Author : Andrés Ricardo Pérez Riera
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1036403483
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (364 download)
Book Synopsis The Role of Facies in Clinical Diagnosis by : Andrés Ricardo Pérez Riera
Download or read book The Role of Facies in Clinical Diagnosis written by Andrés Ricardo Pérez Riera and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the enormous importance of the first step of the semiological physical examination: inspection. More specifically, inspection of the facies, and what that entails, including the meticulous observation of the proportionality of the three main regions: eyes, nose, and mouth, as well as the adjacent parts: head and neck; decisive areas for the etiological-clinical diagnosis. Merely contemplating the different components of the human face, its shape, color, symmetry, odor, and presence of possible anomalies can provide us with valuable diagnostic clues. Inspection, as this book shows, is capable of “revealing” underlying diseases of the various systems of the human body, including: integumentary (skin and pelvis), skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary, nervous and genital, as well as genetic diseases that cause characteristic facial changes. This very illustrative book is essential for medical and nursing students, as well as nursing technicians.