Bates physical examination

Bates guide to physical examination

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Perform an accurate, efficient, and effective physical examination with confidence.

Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking provides authoritative, step-by-step guidance on performing the patient interview and physical examination, applying clinical reasoning, shared decision-making, and other core assessment skills—all based on a firm understanding of clinical evidence.
This highly regarded text includes fully illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline the correct performance of the physical examination and an easy-to-follow two-column format featuring examination techniques on the left and abnormalities (clearly indicated in red) with differential diagnoses on the right. Bates’ also includes a unit on special populations, covering special stages in the life cycle—infancy through adolescence, pregnancy, and aging.

• Clinical pearls , printed in blue, highlight key points throughout the text.
• Text boxes help readers quickly find important summaries of clinical conditions and tips for challenging examination techniques.
• Many new and updated photographs and illustrations support the text, and figures are now numbered for easy identification and reference.
• Rewritten chapter on evaluating clinical evidence clarifies key concepts to ensure student understanding.
• Revised and expanded chapter on the skin, hair, and nails includes new dermatology photographs and provides the framework for assessing common lesions and abnormalities.
• Updated behavior and mental status chapter now references DSM-5 .
• Significantly revised information on obesity and nutrition counseling; cardiovascular risk factor screening and new clinical guidelines; new screening guidelines for breast cancer, colon cancer, Papanicolau smears, and stroke risk factors; updated information on STIs; new geriatric assessment tools; and much more.
• New life cycle content , including an increased emphasis on cardiovascular health promotion and child development; updated pregnancy topics such as weight gain, substance abuse, and intimate partner violence; and new information on the older adult, including frailty, immunizations, cancer screening, cognitive decline and dementia screening, and a new algorithm for falls prevention.

Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking is the #1 choice for complete, authoritative guidance on mastering every aspect of the all-important physical examination.

The Pocket Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking,

7th edition is a concise, portable text that:

● Describes how to interview the patient and take the health history.

● Provides an illustrated review of the physical examination.

● Reminds students of common, normal, and abnormal physical 

findings.

● Describes special techniques of assessment that students may need in 

specific instances.

● Provides succinct aids to interpretation of selected findings.

There are several ways to use the Pocket Guide:

● To review and remember the content of a health history.

● To review and rehearse the techniques of examination. This can be 

done while learning a single section and again while combining the 

approaches to several body systems or regions into an integrated 

examination (see Chap. 1).

● To review common variations of normal and selected abnormalities. 

Observations are keener and more precise when the examiner knows 

what to look, listen, and feel for.

● To look up special techniques as the need arises. Maneuvers such 

as The Timed Get Up and Go test are included in the Special 

Techniques sections in each chapter. 

● To look up additional information about possible findings, including 

abnormalities and standards of normal.

The Pocket Guide is not intended to serve as a primary text for learn-

ing the skills of history taking or physical examination. Its detail is too 

brief for these purposes. It is intended instead as an aid for student 

review and recall and as a convenient, brief, and portable reference.