<span>Your essential guide in the assessment and diagnostic process. </span><span><br> Step by step, youβll hone your ability to perform effective health assessments, obtain valid data, interpret the findings, and recognize the range of conditions that can be indicated by specific findings to reach
Advanced assessment : interpreting findings and formulating differential diagnoses
β Scribed by Mary Jo Goolsby; Laurie Grubbs
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 698
- Edition
- Third edition.
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
TItle Page
Copyright
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Reviewers
Contents
Part I The Art of Assessment and Clinical Decision-Making
Chapter 1 Assessment and Clinical Decision-Making: An Overview
Chapter 2 Genomic Assessment: Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses
COLOR ATLAS
Part II Advanced Assessment and Differential Diagnosis by Body Regions and Systems
Chapter 3 Skin
Chapter 4 Head, Face, and Neck
Chapter 5 The Eye
Chapter 6 Ear, Nose, Mouth, and Throat
Chapter 7 Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Systems
Chapter 8 Respiratory System
Chapter 9 Breasts
Chapter 10 Abdomen
Chapter 11 Genitourinary System
Chapter 12 Male Reproductive System
Chapter 13 Female Reproductive System
Chapter 14 Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 15 Neurological System
Chapter 16 Nonspecific Complaints
Chapter 17 Psychiatric Mental Health
Part III
Assessment and Differential Diagnosis in Special Patient Populations
Chapter 18 Pediatric Patients
Chapter 19 Pregnant Patients
Chapter 20 Older Patients
Index
SYMPTOMS INDEX
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
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