Exam 1 Flashcards
(245 cards)
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Health history
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Is 90% of diagnosis ability
Should just confirm what you already know
See the world of the patient as that patient sees itE
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Effective communication
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Establishing a positive patient relationship depends on communication built on courtesy, comfort, connection, confirmation, confidentiality
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Outline of the patient history
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Chief complaint History of present illness Past medical history Family history Personal and social history Review of systems How much of each component helps determine the billing code Try to find 3 chief complaints
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7 dimensions of chief complaint
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LOCATES Location Other associated symptoms Character (quality) Alleviating or Aggravating factors Timing Environment/Setting Severity
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Past medical history
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Medical illnesses Immunizations Surgery Hospitalizations Injuries Allergies Current medications Past transfusions Recent screening tests Emotional status
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Important immunizations to note in adults
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Influenza, varicella, pneumonia, last tdap, meningococcal
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Important allergies to note
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Food, medications, latex, environment
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Recent screening tests to note
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Gynecological exam, eye exam, dental exam, pap, colonoscopy, DRE, PSA, A1C, FBS
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Assessing family history
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Assess 3 generations–children, siblings, parents or siblings, parents, grandparents
Identify family member, living status, age
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Social History
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Personal status Habits: smoking, alcohol, drugs, exercise Sexual history, preference, STIs Home conditions and safety Environmental hazards/occupation Military Religion Access to care
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General constitutional symptoms
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Weight loss/gain
Frequent/recurrent illness
Appetite
Fever, chills, malaise, fatigue, night sweats, sleep patterns
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Skin, hair and nail history
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Rash, moles, acne, texture or pigmentation change, sweating, abnormal nail or hair growth or loss, dryness, itching
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Head and neck history
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Head injuries, loss of consciousness, lymph nodes enlarged, neck pain or injury, snoring
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Eyes history
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Blurring, diplopia, phototobia, pain, discharge, infections, vision changes, glaucoma, eye medications, trauma, glasses
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Ear history
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hearing loss, pain, discharge, tinnitus, frequent ear infections
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Nose history
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Sense of smell, colds, obstruction, epistaxis, postnasal discharge, sinus pain
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Throat/mouth history
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Hoarseness/change in voice, sore throat, bleeding gums, tooth pain, soreness or ulcers, taste changes, history of tonsillectomy
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CV history
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Chest pain, palpitations, edema, varicosities, syncope, history of MI or Htn, exercise intolerance
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Respiratory history
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Pain, asthma, dyspnea, infections, cyanosis, wheezing, cough, sputum, hemoptysis, TB exposure, last chest x ray, orthopnea
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GI history
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Appetite, digestion, food intolerance, dysphagia, heartburn, N/V, hematemesis, incontinence, bowels, constipation, diarrhea, change in stool, hemorrhoids, jaundice, pain or cramping
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GU history
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Dysuria, pain, urgency, frequency, nocturia, hematuria, polyuria, hesistancy, dribbling, force of stream, passage of stone, edema, hernias
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Musculoskeletal history
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Joint stiffness, restriction of motion, swelling or redness, bony deformity, history of fractures, weakness, injuries
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Neurologic history
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Seizures, weakness, tremors, loss of memory, abnormalities of sensation or coordination, vertigo, headache, tingling or numbness, spine injury
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Psych history
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Depression, mood changes, difficulty concentrating, nervousness, tension, suicidal thoughts, sleep disturbances, anxiety
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Endocrine history
Thyroid enlargement, heat/cold intolerance, weight change, polyphasia, polydipsia, polyuria, changes in facial or body hair, increased hat or glove size, skin striae
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CAGE questionnaire for alcohol
Cutting down?
Annoyance by criticism?
Guilty feeling?
Eye-openers?--drinking in the morning
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Domestic Violence: HITS
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In the last year, how often did your partner:
Hurt you physically?
Insult or talk down to you?
Threaten you with physical harm?
