Bates' pocket guide to physical examination and history taking

Cover......Page 1
Half Title Page......Page 3
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 9
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
CHAPTER 1: Overview: Physical Examination and History Taking......Page 11
PRESENT ILLNESS......Page 13
PAST HISTORY......Page 14
REVIEW OF SYSTEMS......Page 15
BEGINNING THE EXAMINATION: SETTING THE STAGE......Page 18
THE COMPREHENSIVE ADULT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION......Page 21
STANDARD AND UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS......Page 25
ASSESSMENT AND PLAN: THE PROCESS OF CLINICAL REASONING......Page 27
THE CASE OF MRS. N......Page 29
APPROACHING THE CHALLENGES OF CLINICAL DATA......Page 38
ORGANIZING THE PATIENT RECORD......Page 43
CHAPTER 3: Interviewing and the Health History......Page 47
GETTING READY: THE APPROACH TO THE INTERVIEW......Page 48
LEARNING ABOUT THE PATIENT: THE SEQUENCE OF THE INTERVIEW......Page 49
BUILDING A THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP: THE TECHNIQUES OF SKILLED INTERVIEWING......Page 53
ADAPTING YOUR INTERVIEW TO SPECIFIC SITUATIONS......Page 56
SENSITIVE TOPICS THAT CALL FOR SPECIFIC APPROACHES......Page 59
THE HEALTH HISTORY......Page 65
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 66
GENERAL SURVEY......Page 67
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT......Page 68
THE VITAL SIGNS: BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART RATE, RESPIRATORY RATE, AND TEMPERATURE......Page 71
ACUTE AND CHRONIC PAIN......Page 77
RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 79
AIDS TO INTERPRETATION......Page 80
CHAPTER 5: Behavior and Mental Status......Page 85
THE HEALTH HISTORY......Page 87
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 89
APPEARANCE AND BEHAVIOR......Page 91
THOUGHT AND PERCEPTIONS......Page 92
COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS......Page 93
HIGHER COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS......Page 94
RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 96
AIDS TO INTERPRETATION......Page 97
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 103
SKIN......Page 104
RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 105
AIDS TO INTERPRETATION......Page 106
THE HEAD......Page 121
THE EYES......Page 122
THE EARS......Page 123
THE MOUTH, THROAT, AND NECK......Page 124
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 125
THE EYES......Page 126
THE EARS......Page 130
THE MOUTH AND PHARYNX......Page 132
THE NECK......Page 133
RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 134
AIDS TO INTERPRETATION......Page 135
THE HEALTH HISTORY......Page 151
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 152
SURVEY OF THORAX......Page 153
THE POSTERIOR CHEST......Page 154
THE ANTERIOR CHEST......Page 159
RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 161
AIDS TO INTERPRETATION......Page 162
THE HEALTH HISTORY......Page 173
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 174
JUGULAR VEINS......Page 178
THE HEART......Page 179
RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 185
AIDS TO INTERPRETATION......Page 186
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 191
THE FEMALE BREAST......Page 193
AXILLAE......Page 196
AIDS TO INTERPRETATION......Page 199
PATTERNS AND MECHANISMS OF ABDOMINAL PAIN......Page 203
THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT......Page 204
THE URINARY TRACT......Page 208
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 209
THE ABDOMEN......Page 211
THE SPLEEN......Page 214
THE AORTA......Page 215
RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 218
AIDS TO INTERPRETATION......Page 219
THE HEALTH HISTORY......Page 225
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 226
ARMS......Page 228
LEGS......Page 229
RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 233
AIDS TO INTERPRETATION......Page 234
THE HEALTH HISTORY......Page 239
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 241
MALE GENITALIA......Page 242
HERNIAS......Page 244
RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 245
AIDS TO INTERPRETATION......Page 246
THE HEALTH HISTORY......Page 251
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 254
EXTERNAL GENITALIA......Page 256
INTERNAL GENITALIA AND PAP SMEAR......Page 257
RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 260
AIDS TO INTERPRETATION......Page 261
THE HEALTH HISTORY......Page 269
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 270
MALE......Page 272
FEMALE......Page 274
RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 275
FUNDAMENTALS FOR ASSESSING JOINTS......Page 281
THE HEALTH HISTORY......Page 283
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 286
TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT (TMJ)......Page 288
SHOULDERS......Page 289
ELBOWS......Page 292
WRISTS AND HANDS......Page 293
SPINE......Page 297
HIPS......Page 299
KNEES......Page 301
ANKLES AND FEET......Page 307
RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 310
AIDS TO INTERPRETATION......Page 311
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 321
PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 322
THE HEALTH HISTORY......Page 323
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 325
TECHNIQUES OF EXAMINATION......Page 326
CRANIAL NERVES......Page 328
THE MOTOR SYSTEM......Page 331
THE SENSORY SYSTEM......Page 335
REFLEXES......Page 338
RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 345
AIDS TO INTERPRETATION......Page 346
THE HEALTH HISTORY......Page 359
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 361
IMMEDIATE ASSESSMENT AT BIRTH......Page 362
EXAMINATION SEVERAL HOURS AFTER BIRTH......Page 364
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STATUS......Page 365
GENERAL SURVEY......Page 366
VITAL SIGNS......Page 367
THE SKIN......Page 368
THE EARS......Page 370
THE THORAX AND LUNGS......Page 371
THE HEART......Page 373
THE ABDOMEN......Page 374
THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM......Page 375
ASSESSING CHILDREN (1 TO 10 YEARS)......Page 376
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STATUS......Page 377
THE EYES......Page 378
THE EARS......Page 379
THE MOUTH AND PHARYNX......Page 380
THE HEART......Page 381
MALE GENITALIA......Page 382
THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM......Page 383
ASSESSING ADOLESCENTS......Page 384
RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 385
AIDS TO INTERPRETATION......Page 388
THE HEALTH HISTORY......Page 399
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 401
VITAL SIGNS, HEIGHT, AND WEIGHT......Page 404
HEAD AND NECK......Page 405
ABDOMEN......Page 406
GENITALIA, ANUS, AND RECTUM......Page 408
EXTREMITIES......Page 410
RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 412
APPROACH TO THE PATIENT......Page 413
COMMON CONCERNS......Page 415
HEALTH PROMOTION AND COUNSELING......Page 418
ASSESSING FUNCTIONAL STATUS: THE “SIXTH VITAL SIGN”......Page 420
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF THE OLDER ADULT......Page 423
RECORDING YOUR FINDINGS......Page 432
AIDS TO INTERPRETATION......Page 434
INDEX......Page 437