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The Lung Exam

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Cardiovascular Exam

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Exam of the Abdomen

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The Breast Exam

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Pelvic Exam

Barnhart K. Ectopic pregnancy. NEJM 2009; 361: 379-87

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Bastian L, et al. Is this patient perimenopausal? JAMA. 2003; 289(7): 895-902.

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Eckert L. Acute vulvovaginitis. NEJM 2006; 355: 1244-52.

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Hoffman BL, et al. Chapter 9. Pelvic Mass. In: Williams Gynecology, 2e. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2012

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Male Genital/Rectal Exam

Bickley LS. Bates' Guide to Physical Exam and History Taking. 7th edtion, Philadelphia; Lippincott, 1999: 387-403; 449-59.

Dixon JM, Elton RA, Rainey JB, Macleod DAD. Rectal examination in patients with pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. British Medical Journal 1991; 302: 386-88.

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Wantz GE. A 65 year old man with an inguinal hernia. JAMA 1997; 277: 663-69.

The Upper Extremities

Bickley LS. Bates' Guide to Physical Exam and History Taking. 7th edtion, Philadelphia; Lippincott, 1999: 461-68.

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Myers KA, Farquhar DRE. Does This Patient Have Clubbing? The Rational Clinical Examination. JAMA 2001; 286: 341-347.

Sapira JD. The Art and Science of Bedside Diagnosis. 1st edition, Baltimore; Williams and Wilkins 1990: 435-42.

Schriger DL, Baraff LJ. Capillary refill - Is it a useful predictor of hypovolemic states? Ann Emerg Med 1991; 20: 601-605.

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The Lower Extremities

Anand SS, Wells PS, Hunt D, Brill-Edwards P, Cook D, Ginsberg JS. Does this patient have deep vein thrombosis? JAMA 1998; 279: 1094-99.

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Bickley LS. Bates' Guide to Physical Exam and History Taking. 7th Edtion, Philadelphia; Lippincott, 1999: 461-82.

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Caputo GM, Cavanagh PR, Ulbrecht JS, Gibbons GW, Karchmer AW. Assessment and management of foot disease in patients with diabetes. NEJM 1994; 331: 854-60.

Cymet TC, Weisman DS. Lower leg ulcers. Hospital Physician July, 1997; 30-41.

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The Mental Status Exam

Bickley LS. Bates' Guide to Physical Exam and History Taking. 7th edtion, Philadelphia; Lippincott, 1999: 107-27.

Froehlich TE, Robison JT, Inouye SK. Screening for dementia in the outpatient setting: The time and change test. J American Geriatrics Soc 1998; 46: 1506-11.

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Sapira JD. The Art and Science of Bedside Diagnosis. 1st edition, Baltimore; Williams and Wilkins 1990: 516-22.

Musculoskeletal Exam

Adkins S, Figler R. Hip pain in athletes. American Family Physician 2000; 61: 2109-20.

Anto C, Aradhya P. Clinical diagnosis of peripheral nerve compression in the upper extremity. Orthopedic Clinics of North America 1996; 27: 227-236.

Baker D, Schumacher H. Acute monoarthritis. NEJM 1993; 329: 1013-20.

Bernstein J, Ivins D. Impingement syndrome: differential diagnosis and treatment strategies. Hospital Medicine 1999 (Oct): 24-29.

Bickley LS. Bates' Guide to Physical Exam and History Taking. 7th edition, Philadelphia; Lippincott 1999: 483-5532.

Boyd R. Evaluation of back pain. Primary Care Medicine (Goroll A, Editor), 3rd Edition, Philadelphia; Lippincott 1995: 742-51.

Burkhart S. A 26-year-old woman with shoulder pain. JAMA 2000; 284: 1559-67.

Campbell CS. Gamekeeper's Thumb. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery1955; 37B: 148-49.

Canale TS. Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics 10th Ed., Philadelphia; Mosby: 2180-2211.

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Chumbley E, O'Connor F, Nirschl R. Evaluation of overuse elbow injuries. American Family Physician 2000; 61: 691-702.

Colman W, Strauch R. Physical examination of the elbow. Orthopedic Clinics of North America 1999; 30: 15-20.

Daniels J, Zook E, Lynch J. Hand and wrist injuries: Part I. Non-emergent evaluation. American Family Physician 2004; 69: 1941-48.

Daniels J, Zook E, Lynch J. Hand and wrist injuries: Part II. Emergent evaluation. American Family Physician 2004; 69: 1949-56.

Deyo R, Rainville J, Kent D. What can the history and physical examination tell us about low back pain? JAMA 1992; 268: 760-5.

Dickey P. Surgical management of disc disease of the lumbar spine. Resident and Staff Physician 1997; 43: 41-50.

El-Gabalawy HS, Duray P, Goldbach-Mansky R. Evaluating patients with arthritis of recent onset. JAMA 2000; 284: 2368-73.

