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Abdomen- Layman: large and extends outwards

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Protuberant distended

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Abdomen-layman: hard board like

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Hard rigid, distended, tympanic, taut

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Abdomen Soft, flabby

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Relaxed flaccid

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Abdomen Swollen rounded

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Distended edematous

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Abdomen- filled with gas

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Tympanic, flatulent

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Abdomen hangs down

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Pendulous

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Amounts large amounts of drainage

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Profuse copious

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Amount- medium amount of drainage

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Moderate

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Small amount of drainage

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Scant

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Loss of appetite

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Anorexia

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Hunchback

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Kyphosis

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Small of back

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Lumbar region

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Swayback

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Lordosis

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Nose bleed

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Epistaxis

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Blood in the urine

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Hematuria

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Spitting up blood

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Hemoptysis

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Positive blood in the stool

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Guaiac positive

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Unpleasant

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Halitosis

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Foul

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Fetid

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With sweet fruit like odor

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Fruity sweet

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Urinous odor

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Odor of ammonia

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Breathing

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Respirations

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Difficult breathing

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Dyspnea

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Short periods when breathing has ceased

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Apnea

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Inability to breathe while laying down

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Orthopnea

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Rapid breathing

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Hyperpnea

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Increasing Dyspnea with periods of apnea

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Cheyne-strokes respirations

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Alert fully conscious oriented to date time place

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Alert fully conscious

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Only partly conscious

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Semi conscious

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30
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Unconscious but can be aroused

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Stuporous

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Unconscious cannnot be aroused

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Comatose

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Type of cough

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Continuous, persistent, productive, non productive, dry, hacking

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33
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Occurring in spasms

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Spasmodic

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34
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Coughing up or expectoration of blood

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Hemopytasis

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Dead tissue

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Tissue necrosis, necrotic

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36
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Frequent liquid defecations

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Diarrhea

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Color of stool

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Clay or dark brown black mustard yellow green tarry streaked with blood

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Constituents of stool

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Liquid, soft or hard formed, watery, semi formed, constipated, undigested food, mucoid

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Drainage- containing pus

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Purulent

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Bloody

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Sanguineous

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Of lymphatic fluid

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Serous

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42
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Contains mucous and pus

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Mucopurulent

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43
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Tough sticky

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Tenacious

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Bloody, lymphatic (serous)

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Serosanguinous

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45
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Indented 2 mm

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1+ edema

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46
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Indented 4 mm

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2+ edema

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47
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Indented 6 mm

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3+ edema

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48
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Indented 8 mm

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4+ edema

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49
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Emesis - produced by conscious effort of patient

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Induced

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50
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Ejected a few feet distance

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Projectile

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51
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If blood is noticeable

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Hematemesis

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52
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Sharpness in vision

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Visual acuity

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53
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Yellow in color

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Jaundiced

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54
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Puffy swollen

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Edematous

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55
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Drooping eyelids

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Ptosis of lids

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56
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Unusually sensitive to light

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Photophobia

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57
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Double vision

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Diplopia

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58
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Cross eye squinting

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Strabismus

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59
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Abnormal protrusion of eyeball

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Exophthalmos

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60
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Inflammation of conjunctiva

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Conjunctivitis

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61
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Dilation of the pupil

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Mydriasis, pupil dilated

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62
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Contraction of the pupil

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Myosis, pupil constricted, pin point

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Near-sightedness

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Myopia

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Far sightedness

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Hyperopia

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Fainting

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Syncope

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Without fever

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Afebrile

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Tempature above normal

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Pyrexia

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Tempature greatly above normal

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Hyperpyrexia

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Forehead

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Frontal region

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Region over temple

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Temporal region

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Back of head

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Occipital region

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Base of skill

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Basilar region

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Having a large head

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Macrocephaly , hydrocephalus

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Having a small head

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Microcephalus

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Top of head

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Parietal (right or left)

