PMID: 8964379Jul 1, 1996Paper

Importance of questioning and physical examination in pediatric clinical diagnosis

Gaceta médica de México
M E Rendón-Macías, J C Lazcano-Loya

Abstract

In order to determine the certainty of the nosologic as well as the etiologic diagnosis of a complication that a group of physicians can achieve with the use of the interrogatory and physical examination in solving pediatric cases, a comparative survey was carried out with 36 pediatricians. Three clinical cases were chosen (A, B and C) in three different versions (1 = interrogatory, 2 = interrogatory plus physical examination, and 3 = the same plus clinical laboratory tests). Randomly, the physicians reached a diagnosis in all three cases in any one of its versions. Generally, through interrogatory, 66.6% of the physicians (24/36) reached a nosologic diagnosis, 8.3% (3/26) diagnosed the complication and 41% (15/36) the etiological. Together with the physical examination, the percentages increased to 67.5% (25/ 37), 18.9% (7/37) and 43.2% (16/37), respectively (p < 0.05). In Case A, the main nosologic diagnosis was reached by 71, 90 and 91% of the physicians, V = 1, 2 and 3 (p = ns). In Case B, the main nosologic diagnosis was reached by all of the physicians, and in C, 10, 21 and 90% (p < 0.05) of the physicians, respectively. No differences were found in determining the etiologic diagnosis in versions one and two of the three ...Continue Reading

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