx
13. The Chest
14. The Heart
15. The Peripheral Vascular System
16. The Breast
17. The Abdomen
18. Male Genitalia and Hernias
19. Female Genitalia
20. The Musculoskeletal System
21. The Nervous System
22. Putting the Examination Together

Section 4 Evaluating Specific Patients
23. The Pregnant Patient
24. The Pediatric Patient
25. The Geriatric Patient
26. The Acutely Ill or Injured Patient

Section 5 Putting the Data to Work
27. Precision, Accuracy, and Critical Thinking in Clinical Assessment
28. The Clinical Record
29. The Focused History and Physical Examination

Section 6 Analyzing Ethical Issues in Clinical Medicine
30. Clinical Ethics and Professionalism

Appendices (Available online)
A. Commonly Abused Drugs
B. Signs and Symptoms of Deficiency States
C. Conversion Tables
D. English-to-Spanish Translations Useful in the Medical Setting
E. The Rational Clinical Examination: Additional References
F. CDC Recommended Immunization Schedule

Offering a compassionate, humanistic approach in this critical area, Swartz Textbook of Physical Diagnosis, Nineth Edition, helps you master each aspect of the art and science of interviewing and physical examination. This highly regarded text clearly teaches how your interpersonal awareness is just as crucial during the patient interview and physical exam as your level of skill—and why clinical competence in this area is essential for physicians, osteopathic physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and all other members of the healthcare profession. From cover to cover, you’ll learn fundamental skills and concepts that result in more accurate diagnoses, more effective patient management, and better patient outcomes.

Offers fully revised content throughout, including clear, easy-to-understand explanations of interviewing and examination techniques, clinical presentations, pathophysiology, complementary and alternative medicine, and physical diagnosis standards and tests
Includes three new chapters: The Transgender Patient; Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Encounters: Opportunities and Challenges; and Telehealth: Adapting Clinical Assessment
Explores how cultural differences can influence communication, diet, family relationships, and health practices and beliefs—which may affect your approach to a patient’s treatment
Features hundreds of high-quality color images, an easy-to-use design, and detailed descriptions of practical techniques throughout
Contains new end-of-chapter review questions in most chapters.
Highlights clinical ethics and professionalism
Includes more than 6 hours of in-depth instruction, with 40+ updated videos featuring step-by-step aspects of the physical examination for adults, toddlers, and newborns, important interviewing scenarios, and audio of heart and lung sounds
Features online appendices covering English-to-Spanish Translations Useful in the Medicine Setting, Commonly Misused Substances, Signs and Symptoms of Deficiency States, and more
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text and figures, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Evolve Instructor site with an image collection and videos is available to instructors through their Elsevier sales rep or via request at https://evolve.elsevier.com.

Author Information

By Mark H. Swartz, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine, State University of New York (SUNY), Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York; Adjunct Professor of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York; Professor of Medical Sciences, New York College of Podiatric Medicine, New York, New York and Director, C3NY--Clinical Competence Center of New York, New York, NY, USA