Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis, 1e [Paperback]

Steven McGee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 16, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0721686931 | ISBN-13: 978-0721686936 | Edition: 1st

Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis is an up-to-date, one-of-a-kind guide to the clinical significance of the physical examination, with emphasis on a critical review of the accuracy of traditional physical signs. Unique "Diagnostic Accuracy" tables compare physical signs to contemporary diagnostic tools (such as clinical imaging and laboratory testing), and identify which traditional findings are accurate and thus relevant to today's clinicians. The book's easy-to-use outline format concisely summarizes each physical sign's historical origin, definition, pathophysiology, and clinical significance. In addition, more than 2,200 references make it a valuable aid and authoritative reference for clinicians at all levels of practice.

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About the Author

Steven McGee, MD, Department of Veterans Affairs, Puget Sound Health Care Systems, Seattle, WA

Product Details

• Paperback: 910 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 1st edition (March 16, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0721686931
• ISBN-13: 978-0721686936
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #732,101 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to make yourself look smart, November 5, 2002

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C. Williamson (OKC, OK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis, 1e (Paperback)

Many good physical exam books exist, but this is the only one that really tells you what PE finding mean. It includes great tables that lists findings of particular diseases and gives the sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratios. Other books will tell you that sign X is associated with disease Y, but no others tell you that if you see X that there is a high probability that the patient has Y, and a low probability if the patient doesn't have Z. The tables are even referenced to articles.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for clinician educators and physicians alike, August 12, 2001

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Terrence Shaneyfelt, MD, MPH (Birminghamr, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis, 1e (Paperback)

Concise,pocket-sized book that critically appraises the evidence on the physical exam. Well written with numerous tables of test characteristics of physical exam findings (ie sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios). This is not an introductory text on physical examination. There are very few illustrations on how to actually examine a patient.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More readable than the title suggests, January 27, 2003

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La Jolla ER physician (La Jolla, CA, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis, 1e (Paperback)

I hesitated to buy this book because of the title - "evidence-based" is often not so much an assurance of reliability as of nonreadability. However, of the twenty or so books on physical diagnosis I have perused this is by far the best - no single book will improve your clinical examination with more speed or pleasure.