A Colour Atlas Of Physical Signs In General Medicine

This collection of the most frequently seen signs and uncommon appearances provides a resource for a part of the diagnostic process. All signs and related features are described and their significance noted.

This collection of the most frequently seen signs and uncommon appearances provides an invaluable resource for an important part of the diagnostic process. All signs and related features are described and their significance noted. Updated edition includesnew conditions such as HIV and AIDS-related conditions, illustration using multiracial models, more emphasis on foot conditions, and ranges of signs for some common disorders to show the disease spectrum.

A concise, colorful alternative to more detailed textbooks of medicine, this latest edition incorporates a large number of color photographs to show key presenting signs and symptoms as they are seen in practice. Offering a remarkable value, it features over 1,500 illustrations including clinical photographs, endoscopic images, ultrasound scans, ECG's, and summary tables. In addition to the illustrations, the book provides concise accompanying text, detailed legends, and Key Facts boxes to make exam revision easier. An unrivalled collection of clinical images depicts presenting signs and trains the reader to recognize the physical signs of underlying disorders. Focusing on only the essential concepts, it makes learning and retention much easier. A convenient and portable size makes the book more manageable and appealing. A more accessible writing style, with headings and bullet points, assists speed reading and review. Key Facts boxes increase retention. Color photos and imaging pictures (CTs/MRIs) have been improved.

Covering the whole of clinical medicine, this work comprises illustrations highlighting the clinical signs of all major medical disorders, accompanied by radiological, ultrasound, endoscopic and other images. Each chapter provides a guide to symptoms, investigations, common and rare disorders.

Physical Signs in Medicine and Surgery - An Atlas of Rare, Lost and Forgotten Physical Signs: The work for this text began over two decades ago as Dr. Ashley White was researching ancient diseases and their initial presentations for prevention of future pandemic plagues. This evidence based paleopathology research has granted Dr. White access to some of the world's most sensitive archaeological sites. These locations have been in England, Scotland, North and Central America, Nine additional countries in Europe, Asia - including Russia and China, the Middle East, North and Sub-Sahara Africa, and South America including the Amazon Basin. This comprehensive Atlas was originally conceived for doctors providing needed care in dangerous, rugged and remote situations often created by catastrophe, disasters, epidemics, and military conflicts. It is within these serious environments that this Atlas can assist practitioners find the most obscure and difficult diagnosis where access to x-rays and modern laboratory equipment are often impossible. Designed with a unique reference style of key words tagged to known medical systems the Atlas functions as an easy to use clinical field manual whether in use in an advanced medical care unit or in the harsh realm of the jungle. This extensive compendium of rare medical findings, together with an incredible group of landmark essays make this the most complete Atlas of physical signs ever published.

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