Scream or curse at you?
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Spirituality: FICA
Faith
Importance and Influence
Community
Address/action of care
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Concluding history questions
Is there anything else you think I should know?
What problem concerns you the most?
What do you think is wrong?
What worries you the most?
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Adolescents: PACES
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Parents/Peers
Accidents/Alcohol/Drugs
Cigarettes
Emotional Issues
School/Sexuality
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General Appearance description
Apparent state of health, level of consciousness, signs of distress, skin color and obvious lesions, dress/grooming/personal hygiene, facial expressions, odors, posture/gait/motor activity
Height, weight, BMI
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Rapid weight change over few days suggest
Changes in fluid, not fat tissue
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Order of examination techniques
Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation
| EXCEPT ABDOMEN: Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
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Tympany percussion
Loud, high, drumlike
| Gastric bubble
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Hyperresonance percussion
Very loud, low, booming
| Emphysematous lungs
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Resonance percussion
loud, low, hollow
| Healthy lung tissue
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Dullness percussion
Soft, moderate, thudlike
| Over liver
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Flatness percussion
Soft, high, dull
| Over muscle
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Order of percussion
From resonance to dullness
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Amsler grid
Used to test for macular degeneration
| Grid of perpendicular straight lines with central black dot as fixation point
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Transilluminator
Light source used to distinguish whether a body cavity contains fluid, air or tissue
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Goniometer
Determines degree of joint flexion and extension
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Objective skin data
Color, temperature, moisture, texture, thickness, edema, mobility and turgor, vascularity and ecchymosis, lesions
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Function of skin
Protection, prevents penetration, perception, temperature regulation, identification, communication, wound repair, absorption and excretion, production of vitamin D
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Palpate skin surface for
Moisture, temperature, texture, turgor, mobility
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Inspect hair for
Color, distribution, quantity
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Inspect nails for
Pigmentation of nails and beds, length, symmetry, ridging/beading/pitting/peeling, redness, swelling, pain, exudate, warts/cysts/tumors
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Fluid filled lesions with transillumination
Will transilluminate with a red glow; solid lesions will not
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Where do dysplastic moles usually occur
Upper back in men and legs in women
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Characteristics of skin lesions
size, shape, color, texture, elevation or depression, attachment at base, exudates, configuration (annular, grouped, linear, arciform), location and distribution
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Helpful hints for assessing skin lesions
Are there associated symptoms such as pruritus?
What is the chronology of the appearance of these lesions?
Are they changing in morphology? Are they disappearing?
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Associated variables of skin
Environmental exposures, injuries, infection, use of medications, diet, clothing, emotional factors, personal care items
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Screening for melanoma
Asymmetry, border irregularity, color variations, diameter >6mm, evolving
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Macule
Patch
Papule
Plaque
Vesicle
Bulla
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Macule: flat <1cm
Patch: flat >1cm
Papule: raised, <1cm, not fluid filled
Plaque: raised, >1cm, not fluid filled
Vesicle: raised, <1cm, fluid filled
Bulla: raised, >1cm, fluid filled
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Spider angioma
Normal and common on face and chest
| Also seen in pregnancy and liver disease
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Spider veins
most often in legs
| Often accompanies increased pressure in superficial veins as in varicose veins
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Cherry angioma
Normal; increase in size and number with aging
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Ecchymosis
Blood outside the vessels
Secondary to bruising or trauma
Can be seen in bleeding disorders
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Male pattern baldness
Frontal hairline regression and thinning of the posterior vertex
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Alopecia Areata
Sudden onset of clearly demarcated, usually localized, round or oval patches of hair loss leaving smooth skin without hairs. No visible scaling or erythema
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Tinea capitis
Round, scaling patches of alopecia
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Paronychia
Superficial infection of the proximal and lateral nail folds adjacent to the nail plate
Often red, swollen and tender
