The Rational Clinical Examination: EvidenceBased Clinical Diagnosis (Jama & Archives Journals),Used

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.The ultimate guide to the evidencebased clinical encounterA Doody's Core Title for 2015!'This book is an excellent source of supported evidence that provides useful and clinically relevant information for the busy practitioner, student, resident, or educator who wants to hone skills of physical diagnosis. It provides a tool to improve patient care by using the history and physical examination items that have the most reliability and efficiency.'Annals of Internal Medicine'The evidencebased examination techniques put forth by Rational Clinical Examination is the sort that can be brought to bear on a daily basis to save time, increase confidence in medical decisions, and help decrease unnecessary testing for conditions that do not require absolute diagnostic certainty. In the end, the whole of this book is greater than its parts and can serve as a worthy companion to a traditional manual of physical examination.'Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC)Proceedings5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW!'Physical diagnosis has been taught to every medical student but this evidencebased approach now shows us why, presenting one of medicine's most basic tenets in a new and challenging light. The format is extraordinary, taking previously published material and updating the pertinent evidence since the initial publication, affirming or questioning or refining the conclusions drawn from the data.'This is a book for everyone who has studied medicine and found themselves doubting what they have been taught over the years, not that they have been deluded, but that medical traditions have been unquestionably believed because there was no evidence to believe otherwise. The authors have uncovered the truth.'This extraordinary, oneofakind book is a valuable addition to every medical library.'Doody's Review ServiceCompletely updated with new literature analyses, here is a uniquely practical, clinically relevant approach to the use of evidence in the content of physical examination. Going far beyond the scope of traditional physical examination texts, this invaluable resource compiles and presents the evidencebased meanings of signs, symptoms, and results from physical examination maneuvers and other diagnostic studies. Page after page, you'll find a focus on actual clinical questions and presentations, making it an incomparably practical resource that you'll turn to again and again.Importantly, the highyield content of The Rational Clinical Examination is significantly expanded and updated from the original JAMA articles, much of it published here for the first time. It all adds up to a definitive, readytouse clinical exam sourcebook that no student or clinician should be without.FEATURES Packed with updated, new, and previously unpublished information from the original JAMA articles Standardized template for every issue covered, including: Case Presentation; Why the Issue Is Clinically Important; Research and Statistical Methods Used to Find the Evidence Presented; The Sensitivity and Specificity of Each Key Result; Resolution of the Case Presentation; and the Clinical Bottom Line Completely updated with allnew literature searches and appraisals supplementing each chapter Fullcolor format with dynamic clinical illustrations and images Realworld focus on a specific clinical question in each chapter, reflecting the way clinicians approach the practice of evidencebased medicine More than 50 complete chapters on common and challenging clinical questions and patient presentations Also available: JAM