Clinical Methods and Interpretation in Medicine emphasises the importance of history taking and arriving at a diagnosis, and management following general physical and systematic examination.

This book is divided into organ systems. Each system is subdivided into history taking, examination, and drugs with their contraindications. The format provides a coherent and direct approach to the clinical evaluation of the patient.

The chapters on interviewing a patient and physical examination provide a guide to the format of history taking, disease-oriented approach and patient-oriented approach, how to start general observation, check for vital signs, nutritional status, and how to compile a statement on the patient.

The causes, pathogenesis, clinical significance and relevance of systemic symptoms are thoroughly analysed, with over 1000 full colour images and illustrations to enhance understanding.

Clinical Methods and Interpretation in Medicine is a comprehensive guide providing excellent preparation for exams for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, and essential reference material for residents and fellows.

Key Points

Divided into organ systems, focusing on history taking, examination and prescription for each
Over 1000 full colour images and illustrations
Excellent exam preparation Common terms and phrases: abdominal abnormal acid Acute aorta aortic regurgitation aortic stenosis artery Ask the patient associated atrial Auscultation bilateral blood pressure breath sound bronchi bronchial capillary carcinoma cardiac carotid Causes cells cerebral chest wall chronic coronary cortex cough cyanosis Decreased defect Diabetes diaphragm diastolic disease disorder distal drug dyspnea edema esophageal fever fibers finger fluid gastric gyrus heart sound hepatic hypertension Increased infarction infection intercostal intestine involvement left ventricle left ventricular lesion liver lobe loss lower lung lymph nodes medial mitral Mitral regurgitation murmur muscles nasal neck normal obstruction occurs optic nerve palpable palpation percent percussion peripheral phase pleural pleural effusion position posterior produces pulmonary pulmonary hypertension pulse pulsus paradoxus Radiation regurgitation renal respiration respiratory retinal right ventricular Sarcoidosis sensory septal side skin supine position symptoms syncope syndrome systolic temporal thoracic tongue tract tricuspid Tricuspid regurgitation tumor ulcer upper valve vascular vein venous visual