usually due to staph aureus or strep
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Clubbing of the fingers
Bulbous swelling of soft tissue at the nail base, with loss of normal angle between the nail and the proximal nail fold
Mechanism involves vasodilation with increased blood flow to the distal portion of the digits possibly due to hypoxia, changes in innervation, platelet derived growth factor
Seen in congenital heart disease, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, IBS, malignancies
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Stage 1 pressure ulcer
Reddened area that fails to blanch with pressure
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Stage 2 pressure ulcer
Skin forms a blister or sore
| Partial thickness skin loss of ulceration involving the epidermis, dermis, or both
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Stage 3 pressure ulcer
Crater appears in the skin with full thickness skin loss and damage to or necrosis of subcutaneous tissue that may extend to muscle
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Stage 4 pressure ulcer
Full thickness skin loss with destruction, tissue necrosis or damage to underlying muscle, bone and sometimes tendons and joints
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Past medical history for head/neck
Head trauma, radiation treatment, headaches (type), surgery for tumor or goiter, seizures, thyroid
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Family history for head/neck
Headaches and thyroid function
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Personal/social history for head/neck
Employment, stress, injury risks, nutrition, use of alcohol or drugs, sports played, new activities, weight training
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Headache characteristics
Onset, duration, location, character, severity, visual prodrome, pattern, change in LOC, associated symptoms, precipitating factors, treatment, medications
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Thyroid questions
Change in temperature preference, swelling of neck, change in texture of hair or skin or nails, change in emotional stability, exopthalmos, tachycardia or palpitations, change in menstrual flow, change in bowel habits, medications
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Nodding movement of head may indicate
Aortic insufficiency
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Assessment of bruits
Use bell of stethoscope
| Could indicate cerebral aneurysm or temporal arteritis
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Tracheal tugging suggest
Presence of aortic aneurysm
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Auscultation of thyroid
In a hypermetabolic state, the blood supply is increased and a vascular bruit may be heard
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Warning signs of headaches
Increasingly frequent over .3 months, sudden onset like thunderclap, new onset after age 50, aggravated or relieved by change in position, precipitated by vasalva maneuver, fever and night sweats and weight loss, presence of cancer or HIV or pregnancy, recent head trauma, change in pattern from past headaches, lack of a similar headache in the pass, associated with papilledema or neck stiffness or focal neurologic deficits
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3 most important attributes of a headache
Severity, chronologic pattern, associated patterns
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Red painless eye indicates
Subconjunctival hemorrhage
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Red eye with gritty sensation indicates
Viral conjunctivitis
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Red painful eye indicates
Glaucoma, herpes, foreign body, hyphema
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Diplopia is seen in
Lesions in the brainstem and cerebellum and with weakness of one or more extraocular muscles
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Sensorineural hearing loss
People have trouble understanding speech often complaining that people mumble; noisy environments make it worse
Problems in the inner ear, cochlear nerve or central connection to brain
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Conductive hearing loss
Problems in external or middle ear
| Noisy environments may help
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if earache or pain in the ear ask about
Associated fever, sore throat, cough, concurrent upper respiratory infection, discharge from the ear
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Clinical prediction for strep throat
Fever, tonsular exudates, swollen tender anterior cervical adenopathy, absence of cough
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Causes of throat hoarseness
Voice overuse, acute viral laryngitis, environmental allergies, acid reflux smoking, alcohol, inhalation of fumes, talking a lot
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Vertigo
False sense of motion
| Benign paroxysmal vertigo--inner ear issue (room feels like it is spinning)
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Nasal discharge HPI
Character and color, associated symptoms, seasonality, tenderness over sinuses, face pain and headache, time of onset and changes
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Sinus pain HPI
Fever, malaise, cough, headache, maxillary toothache, eye pain, nasal congestion, colored nasal discharge, pain increased when bending forward, seasonal allergies
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Hoarseness getting worse over time may indicate
Laryngeal lesion or cyst
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Recurrent hoarseness could indicate
Allergic rhinitis
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For adults, a history of frequent recurring HEENT infections may suggest
