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Macleod’s Clinical Examination | Download Book Pdf
Despite the wealth of diagnostic tools available to the modern physician, the acquisition of information by direct interaction with the patient through history taking and clinical examination
remains the bedrock of the physician’s art. These time-honored skills can often allow clinicians to reach a clear diagnosis without recourse to expensive and potentially harmful tests.
Macleod’s Clinical Examination
This book aims to assist clinicians in developing the consultation skills required to elicit a clear history, and the practical skills needed to detect clinical signs of disease. Where possible, the physical basis of clinical signs is explained to aid understanding. Formulation of a differential diagnosis from the information gained is introduced, and the logical initial investigations are included for each system. Macleod’s Clinical Examination is designed to be used in conjunction with more detailed texts on pathophysiology, differential diagnosis and clinical medicine, illustrating specifically how the history and examination can inform the diagnostic process.
In this edition the contents have been restructured and the text comprehensively updated by a team of existing and new authors, with the aim of creating an accessible and user-friendly text relevant to the practice of medicine in the 21st century.
Macleod’s Clinical Examination
Section 1 addresses the general principles of good interaction with patients, from the basics of taking a history and examining, to the use of pattern recognition to identify spot diagnoses.
Section 2 deals with symptoms and signs in specific systems and Section 3 illustrates the application of these skills to specific clinical situations. Section 4 covers preparation for assessments of clinical skills and for the use of these skills in everyday practice. An expertly performed history and examination of a patient allows the doctor to detect disease and predict prognosis, and is crucial to the principle of making the patient and their concerns central to the care process, and also to the avoidance of harm from unnecessary or unjustified tests.
We hope that if young clinicians are encouraged to adopt and adapt these skills, they not only will serve their patients as diagnosticians but also will themselves continue to develop clinical examination techniques and a better understanding of their mechanisms and diagnostic use.
Macleod’s Clinical Examination
The 14th edition of Macleod’s Clinical Examination has an accompanying set of videos available in the online Student Consult electronic library. This book is closely integrated with Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine and is best read in conjunction with that text.
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