Physical Exam Flashcards
HEADACHE
Vital signs, inspection and plapation of entire head; ENT inspection; complete neurologic exam, including funduscopic exam
CONFUSION/MEMORY LOSS
Vital signs; complete neurologic exam, including min-mental status exam and gait; general physical exam. including ENT, heart, lungs, abdomen, and extremities
DEPRESSED MOOD
Vital sings; head and neck exam; neurologic exam; mental status exam, including documentation of appearance, behavior, speech, mood, affect, thought process, thought content, cognition (measured by the 30-point min-mental status exam), insight, and judgement
PSYCHOSIS
Vital signs, mental status exam
DIZZINESS
Vital signs; complete neurologic exam, including Romberg test, nystagmus, tilt test (e.g. Dix-Hallpike maneuver), gait, hearing and Weber and Rinne test; ENT exam; cardiovascular exam
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Vital signs, including orthostatics; complete neurologic exam; carotid and cardiac exam; lung exam; exam of the lower extremities
NUMBNESS/WEAKNESS
Vital signs, neurologic and musculoskeletal exams; relevant vascular exam
FATIGUE AND SLEEPINESS
Vital signs, ENT exam (conjunctival pallor, oropharynx/palate, lymphadenopathy, thyroid exam); heart, lung, abdominal, neurologic, and extremity (pallor, coolness at distal extremities) exams, consider rectal exam and occult blood testing
NIGHT SWEATS
Vital signs, HEENT exam, including throat inspection lymphadenopathy; heart and lung exam; abdominal exam for heaptosplenomegaly; skin exam; musculoskeletal exam for joint pain
INSOMNIA
Vital signs; mental status exam
SORE THROAT
Vital signs; ENT exam, including oral thrush, tonsillar exudate, and lympadenopathy; lung abdominal, and skin exams
COUGH/SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Vital signs +/- pulse oximetry; exam of nasal mucosa, oropharynx, heart, lungs, lymph nodes, and extremities (clubbing, cyanosis, edema)
CHEST PAIN
Vital signs +/- BP in both arms, complete cardiovascular exam (JVD, PMI, chest wall tenderness, hearts sounds, pulses, edema); lung and abdominal exams
PALPITATIONS
Vital sings, endocrine/thyroid exam including exophthalmos, lid retraction, lid lag, gland size, bruit, and tremor; complete cardiovascular exam
WEIGHT LOSS
Vital signs; complete physical exam