Primary immunodeficienc y problem
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Alport syndrome
Hematuria, proteinsuria, frequently develop sensorineural hearing loss, eye abnormalities with mishhapen lenses
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Weber test
Assesses unilateral hearing loss
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Rinne test
Air heard longer than bone
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Gag reflex tests which cranial nerves
9 (glossopharyngeal) and 10 (vagus)
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Eustachian tube in infant vs adult
Infant is more horizontal--more risk for ear infections
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Ear examination of child vs adult
Child: pull auricle down to view tympanic membrane
Adult: pull auricle up and out
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Presbycusis
Sensorineural hearing loss
| Due to the natural aging of the auditory canal and auditory bones; mostly affects the higher frequency sounds
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Chronic illnesses that can affect vision
Hypertension, CAD, diabetes, glaucoma, IBS, thyroid dysfunction, autoimmune disease, HIV
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Lymph nodes tenderness
The harder the node, the more likely the malignancy
The more tender the node, the more likely inflammation
Palpable supraclavicular node on the left is a clue to abdominal or thoracic malignancy
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Macular degeneration
Common disease of aging
| Results in central vision loss and is often bilateral
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Meniere disease
Vertigo and tinnitus
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Amblyopia
Lazy eye
| Eye and brain are not in sync
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Hordeolum
Stye
| Localized swelling of eyelid caused mostly by staph aureus
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Chalazion
Caused by noninfectious gland occlusion of the eye
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Pterygium
Pinkish, triangular tissue growth on the cornea--surfers eye
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Papilledema
Increased pressure in the brain
| Can be associated with visual disturbances, headaches, vomiting or combination
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Optic nerve in glaucoma
Enlarged
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Drusen bodies in eye
Can be an early sign of dry age-related macular degeneration
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Cotton wool bodies
Fluffy white patches on the retina seen with DM, hypertension, AIDS
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At what age can you start snellen vision test
at 3 years
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Disorders of the lymph system are present with 3 physical signs:
Enlarged lymph nodes, red streaks in the skin, lymphedema
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Angle of Louis
Sternal angle
| 5cm below the sternal notch
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First 7 ribs
Articulate with the sternum
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Inferior tip of the scapula
Landmark for the level of the 7th rib or interspace
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Most protruding spinous process when neck flexed forward
Usually C7
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Location of trachea bifurcation
Levels of sternal angle anteriorly anteriorly and T4 spinous process posteriorly
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SOB history
Onset, pattern, position most comfortable and number of pillows used at night, relate to extent of exercise, certain activities, time of day and eating, is it harder to inhale or exhale, severity, associated symptoms, efforts to treat
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5 A's for tobacco cessation
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Ask about smoking at each visit
Advise patients regularly to stop smoking
Assess patient's readiness
Assist patients to set stop dates
Arrange for follow up visits
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Normal AP diameter of chest
1:2 of posterior: anterior
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AP diameter for barrel chest
1:1
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Chest retractions
When the chest wall seems to cave in at the sternum, between the ribs, at the suprasternal notch, above the clavicles, and at the lowest coastal margins
Suggests an obstruction to inspiration at any point in the respiratory tract
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Paradoxic breathing
On inspiration, the lower thorax is drawn in and on expiration, the opposite occurs
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Crepitus
Crackly or crinkly sensation that can be both palpated and heard
Indicates air in the subcutaneous tissue due to rupture somewhere in the respiratory system or infection with a gas producing organism
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Friction rub
Palpable, coarse, grating vibration, usually on inspiration
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Fremitus
Palpable vibratory sensation to the chest wall
| Can be detected by placing ulnar aspects of hands against each side of chest while patient says "ninety nine"
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Abnormal fremitus could mean
Lung consolidation due to fluid or tissue usually due to pneumonia
Could also indicate obesity, COPD, effusion, tumor or fibrosis
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Hyperresonance of lung
Hyperinflation of lungs
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Normal percussion sound of lung
