This textbook is an English medium (अंग्रेजी माध्यम) book on clinical examination and physical diagnosis, written by Rustom J. Vakil, Aspi F. Golwalla and Sharukh A. Golwalla, prepared for MBBS students in their clinical postings, interns, house officers and postgraduate students of medicine, and also useful for BDS, nursing and allied health science students learning bedside assessment. A long-established Indian companion at the bedside, this Eighteenth Edition teaches diagnosis the way it is actually practised — beginning with history taking and general examination and moving through inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation (श्रवण परीक्षण) system by system. The book covers the general physical examination including vital signs, pallor, icterus, cyanosis, clubbing, oedema and lymphadenopathy, followed by the cardiovascular, respiratory, abdominal, nervous, musculoskeletal and endocrine systems, and gives due attention to the examination of the head and neck, skin, eyes and the paediatric and elderly patient. Its distinguishing feature is that each symptom and physical sign is presented with its mechanism and differential significance (विभेदक निदान) — what the finding means, which conditions produce it, and how it is elicited correctly — so that the student learns to reason from sign to diagnosis rather than memorise lists. Guidance on case presentation and clinical write-up supports practical and viva examinations. All content, terminology and explanations in this book are presented in the English language only.
Key Features:
English medium book — complete content, terminology and explanations in English
Written by Rustom J. Vakil, Aspi F. Golwalla and Sharukh A. Golwalla
Eighteenth Edition, revised and updated
Designed for MBBS clinical students, interns and postgraduates; also useful for BDS, nursing and allied health students
Systematic approach to history taking and clinical case recording
General physical examination — vitals, pallor, icterus, cyanosis, clubbing, oedema and lymph nodes
Inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation explained system by system
Cardiovascular system — pulse, blood pressure, JVP, apex beat, heart sounds and murmurs
Respiratory system — chest movements, breath sounds and added sounds
Abdominal examination — organomegaly, ascites, masses and hernial orifices
Nervous system — higher functions, cranial nerves, motor, sensory and reflex examination
Musculoskeletal, endocrine, skin, head and neck examination
Examination of the paediatric and elderly patient
Each symptom and sign given with its mechanism and differential significance
Guidance on case presentation and clinical write-up
Useful for MBBS clinical examinations, practicals, viva, internship and PG entrance preparation
MBBS के clinical postings, internship एवं स्नातकोत्तर विद्यार्थियों के लिए यह "A Textbook of Symptoms and Physical Signs — Physical Diagnosis" (18th Edition) पुस्तक Rustom J. Vakil, Aspi F. Golwalla एवं Sharukh A. Golwalla द्वारा लिखी गई है। इसमें history taking, सामान्य शारीरिक परीक्षण, तथा हृदय-रक्तवाहिका, श्वसन, उदर, तंत्रिका, अस्थि-पेशी एवं अंत:स्रावी तंत्र की क्रमबद्ध जाँच (inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation) को प्रत्येक लक्षण एवं संकेत के तंत्र, विभेदक महत्व तथा case presentation मार्गदर्शन सहित समझाया गया है। सम्पूर्ण पुस्तक अंग्रेजी माध्यम (English medium) में है, इसमें हिंदी माध्यम की सामग्री सम्मिलित नहीं है।
