Clinical Skills
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Taking a history
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Functional enquiry
1 Why graduate medical schools make sense. Horton R. Lancet; 1998 Mar 14 ; 351(9105):826-8. PubMed ID:
9519976; page
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A precis of the life of William Osler can be found at:
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Physcial examination
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Clinical observation: Beau's lines on fingernails after deep saturation dives.
Author: Schwartz H. Journal: Undersea Hyperb Med; 2006 Jan-Feb ; 33(1):5-10.
PubMed ID: 16602251.
[Link]; page 27
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Case report showed Muehrcke's nails, not Beau's lines; page Matthias
M"hrenschlager, dermatologist
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The Nelson's syndrome... revisited. Journal: Pituitary; 2005 Aug 17 ; ():.
PubMed ID: 16132203.
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Dupuytren's contracture: an update of biomolecular aspects and therapeutic
perspectives. Journal: J Hand Surg [Br]; 2005 Sep 14 ; ():. PubMed ID: 16168532.
[Link]; page 27
(footnote) A critical appraisal of 98.6 degrees
F, the upper limit of the normal body temperature, and other legacies of Carl
Reinhold August Wunderlich. Author: Mackowiak PA, Wasserman SS, Levine MM.
Journal: JAMA; 1992 Sep 23-30 ; 268(12):1578-80. PubMed ID: 1302471.
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(footnote) Temperature
measurement: comparison of non-invasive methods used in adult critical care.
Author: Farnell S, Maxwell L, Tan S, Rhodes A, Philips B. Journal: J Clin Nurs;
2005 May ; 14(5):632-9. PubMed ID: 15840078.
[Link]; page 26
The cardiovascular system
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Comparison of Automated and Mercury Column Blood Pressure Measurements in Health
Care Settings. Journal: J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich); 2000 Mar ; 2(2):81-86.
PubMed ID: 11416630.
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The jugular venous pressure
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For futher information on the abdominojugular reflux test, see J Weise 2000 Am J
Med 109:59-61 or look at the website below
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(footnote) Hepatojugular
reflux; Jeff Aronson BMJ 1999;318:1172 ( 1 May )
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Waterhammer pulse
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The heart sounds
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Cardiac murmurs
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Prosthetic Heart Valves at
www.eMedicine.com:
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The respiratory system
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Examining the chest
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Gastrointestinal history
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Niels Thorkild Rovsing; page Danish surgeon, born April 26, 1862, Flensborg;
died January 14, 1927, Copenhagen.
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Assessment of peritonism in appendicitis. Author: Golledge J, Toms AP, Franklin
IJ, Scriven MW, Galland RB. Journal: Ann R Coll Surg Engl; 1996 Jan ;
78(1):11-4. PubMed ID: 8659965.; page
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The neurological system
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Can doctors predict patients' abbreviated mental test scores. Author: Burleigh
E, Reeves I, McAlpine C, Davie J. Journal: Age Ageing; 2002 Jul ; 31(4):303-6.
PubMed ID: 12147569.
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Developed from: Evaluation of a mental test score for assessment of mental
impairment in the elderly.
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Cognitive assessment in elderly patients admitted to hospital: the relationship
between the Abbreviated Mental Test and the Mini-Mental State Examination.
Author: Swain DG, O'Brien AG, Nightingale PG. Journal: Clin Rehabil; 1999 Dec ;
13(6):503-8. PubMed ID: 10588537.
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For the Barthel Index see:
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Carotid artery auscultation--anachronism or useful screening procedure? Author:
Magyar MT, Nam EM, Csiba L, Ritter MA, Ringelstein EB, Droste DW. Journal:
Neurol Res; 2002 Oct ; 24(7):705-8. PubMed ID: 12392209.
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