This review summarises the evidence for the clinical value of physical examination of the cardiovascular system. The best was judged to relate to the detection and evaluation of valvular heart disease, the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure, the jugular venous pulse in the assessment of ...
ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT When an attempt is made to determine the severity of functional impairment in a patient with heart disease, it is helpful to ascertain the level of activity and the rate at which it is performed before symptoms develop. Thus, it is not sufficient to state th...
This article, the first of two parts, aims to develop core cardiovascular and respiratory knowledge and to enhance practice for the practitioner caring for an acutely ill patient on a general ward setting. The second part will focus on advanced cardiorespiratory assessment. With increasing acuity of...
Cardiovascular benefits and assessment of physical activity and physical fitness in adults. Cardiovascular benefits and assessment of physical activity and physical fitness in adults. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1992;24: S201-20... WL Haskell,AS Leon,CJ Caspersen,... - 《Medicine & Science in Sports ...
Methodological aspects of physical activity assessment in epidemiological studies A range of epidemiological studies conducted over the past decades has produced strong support for the view that lack of physical activity is associated wi... MA Pols,PHM Peeters,Han C. G. Kemper and Diederick E. Grob...
The 5 focus areas were general assessment skills, gastrointestinal system, pulmonary system, central and peripheral nervous system, and cardiovascular system. Instructional methods used included prelaboratory assignments, brief introductory lectures, demonstration of assessment techniques, application of ...
Examining the musculoskeletal system is a crucial part of your head-to-toe assessment of a patient. In this lesson, you will learn how to perform a...
How broad is the range of literature regarding different methods of teaching PE competences and which dimensions of assessment can be distinguished? Several sub-questions can be derived from the research question: Which factors determine the quality of physical examination teaching in undergraduate medical...
Includes descriptions of important interventions such as lung volume reduction surgery and lung transplantation. Adds a new section on simple anthropometric measurements for determining obesity, with information on this demographic trend and how it impacts assessment. ...
History and Physical Assessment A delay in the diagnosis of acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) is sometimes related to the absence of a clear history of a preceding documented streptococcal infection. [50] This may be due to more stringent definition criteria that require documented ...