Exam 2 Flashcards
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Components of health history
biographic data, reason for seeking care, presetn health, past health, family history, review of systems, functional assessment
Biographic data
name, age, birthdate, address, gender, race, occupation
reason for seeking care
one or two symptoms and the duration
present health
OLD CARTs
onset, location, duration, characteristics, aggrevating factors, releiving factors, time
past health
childhood illnesses, accidnts, chronic illness, hospitalizations, operations, immunization, last examination date, allergies
medication reconcilliation
current vs previous medications
family history
conditions for which the patient may be at an increased risk
review of systems
collection of subjective data of body systems, limited to patient statements
functional assessments
self care ability, alcohol, and tobacco use
Important subjective questions to ask for the ABDOMEN
appetite
dysphagia
food intolerance
pain
nausea/vomiting
bowel habits
medications
bowel habits
melena, hematochezia, past abdominal history including surgies
nutritional assessment
what have you eaten in the last 24 hours
physical assessment abdominal order
-inspection
-auscultation
-percussion
-palpation
Preparing pt for abd assessment
adequate lighting, empty bladder, lie supine wiht arms at side, small pillow under the knees, assess areas of pain last
Landmarks
umbilicus
RLQ pain
rebound tenderness with appendix
RUQ pain
liver should not be palpable before the liver
Abd inspection
overall demeanor
bulging/masses
skin
striae, moles, surgical scars
umbilicus
cullen’s sign
contour
symmertry
Cullen’s sign
bluish discoloration around umbilicus, symptom of intraperitoneal bleeding
Coutour
flat, scaphoid, rounded, protuberant
-stand on right side and look across the abdomen
-contour helps describe nutritional state
Symmertry
usually symmetrical, note any bulding, masses, or asymmetry
Asucultation
bowel sounds, borborgymi, hyperactive, vascular sounds
-warm stethescope
-record character and frequency
-norma, hypoactive, hyperactive
absent if not sounds in 2 minutes
Bowel sound auscultation order
start at RLQ move to RUQ to LUQ to LLQ
Vascular sounds
bruit, hypoactive, hyperactive