This book serves as a companion to the Macleod Clinical Review, demonstrating how the essential clinical skills acquired through the textbook can be applied in practice to the fullest extent. Valuable Resource for Medical Students: “Macleod’s Clinical Diagnosis” has garnered recognition among junior and senior medical students as an invaluable guide, aiding them in making the challenging transition from mastering foundational professional knowledge to applying it in real clinical scenarios. Here is the table of contents of Macleod’s Clinical Diagnosis: Part 1: Clinical evaluation principles. Updated text and images, to ensure the content is relevant to a diverse readership and patient population

For students and clinical professionals who are learning to better themselves in the field of their study. This book is the latest in its release and is a trademark of . Written by carefully selected global experts, practicing physicians, and educators in the various sub-disciplines of medicine and surgery. A must read for everyone. 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. 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. This book has been praised as 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 medicineMacleod?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.

Takes a problem-based approach to diagnostic reasoning, reflecting both modern medical and current educational practices. Primarily focused on the practical skills required by medical students and early career stage clinicians This book has been praised as 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. Clinical Assessment Principles: The first section delves into multiple diagnostic methods, elucidates the key elements necessary for accurate patient assessment, provides a practical framework for a systematic workup, and outlines how assessment can be tailored to specific clinical contexts. A unique book allowing a reader to apply the skills of clinical examination in the formulation of a differential diagnosis and placing a patient's symptoms in context.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 recognise red flag features, eliminate life-threatening conditons and generate a logical differential diagnosis. 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. Dr Colin Robertson has been involved in human performance and sport science his entire professional career. He has worked in every aspect of Strength and Conditioning from rugby to wrestling to wheelchair basketball, and countless sports in between; at national and international levels of competition. 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 Part 2: How to assess common presenting problems: this section forms the core of the book and consists of a series of ?diagnostic guides? covering the major presenting problems in medicine and surgery; these provide the reader with a system for how to use the tools of history-taking, physical examination and routine tests to arrive at a logical differential diagnosis. The guides also cover some limited ?post-diagnosis information? in the form of severity/prognostic indicators. A unique book allowing a reader to apply the skills of clinical examination in the formulation of a differential diagnosis and placing a patient?s symptoms in context.