Full Description
The first book to teach physical assessment techniques based on evidence and clinical relevance.
Grounded in an empirical approach to history-taking and physical assessment techniques, this text for healthcare clinicians and students focuses on patient well-being and health promotion. It is based on an analysis of current evidence, up-to-date guidelines, and best-practice recommendations. It underscores the evidence, acceptability, and clinical relevance behind physical assessment techniques.
Evidence-Based Physical Examination offers the unique perspective of teaching both a holistic and a scientific approach to assessment. Chapters are consistently structured for ease of use and include anatomy and physiology, key history questions and considerations, physical examination, laboratory considerations, imaging considerations, evidence-based practice recommendations, and differential diagnoses related to normal and abnormal findings. Case studies, clinical pearls, and key takeaways aid retention, while abundant illustrations, photographic images, and videos demonstrate history-taking and assessment techniques. Instructor resources include PowerPoint slides, a test bank with multiple-choice questions and essay questions, and an image bank. This is the physical assessment text of the future.
Key Features:Delivers the evidence, acceptability, and clinical relevance behind history-taking and assessment techniques
Eschews "traditional" techniques that do not demonstrate evidence-based reliability
Focuses on the most current clinical guidelines and recommendations from resources such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Focuses on the use of modern technology for assessment
Aids retention through case studies, clinical pearls, and key takeaways
Demonstrates techniques with abundant illustrations, photographic images, and videos
Includes robust instructor resources: PowerPoint slides, a test bank with multiple-choice questions and essay questions, and an image bank
Purchase includes digital access for use on most mobile devices or computers
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Videos
Instructor Resources
PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
1. APPROACH TO EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
2. EVIDENCE-BASED HISTORY-TAKING APPROACH FOR WELLNESS EXAMS, EPISODIC VISITS, AND CHRONIC CARE MANAGEMENT
3. APPROACH TO IMPLEMENTING AND DOCUMENTING PATIENT-CENTERED, CULTURALLY SENSITIVE EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT
4. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
5. APPROACH TO THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION: GENERAL SURVEY AND ASSESSMENT OF VITAL SIGNSPART II: EVIDENCE-BASED PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT OF BODY SYSTEMS
6. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF THE HEART AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
7. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF THE LUNGS AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
8. APPROACH TO EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF BODY HABITUS (HEIGHT, WEIGHT, BODY MASS INDEX, NUTRITION)
9. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF SKIN, HAIR, AND NAILS
10. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
11. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF THE HEAD AND NECK
12. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF THE EYE
13. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF THE EARS, NOSE, AND THROAT
14. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
15. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
16. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF THE ABDOMINAL, GASTROINTESTINAL, AND UROLOGICAL SYSTEMS
PART III: EVIDENCE-BASED PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT OF SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
17. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF THE BREASTS AND AXILLAE
18. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, AND HEALTH
19. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF MALE GENITALIA, PROSTATE, RECTUM, AND ANUS
20. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF THE FEMALE GENITOURINARY SYSTEM
21. EVIDENCE-BASED OBSTETRIC ASSESSMENT
PART IV: EVIDENCE-BASED PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
22. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
23. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
24. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT AND SCREENING FOR TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES: ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
25. EVIDENCE-BASED THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION AND MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING IN HEALTH ASSESSMENT
PART V: SPECIAL TOPICS IN EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT
26. EVIDENCE-BASED HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR SPORTS PARTICIPATION EVALUATION
27. USING HEALTH TECHNOLOGY IN EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT
28. EVIDENCE-BASED ASSESSMENT OF PERSONAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FOR CLINICIANS: KEY STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE OPTIMAL WELLNESS
29. EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH AND WELL-BEING ASSESSMENT: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
