Vital Signs, Anthropometric Data, and Pain
DeGowin's Diagnostic Examination Flash Cards
Medical teaching and texts are generally disease-oriented, but medical practice is focused on individual patients who often do not present
with a clear diagnosis. The clinician’s goal in performing a history and physical examination is to generate diagnostic hypotheses. This was true
or Hippocrates and Osler and remains true today. The goal of DeGowin’s Diagnostic Examination Flashcards is to encourage a thoughtful, systematic
approach to diagnosis based on the history and physical examination. Each flashcard highlights a fundamental diagnostic principle elaborated in the
10th edition of DeGowin’s Diagnostic Examination.
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