Overview

Emphasizing the most important physical signs needed to determine an underlying condition or disease, McGee's Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis, Sixth Edition, offers vital insight and instruction on the fundamental clinical skill of physical diagnosis. Internationally renowned author Dr. Steven McGee clearly shows how to pare down the multiple tests needed to confirm a diagnosis, saving both the physician and patient time, energy, and expense. This unique resource provides evidence-based guidance that, combined with modern technologic testing, will grant clinicians the keys to outstanding patient care. Features a reader-friendly outline format, including dozens of ""EBM boxes"" and accompanying ""EBM ruler"" illustrations Contains thorough updates from cover to cover, including revisions to ensure currency with research developments, updated references, numerous new physical findings, and updated EBM boxes with recalculated likelihood ratios Features a unique, up-to-date, evidence-based calculator online that enables you to easily determine probability using likelihood ratios Covers the conditions and diseases you’re most likely to encounter, including stance and gait, jaundice, anemia, obesity, Cushing syndrome, mental status examination, blood pressure, diabetic retinopathy, hearing, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, heart murmurs, abdominal pain and tenderness, stroke, and much more Begins each chapter with a list of Key Teaching Points, intended for readers desiring quick summaries and for teachers constructing concise bedside lessons An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date

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Reviews

""...an excellent treatise on the use of evidence-based medicine (EBM) to quantitatively define the usefulness of a wide variety of clinical signs and physical maneuvers in helping to make an accurate diagnosis in symptomatic patients.... The book’s purpose is to offer the accuracy of the physical signs and maneuvers used to affirm or negate the presence of diseases in individuals.... The book achieves its aim in an exceptional fashion through an exhaustive review of the literature to determine which physical signs have evidence to support their use in the diagnostic process.... The writing is clear, and the material is very well organized. There are many excellent evidence-based tables in the book but no illustrations.... This book is an exceptional contribution to the field of medicine. Placing the appendix online so that it can be accessed on rounds or at the bedside is a vast improvement and is highly needed. This book is highly recommended as a reference to determine if, for example, hearing an S3 gallop or measuring capillary refill time is diagnostically helpful."" Review by Charles Allred, MD (Smoky Hill Family Medicine Residency), ©Doody's Review Service 2025. Doody's Score: 99, 5 Stars!

Author Information

Dr. McGee is an internationally known and respected expert in physical examination and assessment, pain management, and education in general internal medicine. One of the most senior physicians in the University of Washington and Seattle Veteran's Administration Health Systems, Dr. McGee has more than 400 publications to his credit.

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