PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Flashcards
IN REGARDS TO THE FEMALE PHYSICAL EXAM OF THE GENITALIA,
- ABNORMAL BLEEDING
- PAIN
- VAGINAL DISCHARGE
- PREMENSTRUAL SYMPTOMS
- MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS
- INFERTILITY
- URINARY SYMPTOMS
ALL OF THESE ARE THINGS THE PATIENT WILL REPORT WHEN DURING THE ASSESSMENT?
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS.
HISTORY OF DIABETES, CANCERS, INFERTILITY IN SIBLINGS, MOTHER TAKING DIETHYLSTILBESTEROL (DES), MULTIPLE BIRTHS IN FAMILY,
THIS IS ALL WHAT ASPECT OF THE PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT.
FAMILY HISTORY
WHAT IS THE MAIN POSITION A WOMAN SHOULD BE IN FOR A PELVIC EXAM?
TRADITIONAL LITHOTOMY POSITION
IN REGARDS TO THE FEMALE GENITOURINARY EXAM.
- MENSTRUAL
- MENOPAUSAL
- OBSTETRIC
- GYNECOLOGICAL
THESE HISTORIES ARE ALL APART OF WHICH AREA OF THE PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROVIDER/
PAST MEDICAL HISTORY
WHEN ASSESSING A FEMALE’S OBSTERIC HISTORY, WHAT IS THE ACRONYM WE USE TO ASK ABOUT PREGANCIES AND HOW IS IT DEFINED?
G- GRAVIDITY: EVERY TIME PREGNANT
P- PRETERM: BIRTH TOOK PLACE BEFORE 37 WEEKS
A- ABORTION: SPONTANEOUS OR INTENTIONAL EXODUS OF A FETUS
L- LIVING: HOW MANY KIDS CURRENTLY ALIVE
WHAT ARE SOME OTHER POSITIONS A FEMALE PATIENT GOING THROUGH A PELVIC EXAM CAN BE IN?
DIAMOND
OBSTRETRIC STIRRUPS
M SHAPED
V SHAPED
- NOTING HAIR DISTRIBUTION
- INSPECTION OF THE LABIA MAJORA & MINORA
- INSPECTION OF THE CLITORIS
- INSPECTION OF THE URETHRAL ORIFICE
- INSPECTION OF THE HYMEN
- PALPATION OF THE SKENE AND BARTHOLIN GLANDS
- TESTING MUSCLE TONE OF THE VAGINA
- PALPATE AND INSPECT THE PERINEUM
EXTERNAL INSPECTION AND PALPATION OF THE FEMALE GENITALIA
WHAT TOOL IS USED FOR INTERNAL INSPECTION OF THE VAGINA?
VAGINAL SPECULUM
WHEN INSPECTING THE INTERNAL GENITALIA OF THE VAGINA, WHAT ARE WE INSPECTING ON THE CERVIX?
COLOR POSITION SIZE SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS DISCHARGE SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE OS PINK IN COLOR AND EVENLY DISTRIBUTED
DURING EXAMINATION OF THE INTERNAL VAGINAL WALL, THE WALL SHOULD BE ——— AND FEELING FOR———-
PALPATING VAGINAL WALLS FOR ANY MASSES, NODULES, CYSTS AND GROWTHS. SHOULD BE SMMOTH HOMOGENOUS AND NON TENDER.
THIS PORTION OF THE EXAM IF INDICATED WOULD ALLOW THE PROVIDER TO REACH ABOUT 2.5CM HIGHER INTO THE PELVIS
RECTOVAGINAL EXAM
WHEN IS IT APPROPRIATE TO DO AN INTERNAL VAGINAL EXAM ON INFANTS OR CHILDREN?
ONLY WHEN THERE IS SPECIFIC PROBLEMS SUCH AS BLEEDING, DISCHARGE, TRAUMA, OR SUSPECTED SEXUAL ABUSE.
ALL SEXUALLY ACTIVE FEMALES IN THEIR ADOLESCENT TEEN YEARS SHOULD HAVE A PELVIC EXAM, PAP AND STI SCREEN AT WHAT PERIODICITY?
ANNUALLY IF ACTIVE
BY 21 IF NON-ACTIVE
SOFTENING OF THE ISTHMUS DURING PREGNANCY
REGAR SIGN
BLUISH COLORED CERVIX DURING PREGNANCY
CHADWICK SIGN
COMMON ABNORMALITIES:
CAN BEGIN IN THE LATE 20’S FOR FEMALES
- INCREASES IN INCIDENCE AND SEVERITY AS MENOPAUSE APPROACHES
- SHOWS EDEMA, HEADACHE, WEIGHT GAIN, AND BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCES
- LASTS 5-7 DAYS
PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME
SOFTENING OF THE CERVIX DURING PREGNANCY
GOODELL SIGN
DEFINED AS UNABLE TO CONCEIVE AFTER 1 YEAR OF TRYING
INFERTILITY
PRESENCE AND GROWTH OF ENDOMETRIAL TISSUE OUTSIDE THE UTERUS CAUSES PELVIC PAIN, DYSMENORRHEA, AND HEAVY OR PROLONGED MENSTRUAL FLOW
ENDOMETRIOSIS
WARTY LESIONS ON THE LABIA, WITHIN THE VESTIBULE OR IN THE PERIANAL REGION AS A RESULT OF HPV. THESE ARE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED AND ARE FLESH COLORED, WHITISH PINK OR RED . THEY ARE ALSO DISCRETE, SOFT GROWTHS THAT FORM CAULIFLOWER LIKE MASSES
CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM
BENIGN SKIN INFECTION CAUSED BY POXVIRUS
- INCUBATION TAKES ABOUT 2-7 WEEKS
- LESIONS ARE NORMALLY WHITE OR FLESH COLORED
- DOME SHAPED
- CENTRAL UMBILICATION WITH A CREAMY CORE
MOLLOSCUM CONTAGIOSUM
LESIONS OF SECONDARY SYPHILLIS THAT APPEAR ABOUT 6 TO 12 WEEKS AFTER INFECTION.
-THEY ARE FLAT, ROUND, PAPULES COVERED BY GRAY EXUDATE.
CONDYLOMA LATUM
A FIRM, PAINLESS ULCER DEVELOPED INTERNALLY IN WOMEN
SYPHILLITIC CHANCRE
LESIONS THAT ITCH AND ARE PAINFUL AND USUALLY CONFINED TO A SMALL LOCALIZED PATCH ON THE VULVA
HERPES LESION
THIS GLAND CAN BE INFLAMED BY A GONOCOCCAL INFECTION THAT PRODUCES A RED, HOT, TENDER AND FLUCTUANT SWELLING THAT MAY DRAIN PUS.
BARTHOLIN GLAND INFLAMMATION
A HERNIAL PROTRUSION OF PART OF THE RECTU THROUGH THE POSTERIOR WALL OF THE VAGINA.
RECTOCELE