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Hives

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Urticaria

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Itching

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Pruitus

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Bending

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FLEXION

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To straighten

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Extension

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Revolve around

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Rotation

81
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Move away from median line

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Abduction

82
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Move toward median line

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Adduction

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Blue in color

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Cyanotic

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By mouth

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Orally

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By rectum

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Rectally

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Breathing in

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Inhalation

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Rubbing into skin

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Topically

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Under the skin

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Subcutaneous

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Within the skin

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Intradermal

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Within the muscle

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Intramuscular

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Within the spinal canal

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Intraspinal intrathecal

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Within the vein

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Intravenous

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Pouring into the body cavity

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Instillation

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Menstruation- if present when admitted

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Menses present

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Painful

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Dysmenorrhea

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Total absence of

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Amenorrhea

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Profuse or prolonged flow

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Menorrhagia

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Cessation of

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Menopause

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Very unpleasant (odor)

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Offensive, foul

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Of the muscles of the face

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Facial

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Of the legs

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Paraplegia

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Of one side of the body

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Hemiplegia

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Of a single limb

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Monoplegia

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Of all 4 extremities and usually the trunk

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Quadriplegia

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Large amount of profuse

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Diaphoresis, diaphoretic

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Flat on back arms straight at sides

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Supine

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On side knees flexed

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Lateral

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On left side left arm behind back, left leg slightly flexed right leg greatly flexed

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Sims (left or right)

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Head of the bed semi-erect

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Semi-Fowler (40 to 45 degree- modified knees and legs no flex)

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On back, buttocks near edge of table knees well flexed and separated

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Lithotomy

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Resting on knees and chest

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Knee-chest

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On back, pelvis and legs higher than head

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Trendelenburg

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On abdomen, face turned to one side

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Prone

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Prone with hips over break in table and feet below level of head

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Jackknife

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Numbers of beats per minute

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Rate

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Rhythm

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Regular or irregular, couple galloping

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Beats missed at intervals

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Intermittent

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> 100 beats per minute (bpm)

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Rapid fast tachycardia

119
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Only scarcely perceptible

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Threads, weak

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Pulseless

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Imperceptible, absent

121
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Pulse strength

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0= absent, not palpable, inaudible with Doppler
1+=diminished..palpable
2+= expected/ normal
3+= strong/full pulse
4+= bounding can’t be obliterated

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Normal

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Healthy, normal for race

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Blue in color

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Cyanotic, mottled

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Very white

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Extreme pallor, ashen

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Redness

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Erythema

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Shines

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Glossy

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Raw surface

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Excoriation

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Yellow in color

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Jaundiced

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Containing colored areas

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Pigmented

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Scraped

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Abraded, denuded

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Cold and moist

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Clammy

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Not understandable

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Incoherent

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Meaningless wondering

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Rambling

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Words run together

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Slurring

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Difficult speaking

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Dysphasia

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Unable to speak

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Aphasia

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Difficulty in swallowing

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Dysphagia

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Inability to swallow

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Aphagia

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Other descriptive terms (throat)

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Red, swollen, inflamed, ulcerated

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Descriptive terms(tongue)

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Pink,moist,dry,cracked,swollen,coated,inflamed,ulcerated

141
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To urinate

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Voiding, Micturate

142
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No control over urination

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Incontinence

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Large amount of urine voided

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Diuresis

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Total suppression of urine

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Anuria

145
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Frequent voiding at night

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Nocturia

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Increased amount of voiding

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Polyuria

147
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Painful urination

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Dysuria

148
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Pus in urine

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Pyuria

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Blood in the urine

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Hematuria

150
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Scantiness of urine

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Oliguria

151
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Sugar in urine

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Glycosuria

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Overweight

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Obese

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Abnormal thinness

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Emaciated, wasting

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Very underweight

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Cachectic

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Discharging pus

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Suppurating, purulent

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Black or grey necrotic tissue

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Eschar

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Wound drainage

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Exudate

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