Going back to basics: remembering touch in the digital era

Autor: Beatriz R. Sousa, Diogo Faustino, Rita Pocinho
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2284-2594
DOI: 10.12890/2024_004484
Popis: Internal medicine is the specialty with the most semiological training and it is taught that the combination of a complete clinical history with a thorough physical examination allows for a diagnosis to be reached in the majority of cases. We present a clinical case where an incomplete physical examination interfered with the course of hospitalisation. In a growing technological world where complementary diagnostic tests often allow us to see what is impossible to the eye, the physical examination is often neglected.
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