Going back to basics: remembering touch in the digital era
Keywords
Physical examination, bedside diagnosis, health technology, internal medicine, critical thinking
Abstract
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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