Physical Diagnosis Secrets

by Salvatore Mangione MD, Peter Sullivan MD, FACP, Michael S. Wagner MD

Overview

For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Physical Diagnosis Secrets, 3rd Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in physical diagnosis and health assessment. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

• The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time  – succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective. 

• Fully revised and updated throughout, with highly illustrated coverage of the history and physical exam, followed by assessment techniques that are weighted based on their clinical importance. 

• Online assessment includes audio clips of the heart and lung. 

• Top 100 Secrets and Key Points boxes provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams. 

• Bulleted lists, mnemonics, practical tips from leaders in the field – all providing a concise overview of important board-relevant content. Multiple-choice questions online provide opportunities for further self-assessment. 

• Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime. 

• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323263368
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	03/01/2021
Series:	Secrets
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	576
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Top 100 Secrets

1. General Appearance, Facies, and Body Habitus

2. Vital Signs

3. The Skin

4. The Eye

5. The Ear

6. Nose and Mouth

7. The Neck

8. The Thyroid

9. The Breast

10. The Cardiovascular Exam

11. Heart Sounds and Extra Sounds

12. Heart Murmurs

13. Chest Inspection, Palpation, and Percussion

14. Lung Auscultation

15. The Abdomen

16. Male Genitalia, Hernias, and Rectal Exam

17. Female Genitalia and the Pelvis

18. Lymph Nodes

19. The Neurologic System

20. The Musculoskeletal System

21. The Extremities and Peripheral Vascular System

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Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Vincent F Carr, DO, MSA, FACC, FACP (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
Description: This is the third edition of a practical book that covers the full range of essential topics in physical diagnosis and health assessment. The previous edition was published in 2008.
Purpose: The focus is on the subtleties of physical diagnosis to help make students more aware of the nuances of physical diagnosis. It is also a great memory aid attending clinicians can use to recall some of the more uncommon physical signs in the physical examination
Audience: The audience is all levels of clinicians of all disciplines, from medical students to attending and consulting physicians, nurses, physician assistants, dietitians, and imaging technicians that they may be more astute when working with their patients.
Features: The format is a Socratic question-and-answer style divided into 19 chapters covering the traditional organ systems with additional chapters for the general appearance and body habitus and the vital signs. Each organ system chapter begins with the generalities of the organ system, followed by an anatomic review, and basic terminology. After these orientation topics, the book presents numerous questions concerning one of the secrets of the physical examination. A tremendous number of figures and tables help make understanding the secrets easier and many pearls of knowledge highlight what should be remembered.
Assessment: This outstanding book details the nuances of the physical examination that will assist clinicians in their daily practice. I highly recommend it to all students and residents.

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