El-Khoury G, Renfrew D. Percutaneous procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of lower back pain: Diskography, facet-joint injection, and epidural injection. American Journal of Rheumatology 1991; 157: 685-91.

Frymoyer J. Back pain and sciatica. NEJM 1988; 318: 291-300.

Felson D; Osteoarthritis of the knee. NEJM 2006 354: 841-8.

Garfin S, Herkowitz H, Mirkovic S. Spinal stenosis. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 1999; 81A: 572-86.

Jackson JL, O'Malley PG, Kroenke K. Evaluation of acute knee pain in primary care. Annals of Int Med 2003; 139: 575-99.

Lonner JH. A 57-year-old man with osteoarthritis of the knee. JAMA 2003; 289: 1016-25.

Luime JJ, Verhagen AP, Miedema HS. Does this patient have an instability of the shoulder or a labrum lesion? JAMA 2004; 292:1989-99.

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Rectenwald, J. Stener lesion. E-Medicine 2005 http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/topic313.htm.

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Skolnick AA. For some injuries, it's all in the name. JAMA 1998; 279: 572-73.

Smith CC. Evaluating the painful knee: A hands-on approach to acute ligamentous and meniscal injuries. Advanced Studies In Medicine 2004; 4: 362-69.

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Solomon DH, Simel DL, Bates DW. Does this patient have a torn meniscus or ligament of the knee? JAMA 2001; 286: 1610-20.

Spiegel TM, Crues JV. The painful Shoulder: Diagnosis and treatment. Primary Care 1988; 15: 709-24.

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Woodward TW, Best TM. The painful shoulder: Part I clinical evaluation. Americal Family Physician 2000; 61: 3079-88.

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Neurological Exam

Bickerstaff ER. Neurological Exam in Clinical Practice. 4th edition, London; Blackwell Scientific Publications 1980.

Bickley LS. Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking. 7th edition, Philadelphia; Lippincott 1999.

Braunwalk E, Fauci A. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 15th edition, San Francisco; McGraw Hill 2001: 111-163, 2369-2441.

Caputo GM, Cavanagh PR. Assessment and management of foot disease in patients with diabetes. NEJM 1994; 331: 854-60.

Chiles BW, Cooper PR. Acute spinal injury. NEJM 1996; 334: 514-20.

Clark CM, Lee A. Prevention and treatment of the complications of diabetes mellitus. NEJM 1995; 332: 1210-17.

Cornbluth D. Peripheral neuropathy. NEJM 1982; 307: 1457.

D'Arcy C, McGee S.The Rational Clinical Examination: Does This Patient Have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? JAMA 2000; 283: 3110-3117.

Dawson DM. Current concepts: Entrapment neuropathies of the upper extremities. NEJM 1993; 329: 2013-18.

Deyo R, Weinstein J. Low back pain. NEJM 2005; 344: 363-70.

Dyck PJ. Current concepts in nuerology. The causes, classification and treatment of peripheral neuropathy. NEJM 1982; 307: 283-86.

Furman JM, Cass SP. Primary care: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. NEJM 1999; 341: 1590-96.

Glick TH. Neurologic Skills: Examination and Diagnosis. Boston; Blackwell Scientific Publications 1993.

Gorson KC. Case 9-2001 - A 64 year old woman with peripheral neurophathy, paraproteinemia and lymphadenopathy. NEJM 2001; 344: 917-23.

Haerer AF. Dejong's: The Neurologic Examination. 5th Edition, New York; J B Lippincott; 1992.

Hotson JR, Baloh RW. Acute vestibular syndrome. NEJM 1998; 339: 680-85.

Katz JN, Simmons BP. Carpal tunnel syndrome. NEJM 2005; 346: 1807-11.

Lange AE, Lozano AM. Parkinson's disease - First of two parts. NEJM 1998; 339: 1044-53.

Lessell S. Optic neuropathies. NEJM 1978; 299: 533-36.

Louis ED. Essential tremor. NEJM 2001; 345: 887-91.

Mancall E. Alpers and Mancall's Essentials of the Neurologic Examination. edition 2, Philadelphia; FA Davis Co; 1981.

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Clinical Decision Making

Kassirer JP. Diagnostic Reasoning. Ann Intern Med 1989; 110: 893-900.

Sackett DL, Richardson WS, Rosenberg W, Haynes RB. Evidence-based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM. 1st edition, Edinburgh; Churchill Livingstone 1998.

Wernick R, Coyle C. Systemic lupus erythematosus: A streamlined, rational approach to diagnosis. Hospital Medicine April 1999; 16-22.

Bowen J. Educational strategies to promote clinical diagnostic reasoning. NEJM 2006; 355 (21): 2217-25.

A Few Thoughts

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Verrees, Meg. Touch Me. JAMA 1996; 276: 1285-86.