Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care E-Book

Learn to accurately diagnose the majority of patients seen in today's primary care settings

• A clear, consistent diagnostic reasoning process takes you to the next step of health assessment -- beyond basic history and physical examination to diagnostic reasoning.
• Diagnostic Reasoning: Focused History sections use 'self-questions' to walk you through the thinking process involved in obtaining a pertinent, relevant, problem-specific history that will assist in differential diagnosis.
• Diagnostic Reasoning: Focused Physical Examination sections explain how to perform more advanced diagnostic techniques and interpret the findings.
• Key Questions guide you through assessment and toward an accurate diagnosis by listing questions to ask the patient, followed by explanations of what the patient's responses might signify.
• Laboratory and Diagnostic Studies sections outline the types of tests that might be appropriate based on the focused history and focused physical examination.
• Differential Diagnosis sections offer the most common diagnoses for each patient problem and summarize the history and physical examination findings, along with recommended laboratory and diagnostic studies.
• Differential Diagnosis tables provide you with a quick-reference summary of possible diagnoses for each patient problem.
• Evidence-Based Practice boxes -- more than 30 NEW -- summarize the scientific evidence related to the diagnosis of patient problems.
• Evidence-Based Preventive Health Screening chapter helps you to screen for common asymptomatic conditions and promote wellness.
• Information on screening for abuse and sexual assault helps you identify patients who might need additional support or intervention.
• List of Chapters by Body System provides a convenient Table of Contents organized by body system.