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Chapter-24 Medical (History and Physical) Examination and Diagnostic Techniques

BOOK TITLE: Comprehensive Allied Health and Diagnostics Sciences for Nursing and Paramedics

Author
1. Mogli GD
ISBN
9789352701537
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14181_25
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
37
Author Affiliations
1. Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India; Dr Mogli Healthcare Management Consultancy, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, wwwdrmogliit.com, gdmogli@yahoo.com, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India; Dr Mogli Healthcare Management Consultancy, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India; Ministry of Health (MOH), Oman; King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia; Kuwait Institute of Health Sciences, Kuwait; JIPMER, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; The Ministries of Health, India, Afghanistan, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and United Arab Emirates, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences Wardha, Maharashtra, India; Ministry of Health (MOH), Oman; King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia; Kuwait Institute of Health Sciences, Kuwait; JIPMER, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; Ministries of Health, India, Afghanistan, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Ara
Chapter keywords
Medical diagnostic technique, history examination, physical examination, family history, social history, chronic disease, cardiovascular, respiratory, central nervous system

Abstract

This chapter encompasses detail explanation of diagnosis that means, first the intellectual process of analyzing, identifying or explaining a disease. Taking comprehensive history of patient plays a vital role in understanding the problem that affecting the patient. With the established diagnosis, this will enable the physician to get on with the business of instituting rational treatment. The detail information covered in the chapter enable a medical student learns not only the characteristic features of hundreds of diseases but also possible causes for each of the hundreds of diseases and causes for each of the hundreds of symptoms. Starting with a specific problem such as chest pain, fever, loss of appetite or inability to urinate, the physician considers the full range of diagnostic possibilities (called, in professional jargon, the ‘different diagnosis’) raised by the problem, etc.

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