Macleod's Clinical Diagnosis, 1e

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The second core section of the book Assessment of common presenting problems contains a series of ‘diagnostic guides’ that lead the reader, step-by-step through the major presenting problems in medicine and surgery, explaining how to recognize red flag features, eliminate life-threatening conditions and generate a logical differential diagnosis. WOMS has got you covered no matter what type of book you are interested in! Make sure you carefully go through each book we have to offer as they play a valuable role in your future education. Macleod’s Clinical Diagnosis” presents a contemporary and pragmatic approach to clinical assessment. It delineates the journey from routine examination to diagnosis and elucidates how data gathered from history-taking, evaluation, nocturnal testing, and specialized studies can be seamlessly integrated. Key Features of “Macleod’s Clinical Diagnosis” Latest Edition:

Problem-Based Diagnostic Approach: It adopts a problem-based diagnostic approach that mirrors current and modern medical practice, ensuring its relevance in clinical settings.Macleod?s Clinical Diagnosis is an innovative new book complementing its companion sister textbook, the internationally-respected Macleod?s Clinical Examination. It is a practical manual of clinical assessment that describes how common presenting problems are evaluated and diagnosed in modern clinical practice. This book will be an invaluable resource for senior medical students and junior doctors as they attempt to make the difficult transition from mastering basic clinical skills to assessing patients in the real world of clinical medicine.

For this Second Edition the text has been expanded with five new topics covering nausea and vomiting; vaginal bleeding; red eye; urinary incontinence; and weight loss.

Part 1: The principles of clinical assessment: in addition to defining the scope and remit of the book this initial group of chapters invites readers to reconsider the overall aims of clinical assessment, the contribution that each element of the assessment can make to these aims and how the approach must be adapted to fit the clinical context. It also touches on diagnostic theory and explains some different approaches to diagnosis. Unique Diagnostic Skills Application: This book empowers readers to utilize their clinical examination skills to construct a differential diagnostic framework and to contextualize a patient’s symptoms effectively. Macleod’s Clinical Examination is enhanced with 32 supplementary videos demonstrating key clinical examination routines described in the book, many new and revised for this edition in line with latest guidance and best practice. Key Features The book Evaluation of common presentation problems includes a variety of “diagnostic guidelines” that direct the reader step by step through major medical and surgical problems, how red flag characteristics are identified, life-threatening conditions are avoided, and logical differential assessments are created. By Alan G Japp, MBChB(Hons), BSc(Hons), MRCP, PhD, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, UK; Colin Robertson, BA(Hons) MBChB FRCP(Glas) FRCS(Ed) FICP(Hon) FSAScot, Honorary Professor of Accident and Emergency Medicine and Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Rohana J. Wright, MB ChB FRCPEd MD, Consultant Physician, St. John's Hospital, Livingston and Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Edinburgh, UK.; Matthew Reed, MA (Cantab) MB BChir MRCS FCEM MD, Consultant and NRS Career Researcher Clinician in Emergency Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Honorary Reader, University of Edinburgh, UK. and Andrew Robson, MA(Cantab) BM BCh FRCS PhD, Specialist Registrar in General Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK