Practical Flashcards
Socrates stand for
Symptoms Allergies Medication Past medical Last in and out Events leading up to
Socrates
Site Onset Characteristics Radiation Associated symptoms Timing Severity
Inspect abdo
Scars
Spider naevi more than 5
Caput Medusa - cirrhosis
Asymmetry 6Fs - fat, flatus, fluids, faeces, fetus, functional
Cullen - umbilicus
Grey turners - flanks
Auscultate abdo
4 quadrants
Palpate abdo
Left hypochondriac
Epigastric
Right hypochondriac
Left lumbar
Umbilical
Right lumbar
Left iliac
Suprapubic
Right iliac
Signs to look for abdo
Rebound tenderness - peritonitis
Murphys sign - right subcostal, breath in - cholecystitis
Rovsing press left iliac will feel in right - appendicitis
Mcburney - right side - appendicitis
Psoas - lie on side pull right leg back
Obturator- bend 90 then twist out
Percussion abdo
Looking for ascites
Tympani will move
If two persons can do wave one
Hands abdo
Pallor
Leukonychia - liver disease
Kolionychia -crohn
Palmar erythema - red heel - kidney
Dupuytrens contracture - alcohol
Clubbing - ibs
Skin turgor
Asterixis
Needle track marks
Eyes abdo
Conjunctiva pallor - anaemia
Jaundice - liver, gallstones
Corneal arcus- high cholesterol
Xanethelasma - high cholesterol
Kayser fleischer rings - Wilson’s disease
Mouth - abdo
Angular chelitus - gi malignancy
Dry mouth - hydration
Glositis
Oral candidiasis - immunosuppressive
Aphthous ulceration - b12
Neck - abdo
Virchows nodes
Hands - CVS
Clubbing- heart disease Peripheral cyanosis Tar staining - smoker Splinter haemorrhages - infective endocarditis Jane way lesions - micro abcess Osler nodes - inflammatory complex
Eyes - CVS
Conjunctive pallor - anaemia
Corneal arcus - high cholesterol
Xanthelasma - high cholesterol
Mouth - CVS
Central cyanosis
Angular cheilitus
Glositis
Face - CVS
Malar flush