Huw Llewelyn (Formerly Consultant Physician, Honorary Departmental, Hock Aun Ang (Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medicine, Consultant Phys, Keir Lewis (Senior Lecturer in Medicine, Honorary Consultant Physic

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis

With Llewelyn, Huw; Ang, Hock Aun; Lewis, Keir; Al-Abdullah, Anees

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Produktbeschreibung

This handbook describes the diagnostic process clearly and logically, aiding medical students and others who wish to improve their diagnostic performance and to learn more about the diagnostic process.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Medical Handbooks
• Verlag: OUP Oxford / Oxford University Press
• 3rd ed.
• Erscheinungstermin: September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 185mm x 106mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780199679867
• ISBN-10: 019967986X
• Artikelnr.: 40802161

Autorenporträt

Huw Llewelyn qualified in Medicine at the University of Wales in 1970. In 1975 he became senior registrar and lecturer in medicine and endocrinology at St Bartholomew's Hospital London. In 1979 he was appointed Consultant Physician at King's College Hospital London. His MD was sponsored by the Nobel Laureate Sir James Black FRS and describes new theorems in probability theory that allow tests to be designed and assessed in a systematic way for differential diagnosis and identify patients who probably respond (or do not respond) to specific treatments. His clinical and teaching experience is based on work in university teaching hospitals in inner cities, rural district general hospitals and general practice. He is currently adapting the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Diagnosis so that it can be used by trainee doctors at Kettering General Hospital to write sophisticated electronic discharge and handover summaries that explain medical reasoning to patients and students. ; Hock Aun Ang is a

Inhaltsangabe

1 The diagnostic process
2 Interpreting the history and examination
3 General and endocrine symptoms and physical signs
4 Skin symptoms and physical signs
5 Cardiovascular symptoms and physical signs
6 Respiratory symptoms and physical signs
7 Gastrointestinal symptoms and physical signs
8 Urological and gynaecological symptoms and physical signs
9 Joint, limb, and back symptoms and physical signs
10 Psychiatric and neurological symptoms and physical signs
11 Laboratory tests
12 Chest x-rays
13 Making the diagnostic process evidence-based