Resonant
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Dullness of percussion of lung
When fluid or tissue replaces air containing lungs or occupies pleural space
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Breath sounds are markedly decreased in
Emphysema
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Vesicular breath sounds
Soft and low pitched
| Heard over most of both lungs
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Broncho-vesicular Breath sounds
Intermediate intensity and pitch
| Heard over the 1st and 2nd interspaces anteriorly, and between the scapulae
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Bronchial breath sounds
Louder and higher in pitch
| Heard over the manubrium
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Tracheal breath sounds
Very loud and high pitched
| Heard over the trachea
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Bronchial breath sounds distally suggests
Consolidation and cavitation
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Alveolar atelactasis
Decreased or absent breath sounds over atelecatasis
| Fine crackles may be present
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Rhonchi and wheezes
Continuous, musical, prolonged
Wheezes: high pitched (due to asthma, COPD or bronchitis)
Rhonchi: low pitched like snoring (due to secretions in large airways)
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Rales or crackles
Discontinuous--fine or coarse
| CHF, fibrosis, pneumonia or bronchiectasis
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Stridor
Present entirely or predominantly on inspiration louder in the neck than over the chest wall
Indicates partial obstruction of trachea or larynx
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Friction rub breath sounds
Occurs outside the respiratory tree
Dry, crackly, grating, low pitched sound and is heard in both expiration and inspiration
Caused by inflamed, roughened surfaces rubbing together
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Mediastinal crunch
Found with mediastinal emphysema
Variety of sounds: loud crackles, clicking and gurgling sounds are synchronous with the heartbeat and not particularly so with respiration
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Bronchophony, egophony, pectoriloquy
May be present in any condition that consolidates lung tissue
Increased vocal resonance
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Decreased vocal resonance
Due to loss of tissue within respiratory tissue as in barrel chest of emphysema
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Bronchophony
Spoken words louder and clearer on auscultation
| Lobar pneumonia
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Egophony
Spoken "ee" heard as "ay" on auscultation
| Lobar pneumonia
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Pectoriloquy
Whispered words louder and clearer on auscultation
| Lobar pneumonia
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Respiratory findings with consolidation or atelactasis
Dull percussion
Increased fremitus
Bronchial breath sounds
Crackles present
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Respiratory findings with emphysema
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Hyperresonant percussion
Decreased fremitus
Decreased breath sounds
Decreased voice transmission
Absent crackles
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Respiratory findings with pneumothorax
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Hyperresonant percussion
Decreased fremitus
Decreased breath sounds
Decreased voice transmission
Absent crackles
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Respiratory findings in pleural effusion
Dull percussion, decreased fremitus, decreased breath sounds, decreased voice transmission, absent crackles
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Breathing in infants
Coughing rare, sneezing and hiccups frequent
Breathing primarily diaphragmatic and use of intercostal muscles is gradual
Paradoxic breathing--chest wall collapses as the abdomen distends on inspiration
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When do children use the intercostal (thoracic) musculature for respiration
By the age of 6 or 7
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Mucoid sputum
Translucent, white or gray
| Seen in viral infections and cystic fibrosis
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Purulent sputum
Yellow or green
| Often accompanies bacterial infection
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Foul smelling sputum
Present in anaerobic lung abscess
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Fever + productive cough usually signifies
Pneumonia
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Chest pain, dyspnea and orthopnea usually indicates
Acute coronary syndromes
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Crackles that clear after coughing or position change suggests
Secretions seen in bronchitis or atelactasis
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Crackles of heart failure best heard
Posterior inferior lung fields
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Barrel chest
increased AP diameter--often accompanies COPD
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Flail chest
Moves inward with inspiration and outward with expiration
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Pigeon chest
Congenital abnormality in which the sternum is displaced anteriorly
Pectus Carinatum
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Thoracic kyphoscoliosis
Abnormal spinal curvatures and vertebral rotation
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Base/Apex of the heart
Base: Flat part on top of the heart
Apex: tip facing downward and left
