Table of Contents

 

 

 

Chapter 1

Overview: Physical Examination and History Taking

1

Chapter 2

Clinical Reasoning, Assessment, and Recording Your Findings

17

Chapter 3

Interviewing and the Health History

37

Chapter 4

Beginning the Physical Examination: General Survey, Vital Signs, and Pain

55

Chapter 5

Behavior and Mental Status

75

Chapter 6

The Skin, Hair, and Nails

93

Chapter 7

The Head and Neck

111

Chapter 8

The Thorax and Lungs

141

Chapter 9

The Cardiovascular System

163

Chapter 10

The Breasts and Axillae

181

Chapter 11

The Abdomen

193

Chapter 12

The Peripheral Vascular System

215

Chapter 13

Male Genitalia and Hernias

229

Chapter 14

Female Genitalia

241

Chapter 15

The Anus, Rectum, and Prostate

259

Chapter 16

The Musculoskeletal System

271

Chapter 17

The Nervous System

311

Chapter 18

Assessing Children: Infancy through Adolescence

349

Chapter 19

The Pregnant Woman

389

Chapter 20

The Older Adult

403

 

Index

427