Physical Examination of Surgical Patient

History taking and physical examination are valuable skills that are gained both through a cornerstone scientific knowledge and experience. Unfortunately, a majority of the medical students and new graduates lack competence in physical diagnosis.

Most of the medical students faced a difficult choice in conducting physical examination due to the availability of different methods of examination of the patients. Due to lack of experience of these students and new graduates, they find themselves wandering among such different methods and approaches.

This book will help the students and junior doctors in handling patients systematically and scientifically, starting from history taking to physical examination of the patient from the vertex to the tip of the big toe . The ways of demonstrating these examinations are clear, simple, attractive and comprehensive. Students will find that all the information is updated and correlated, in most instances, with the medical problems or diseases.  Hopefully, students and new graduates will reach the optimum level of learning and will truly appreciate the art of the science of history taking and physical examination.