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Anterior surface of the heart
Right ventricle is most of it
| The most likely part to be harmed by external force or trauma
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S1
Closure of mitral/tricuspid valves
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S2
Closure of aortic/pulmonic valves
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Physiologic splitting of S2
With respiration
| RV filling is delayed causing the audible split
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Paradoxical split of S2
On end expiration
| Significant for delay in closure of aortic valve--left bundle branch block
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S3 heart sound
Vibration from ventricular filling
| Fluid overload states such as CHF or pregnancy
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S4 heart sound
Atrial gallop
Occurs at end-diastole (pre-systole) as atria contract and try to bush blood into a resistant ventricle
Left ventricular hypertrophy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, MI, chronic hypertension
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Indications of heart disease during pregnancy
Progressive or severe dyspnea, progressive orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, hemoptysis, syncope with exertion, chest pain related to effort or emotion
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Inspection of heart
Apical impulse, pulsations, heaves or lifts
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Apical impulse
Should be visible at the midclavicular line in the 5th left intercostal space
Should not be seen in more than one space
Obscured by obesity, large breasts or muscularity
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Thrill
A fine, palpable, rushing vibration, a palpable murmur
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Acronym for heart sounds
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Aortic valve
Pulmonic valve
Erb's point
Tricuspid valve
Mitral valve
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Aortic valve location
2nd right intercostal space
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Pulmonic valve location
2nd left intercostal space
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Erb's point location
3rd left intercostal space
| Listen for murmurs
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Tricuspid valve location
4th left intercostal space
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Mitral valve location
5th left intercostal space at midclavicular line
| PMI
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Assess for what characteristics of murmurs
timing and duration, pitch, intensity, pattern, quality, location, radiation, variation with respiratory
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Apical pulse in pregnant woman
Shifts up and laterally
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HPI for leg pain/cramps
Onset and duration, character, continuous burning in toes, pain in thighs or buttocks, skin changes, limping, waking at night with leg pain
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Palpate arteries and note
Rate and rhythm, pulse contour, amplitude, symmetry, obstructions, variations
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Amplitude of pulse
0: absent
1: diminished
2: normal
3: full and increased
4: bounding and aneurysma
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Bruits could indicate
Radiation of murmurs or obstructive arterial disease
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4 P's for assessment of peripheral artery disease occlusion
Pain, pallor, pulselessness, paresthesia
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Claudication
Dull ache, muscle fatigue and cramps, usually appears during sustained exercise such as walking a distance or climbing stairs
Rest usually relieves
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Conditions that make JVP inspection difficult
Severe right heart failure, severe volume depletion and obesity
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Abnormal JVP
>8-9cm
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S/S for venous obstruction and insufficiency
Swelling and tenderness over the muscles, engorgement of superficial veins, erythema and/or cyanosis
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Homan sign
Calf pain with passive dorsiflexion of foot
| Sign of venous insufficiency
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PMI in patients with COPD
Displaced to epigastric area due to right ventricular hypertrophy
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PMI >2.5cm
evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy from hypertension or aortic stenosis
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Displacement of PMI lateral to midclavicular line
Occurs in left ventricular hypertrophy or ventricular dilation due to MI or heart failure
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Heart murmurs
Distinct heart sounds distinguished by their pitch and longer duration; attributed to turbulent blood flow and are usually diagnostic of valvular heart disease
Can occur in regurgitation or stenosis of valves
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ECG waves
P: atrial depolarization
QRS: ventricular depolarization
T: ventricular repolarization
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Periorbital puffiness and right rings
Nephrotic syndrome
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Enlarged waistline could indicate
Ascites dur to liver failure
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Routine screenings for CVD
Every 5 years if low risk
Every 2 years if high risk
Every 3 years if diabetic
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Causes of decreased carotid pulse
