Differential Diagnosis for Physical Therapists, 4th Edition - Screening for Referral #16634
By Catherine C. Goodman, MBA, PT and Teresa Kelly Snyder, MN, RN, OCN, CS
Saunders
ISBN: 978-0-7216-0619-4
Description
Written by a leading expert in the field, this comprehensive reference text enables users to properly screen for medical disease to make an informed differential diagnosis. The goal of this text is to teach the Physical Therapist how to determine if the patient has a true neuromuscular or musculoskeletal problem and to determine the specific dysfunction or impairment. This new edition includes a chapter that focuses specifically on pain. It also contains a new chapter on physical assessment as a screening tool and the introductory chapter has been revised to explain the more modern approach of screening.
Key Features
* A systems-based approach to differential screening and diagnosis make it easy for Physical Therapists to find information and understand it in light of other systems issues.
* CD-ROM with screening tools provides Physical Therapists with forms and checklists they can use in the clinical setting.
* Case studies provide real-world examples.
New to this Edition
* New chapter on how physical assessment provides baseline-screening information to better explain the progression of the screening process.
* Includes new information on musculoskeletal problems.
* A separate chapter on pain introduces the concept of pain as a screening tool.
* An entire section is devoted to systematic origins of pain to demonstrate how regional pain should be approached in screening for particular disorders.
* Introductory information on the newer medical screening concepts sets the stage for how screening is presented in the rest of the book.
Table of Contents
Section One: Introduction to the Screening Process
1. Introduction to Screening for Referral in Physical Therapy
2. Interviewing As a Screening Tool
3. Pain Types and Viscerogenic Pain Patterns
4. Physical Assessment as a Screening Tool
Section Two: Viscerogenic Causes of Neuromusculoskeletal Pain and Dysfunction
5. Screening for Hematologic Disease
6. Screening for Cardiovascular Disease
7. Screening for Pulmonary Disease
8. Screening for Gastrointestinal Disease
9. Screening for Hepatic and Biliary Disease
10. Screening for Urogenital Disease
11. Screening for Endocrine and Metabolic Disease
12. Screening for Immunologic Disease
13. Screening for Cancer
Section Three: Systemic Origins of Neuromusculoskeletal Pain and Dysfunction
14. Screening in the Head, Neck, and Back
15. Screening in the Sacrum, Sacroiliac, and Pelvis
16. Screening in the Lower Quadrant: Buttock, Hip, Thigh, Groin, and Leg
17. Screening in the Chest, Breast, and Ribs
18. Screening in the Shoulder and Upper Extremity
Appendices
A. Screening Summary
B. Special Questions to Ask
C. Special Forms to Use
D. Special Tests to Perform
944 pages 163 ills
Trim size 216 X 276 mm
Copyright 2007
Softcover
Author Information
By Catherine C. Goodman, MBA, PT, School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, Physical Therapy Department, University of Montana; Medical Multimedia Group, Medical Writer, Missoula, MT.; and Teresa Kelly Snyder, MN, RN, OCN, CS, Clinical Specialist in Medical-Surgical Nursing, Associate Professor of Nursing, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
