Seidel's Guide to Physical Examination

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An emergency situation, whether it is unresponsiveness, an acute medical condition, drug overdose, or trauma, requires a change in the usual sequence of history taking and examination. Life-threatening conditions, such as airway obstruction, cardiac arrest, hypovolemic shock, and respiratory failure,…

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This chapter asks that you integrate all you have learned about interviewing, building a history, and performing the physical examination. It offers a suggested approach and sequence for performing all steps of the physical examination. However, each patient presents with…

The nervous system, with its central and peripheral divisions, maintains and controls all body functions by its voluntary and autonomic responses. The evaluation of motor, sensory, autonomic, cognitive, and behavioral elements makes neurologic assessment one of the most complex portions…

The musculoskeletal system provides the stability and mobility necessary for physical activity. Physical performance requires bones, tendons, ligaments, muscles, and joints that function smoothly and effortlessly. Because the musculoskeletal system serves as the body’s main defense against external forces, injuries…

Examination of the anus and rectum may be performed as part of a routine health visit. In patients with a prostate, examination may include the prostate. Examination of these structures is also performed when the patient has a specific concern.…

For ease of communication, in this textbook the term “male genitalia” refers to the following anatomic structures: penis, testicles, epididymides, scrotum, prostate gland, and seminal vesicles, regardless of the gender identity of the patient. Examination of the male genitalia is…

For ease of communication, in this textbook the term “female genitalia” refers to the following internal and external anatomic structures: mons pubis, labia, clitoris, vestibular glands, vagina, cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes ovaries, and bony pelvis, regardless of the gender identity…