Sapira’s Art & Science of Bedside Diagnosis, 5th Edition (Original PDF from Publisher)

By Dr. Jane Orient MD
Essential reading for beginning and experienced clinicians alike, Sapira’s Art & Science of Bedside Diagnosis, Fifth Edition, discusses the patient interview and the physical examination in an engaging, storytelling style. Tried and true methods are described in step-by-step detail, and include clinical pearls, vignettes, practical clinical experiences, personal history, explanations of the physiologic significance of findings, and extensive discussions of evidence-based medicine. It’s a useful guide for learning and reinforcing effective bedside diagnosis techniques at all levels and stages of clinical practice. Key Features

• Serves as an essential road map to the individual, interdependent, and artful side of the practice of medicine using time-honored, hands-on methods.
• Helps you gain the most reliable information from your patients, leading to accurate differential diagnoses and efficient diagnostic strategies.
• Contains new material on endocrinology; the history and philosophy of medicine; orthopaedics, neurologic diagnoses and traumatic brain injury, dermatology; Guarino’s auscultatory percussion of the skull; hearing, the vestibular system, and intracranial hypertension; ophthalmoscopy; podiatry; and more.
• Details effective approaches to various types of patients, including those who are forgetful or confused, vague, using illegal substances, non-English speaking, hard of hearing, hostile, evasive, and many other frequently encountered situations.
• Includes “Points to Remember,” interesting historical tidbits, relevant references, and more than 300 questions with answers and discussion.

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Product Details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ LWW; 5th edition (July 19, 2018)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 672 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1975117999
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1975117993