This title helps you choose the diagnostic approaches that have been proven most effective! Dr Steven McGee puts the most current evidence at your fingertips, equipping you to easily select the best test for diagnosing a given condition and understand the diagnostic significance and accuracy of your findings.

pt. 1. Introduction. What is evidence-based physical diagnosis? -- pt. 2. Understanding the evidence. Diagnostic accuracy of physical findings -- Using the tables in this book -- Reliability of physical findings -- pt. 3. General appearance of the patient. Mental status examination -- Stance and gait -- Jaundice -- Cyanosis -- Anemia -- Hypovolemia -- Protein-energy malnutrition and weight loss -- Obesity -- Cushing syndrome -- pt. 4. Vital signs. Pulse rate and contour -- Abnormalities of pulse rhythm -- Blood pressure -- Temperature -- Respiratory rate and abnormal breathing patterns -- Pulse oximetry -- pt. 5. Head and neck. The pupils -- Diabetic retinopathy -- Hearing -- Thyroid and its disorders -- Meninges -- Peripheral lymphadenopathy -- pt. 6. the lungs. Inspection of the chest -- Palpation and percussion of the chest -- Auscultation of the lungs -- Ancillary tests -- pt. 7. Selected pulmonary disorders. Pneumonia -- Chronic obstructive lung disease -- Pulmonary embolism -- Pleural effusion -- pt. 8. The heart. Inspection of the neck veins -- Percussion of the heart -- Palpation of the heart -- Auscultation of the heart: general principles -- The first and second heart sounds -- The third and fourth heart sounds -- Miscellaneous heart sounds -- Heart murmurs: general principles -- pt. 9. Selected cardiac disorders. Aortic stenosis -- Aortic regurgitation -- Miscellaneous heart murmurs -- Disorders of the pericardium -- Congestive heart failure -- Coronary artery disease -- pt. 10. Abdomen. Inspection of the abdomen -- Palpation and percussion of the abdomen -- Abdominal pain and tenderness -- Auscultation of the abdomen -- pt. 11. Extremities. Peripheral vascular disease -- The diabetic foot -- Edema and deep vein thrombosis -- Examination of the musculoskeletal system -- pt. 12. Neurologic examination. Visual field testing -- nerves of the eye muscles (III, IV, and VI): approach to diplopia -- Miscellaneous cranial nerves -- Examination of the motor system: approach to weakness -- Examination of the sensory system -- Examination of the reflexes -- Disorders of the nerve roots, plexuses, and peripheral nerves -- Coordination and cerebellar testing -- pt. 13. Selected neurologic disorders. Tremor and Parkinson disease -- Hemorrhagic versus ischemic stroke -- Acute vertigo and imbalance -- Examination of nonorganic neurologic disorders -- pt. 14. Examination in the intensive care unit. Examination of patients in the intensive care unit -- Appendix. Likelihood ratios, confidence intervals, and pretest probability.