General Medical Semiology Guide Part I

Part One of a comprehensive overview of the physical signs of disease and important semiological maneuvers

Manuela Stoicescu (Author)

9780128196373, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 15 November 2019

486 pages, 750 illustrations (700 in full color)
27.6 x 21.5 x 3 cm, 1.25 kg

General Medical Semiology Guide, Part One is the first part of a two volume set that provides a comprehensive understanding of medical semiology. Highly illustrated with many original images from the author’s daily medical practice, the book highlights all signs of diseases and important semiological maneuvers. Each chapter contains a specific questionnaire of important questions that should be asked of patients in different situations to obtain valuable information that will assist in both medical thinking and in the formulation of diagnoses. This volume covers the face, eyes, thyroid gland, skin, mucoses, and more.

1. The Objective Examination 2. Patient Faces 3. The Eyes 4. Semiology of the Thyroid Gland 5. Skin and Mucous 6. The Pigmentary Disorders 7. Jaundice

Subject Areas: Life sciences: general issues [PSA]