Full Description
Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with "on the go", at a highly affordable price that puts them within reach of those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment.Common investigations (ECG, imaging, etc)Clinical skills (patient examination, etc.)Clinical specialties that students perceive as too small to merit a textbook (psychiatry, renal medicine)Key PointsPractical, accessible guide to examining the patient, which remains the bedrock of diagnosis and clinical evaluationConsistent chapter organisation: each body system chapter starts with relevant basic science, then highlights key signs before summarising examination techniqueLavishly illustrated with clinical photographs, summary tables and tips boxes
Contents
Chapter 01 IntroductionChapter 02 General principles of examinationChapter 03 Cardiovascular systemChapter 04 Respiratory systemChapter 05 Gastrointestinal systemChapter 06 Genitourinary systemChapter 07 Female reproductive systemChapter 08 Neurological systemChapter 09 Cranial nervesChapter 10 Musculoskeletal systemChapter 11 Psychiatric examinationChapter 12 Endocrine systemChapter 13 Examination of the paediatric patientChapter 14 Examination of the elderly patientChapter 15 Examination of the critically ill patientNER(01): WOW
