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Patient-Physician communication addressing a physical exam
by
Dr. Gemzel H.
Posted
Tue 01 Jul 2008 4:10pm
At the medical office there’s a need of a dialogue.
Dialogue between patient and physician
The dialogue between patient and health care provider should be based on the potential expectations of the patients, the level of knowledge, the individual variables, the respect for the patient time, and a consideration of the power of the patien ...
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Percussion of the Thorax during physical exam: some comments
by
Dr. Gemzel H.
Posted
Fri 04 Jul 2008 7:08am
1 Comment
An empty thorax?
Percussion of the thorax is a maneuver used by physicians to assess part of the integrity of lungs: their emptiness. As the lungs should be filled with air enough to be ventilated and proceed with the local gas exchange.
Lungs are like a huge sponge with a big difference from the typical ones: their dividing walls are f ...
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Patient-Physician communication addressing a physical exam
by
Dr. Gemzel H.
Posted
Tue 16 Sep 2008 6:00am
At the medical office there’s a need of a dialogue.
Dialogue between patient and physician
The dialogue between patient and health care provider should be based on the potential expectations of the patients, the level of knowledge, the individual variables, the respect for the patient time, and a consideration of the power of the patient. T ...
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Physical Exam for AV Fistulas & Grafts
by
Matt S.
Posted
Fri 11 Jul 2008 12:00am
We all realize that maintaining vascular access is a dialysis patient's life-line. Many patients must undergo multiple interventional radiology or surgical procedures in order to sustain fistula or graft patency over a prolonged period of time.
The physical exam can be a useful tool in the examination of vascular access. Stenoses--often the ...
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Physical exams: A relic of the past?
by
Michelle Lin
Posted
Fri 21 Dec 2012 12:00am
Why do most of us dread patients who complain of dizziness in the
ED? Because it is so vague, and the
differential is so broad from elusive posterior cerebellar strokes to ear wax
clogging up our ear canals. And this is
one of those diagnoses where the differential really depends upon performing a
thorough physical examination.
...
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Yearly Physical Exams
by
Mike Patten, DC
Posted
Fri 22 Jul 2011 11:42am
I see a lot of patients who get yearly physical exams that usually consist of check the heart, lungs, and other organs. Maybe some blood work. Height, weight, and blood pressure. I have noticed an increasing amount of people who “pass” their yearly physical and are told they are “healthy” or “doing good.” The only problem is these same peop ...
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Physical Exam on a Teddy Bear
by
d.o.ctor
Posted
Sun 15 Jan 2012 5:12pm
He was blueberry blue, about 10 inches tall, and he looked like he had been through a lot of adventures on the playground. Up until that point, I had never done a physical exam on a teddy bear, but there's a first for everything...
My actual patient was a five year old boy who came in with his mom, a chief complaint of night terrors. And th ...
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The Physical Exam
by
Dr. Zagreus Ammon
Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:09pm
I was always taught that the physical examination was the most important part of the patient visit. Dr. Rob at Musings of a Distractible Mind just pointed out the diagnostic value of the "laying on of hands". But my teachers, back in the day, used to emphasize how reassuring it was to the patient.
I am always pleasantly surprised by my p ...
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