Decreased stroke volume from shock or MI, local atherosclerotic narrowing or occlusion
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Bell vs diaphragm for heart
Diaphragm: high pitched sounds of S1 + S2; murmurs of aortic and mitral regurgitation and pericardial friction rubs
Bell: low pitched sounds of S3 and S4; murmurs of mitral stenosis
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Systolic murmur
Falls between S1 and S2
| Coincide with the carotid upstroke
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Diastolic murmur
Falls between S2 and S1
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Grade 1 murmur
Very faint, may not be heard in all positions
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Grade 2 murmur
Heard immediately
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Grade 3-6 murmur
Increasingly louder with a palpable thrill
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Pulmonary hypertension and PMI
Results in right ventricular hypertrophy and displaces PMI medially
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Hair loss over the anterior tibiae points to
Decreased arterial perfusion
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PAD warning signs
fatigue, aching, numbness and pain that limits walking
Any poorly healing or non healing wounds of legs/feet, pain present when at rest in lower leg, abdominal pain after meals associated with food fear and weight loss, first degree relatives with an aortic aneurysm
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Ankle-brachial index
Ratio of blood pressure in the foot and arm
| Values <0.9 abnormal
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Risk factors for aortic abdominal aneurysm
Older age, male, smoking, family history
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Asymmetric blood pressures in arms
Coarctation of aorta and dissecting aortic aneurysm
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Unilateral calf and ankle swelling suggests
Venous thromboembolic disease from DVT, chronic venous insufficiency or incompetent venous valves
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Bilateral edema of legs seen in
Heart failure, cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome
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Structures present in RUQ
Right lobe of liver, gallbladder, bile duct, part of transverse colon, ascending colon
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Structures present in RLQ
Cecum, appendix
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Structures present in LUQ
Stomach, left lobe of liver, spleen, pancreas, descending colon, part of transverse colon
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Stuctures present in LLQ
Rectum, anus
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Order for abdominal examination
Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
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Hirschsprung disease
Developmental disorder characterized by the absence of ganglia in the distal colon, resulting in functional obstruction
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Increased bowel sounds may occur with
Gastroenteritis, early intestinal obstruction or hunger
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High pitched tinkling bowel sounds
Suggest intestinal fluid and air under pressure, as in early obstruction
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Decreased bowel sounds occur with
Peritonitis and paralytic ileus
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Friction rubs in abdomen
Indicate inflammation of the peritoneal surface of the organ from tumor, infection, or infarct
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Normal liver span
6-12cm
| Measure height of liver in right midclavicular line
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Usual spot of liver dullness when going down from lungs
5th intercostal space on right side midclavicular line
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Where is spleen dullness usually percussed
From 9th-11th intercostal space just behind left midaxillary line
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McBurney's point
Corresponds to the most common location of the base of the appendix
Pain on release may indicate appendicitis
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Murphy sign
Palpate right and left midclavicular, breath in, pain on palpate may be sign of gall bladder issues
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Grey turner sign
Bruising of the flanks
| Sign of retroperitoneal hemorrhage or bleeding behind the peritoneum
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Cullen sign
Can predict acute pancreatitis
| Bruising around umbilicus
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Rovsing sign
Palpating LLQ can elicit referred pain to RLQ
| Can indicate appendicitis
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Cotton wisp on face is measuring what CN
5
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Keeping eyes closed on resistance, raising eyebrows, grown and smile is measuring what CN
7
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Extra ocular movements is measuring what CN
2, 4, 6
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Pupillary response is measuring what CN
3
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Visual acuity is measuring what CN
2
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Whisper test is measuring what CN
8
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Psoas sign
Hand on right thigh/knee, have patient raise leg against resistance
Pain in RLQ may indicate peritonitis
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Obturator sign
Patient on left side; flex hip and knee and internally rotate
Pain in RLQ may indicate peritonitis
