Diagnosketch is a one-of-a-kind visual book that helps explain medical diagnoses to a non-medical audience. It simplifies human anatomy and pathophysiology into memorable, patient-friendly, understandable images. Created and illustrated by an ER physician with 20 years of clinical experience, Diagnosketch covers bread and butter diagnoses seen in acute care settings: kidney stones, diverticulitis, back pain, gallstones, ovarian cysts, arthritis, and more. It contains diagnostic images, procedural images, and concept images that are useful at different stages of a patient encounter. Medical…mehr
Diagnosketch is a one-of-a-kind visual book that helps explain medical diagnoses to a non-medical audience. It simplifies human anatomy and pathophysiology into memorable, patient-friendly, understandable images. Created and illustrated by an ER physician with 20 years of clinical experience, Diagnosketch covers bread and butter diagnoses seen in acute care settings: kidney stones, diverticulitis, back pain, gallstones, ovarian cysts, arthritis, and more. It contains diagnostic images, procedural images, and concept images that are useful at different stages of a patient encounter. Medical professionals use this guide, at the bedside, to better communicate with patients in various acute care settings, like Emergency Rooms and Urgent Care Clinics.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Sapana Adhikari is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician. She attended the Boston University School of Medicine and completed her residency at Boston Medical Center. Throughout her 20 year career, she has practiced clinically in various settings ranging from inner-city trauma centers to rural hospitals in the developing world. She is involved with international health and runs a non-profit organization, smartketi, that focuses on women empowerment in rural Nepal. She is an accomplished artist whose work has been featured in The National Academy of Medicine, Intima: The Journal of Narrative Medicine and the Frederic Jameson Gallery at Duke University. She lives in Charlotte, NC with her husband and three children.
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Table of Contents Introduction About the Author/Illustrator Scripting Chapter 1: Skin Blood draw Intravenous insertion Laceration Options for repair Abscess Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Paronychia Subungual hematoma Superficial thrombophlebitis Airway anatomy Chapter 2: EENT (Eye, ear, nose, throat) Corneal abrasion and conjunctivitis Dental caries vs dental abscess Epistaxis Sinusitis Otitis media Otitis externa Strep pharyngitis and peritonsillar abscess (PTA) Chapter 3: Cardiopulmonary Bronchitis vs pneumonia Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) Pedal edema Myocardial infarction (MI) Chest pain evaluation Atrial fibrillation Pericarditis vs pericardial effusion Congestive heart failure (CHF) Diastolic vs systolic disease Hypertension (HTN) Hypertensive urgency Aortic dissection Aortic aneurysm Peripheral artery disease and venous insufficiency Chapter 4: Gastrointestinal Digestion Abdominal pain Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) Gastritis and ulcer Upper gastrointestinal bleed (UGIB) Lower gastrointestinal bleed (LGIB) Hiatal hernia Hernia: Normal vs incarcerated Esophageal stricture Small bowel obstruction (SBO) Biliary colic Pancreatitis Diverticulosis, diverticulitis and perforation Constipation Perirectal abscess Hemorrhoids Appendicitis Chapter 5: Genitourinary Nephrolithiasis Cystitis vs pyelonephritis Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) Urinary retention Epididymitis Hydrocele vs varicocele Testicular torsion Ovarian torsion Ovarian cyst: Normal cyst vs ruptured cyst Early pregnancy: Abdominal pain and/or vaginal bleeding Leiomyoma Abnormal uterine bleeding Vaginal candidiasis Bacterial vaginosis Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) Sexually transmitted infection Lower abdomen: Male vs female Chapter 6: Orthopedics Fracture Growth-plate injury Degenerative joint disease Bursitis Rib fracture Pneumothorax Back pain: Musculoskeletal Sacroilitis Back pain: Side view Lumbar radiculopathy Cervical strain Motor vehicle accident (MVA) Osteoarthritis Knee pain: Fracture vs sprain Joint disease: Normal anatomy Gout vs septic joint Baker's cyst Ankle pain: Fracture vs sprain Carpal tunnel syndrome Plantar fasciitis Compression fracture Chapter 7: Neurology Cerebral vascular accident (CVA) Transient ischemic attack (TIA) Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) Meningitis Benign positional vertigo (BPV) 7th cranial nerve palsy Closed head injury Chapter 8: Miscellaneous Cancer: Diagnosis and work-up Diabetes mellitus type 2 Fever control or pain control Bacteria vs virus Code status
