DeGowin’s Diagnostic Examination

The classic guide to the undifferentiated patient–enhanced by new cases

Technological advances have taken testing and imaging to remarkable new places—yet establishing patient history and performing physical examinations are more important now than ever. This classic guide has been showing students and clinicians how to approach the diagnostic process thoughtfully and systematically for decades—and this revised edition brings you completely up to date.

Part physical examination primer, part differential diagnosis tool, DeGowin’s Diagnostic Examination provides the information and insights you need to make accurate, evidence-based diagnostic hypotheses. Covering all physical exam techniques and procedures, this updated edition shows how to collect clinical findings gleaned from the physical examination and synthesize them into a differential diagnosis.

• Covers the latest developments in evidence-based physical examinations
• Explains how to obtain a complete patient history and perform a thorough physical exam
• Organized by signs, symptoms, and syndromes to make finding what you need quick and easy
• Connects symptoms and signs with disease pathophysiology
• Facilitates efficient, cost-effective diagnostic testing using focused differential diagnoses

This classic guide continues to effectively combine current diagnostic practices with the unchanging aspects of clinical medicine.

About the Author

Manish Suneja, MD, (Iowa City, Iowa) is Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program and Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine – Nephrology at the University of Iowa.
Joseph Szot, MD, (Iowa City, Iowa) is Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, as well as Medical Director of Continuing Medical Education, Vice Chair for Education, and Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa.
Donald Brown, MD, (Iowa City, Iowa)is Professor of Medicine at the University of Iowa and is also nationally known for his diagnostic skills and for his teaching abilities at Iowa.
Richard LeBlond, MD, (Iowa City, Iowa) runs the Primary Care Clinic at the University of Iowa and is Professor of Medicine. He is nationally known for his expert diagnostic skills.