The classic point-of-care guide to the undifferentiated patient -- completely revised and easier to navigate than ever!

A Doody's Core Title!

Part physical examination primer, part differential diagnosis tool, DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination takes you a step beyond elementary physical diagnosis.

DeGowin's covers all physical examination techniques and procedures, but this highly practical point-of-care guide goes further, focusing on the meaning of signs and symptoms. It also shows you how to catalog clinical findings resulting from the physical examination--and order them into a differential diagnosis.

FEATURES

All the essentials of the diagnosis exam procedure and patient record preparation - in one ultra-handy reference
• Top-to-bottom coverage of differential diagnosis, organized by systems, signs, and syndromes
• High-yield overviews of each organ/region/system, followed by the definition of key presenting signs and their possible origins
• NEW! Updated content includes the latest developments in evidence-based physical examination, along with references to the popular JAMA series “The Rational Clinical Examination”
• NEW! 24 full-color illustrations
• NEW! Full-text download for your mobile device