ADVICE: These recommendations are the personal opinion of the author. In the medical literature, there are many good textbooks with a practical information. Comments are welcome.
CHAPTER TWO
I am here, in front of the patient. What am I supposed to do?
The physician is a person qualified to take care of a person with a health problem, to identify the cause through a process of reasoning with the help of diagnostic tools, in a safe, accurate and compassionate way.
ADVICE: These recommendations are the personal opinion of the author. In the medical literature, there are many good textbooks with a practical information. Comments are welcome.
A-67-year-old woman had a previous abdominal surgery after a diagnosis of a right colon cancer a year ago. She was also diagnosed with high blood pressure.
The best scenario in medical diagnosis follows three steps, the first one is the clinical reasoning, the second one to ask for a blood test or an image, and the third and final , to obtain a histological sample.
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