In the tradition of the famous Users' Guides to the Medical Literature, The JAMA series "Rational Clinical Examination" was created to bring the principles of evidence-based medicine to the diagnostic process.
Now for the first time in book form here is a compilation of those articles, packed with updated and previously unpublished information and all-new literature analyses.
Trainees and experienced diniclans alike will find The Rational Clinical Examination to be the perfect supplement to standard physical examination textbooks.You will learn the best questions to ask patients, which physical examination findings have the most clinical significance, and how to put the information to quantitative use.
• Carefully reviewed and assessed perspective on applying evidence-based medicine principles to the diagnostic process—with all the authority of the The Rational Clinical Examination series appearing in JAMA
• Standardized template for every issue covered, including: Case Presentation; Why the Issue Is Clinically Important; Research and Statistical Methods Used to Evaluate the Evidence;The Sensitivity, Specificity, and Likelihood Ratios of Key Results; Resolution of the Case Presentation; and the Clinical Bottom Line
• All new literature searches and appraisals supplement each chapter
• Full-color presentation with dynamic clinical images
• Real-world focus on specific clinical questions, reflecting how clinicians approach the practice of evidence-based medicine
• More than 50 chapters on common and challenging clinical questions and patient presentations