Renal And Urinary Flashcards
General inspection
Mental state, breathing changes, hydration, machines around them, dialysis, IV fluids
Hands
Nails, leuchonychia, Mee’s lines, half-half nails, distal brown Arc, Meurche’s nail
Wrist and palms
Palmar pallor, arteriovenous fistula, bruises, scratch marks, uraemic frost, tender muscles + bones, asterixis
Arms
Myopathy, bruising, pipgmentation, scratch marks, tenderness of muscle + bones
Face
Jaundice, anaemia, scleral haemmorage
Mouth
Uraemic fetor, gingival hyperplasia, dryness, ulcers, oral thrush
Neck
Scars, parathyroidectomy, central line, JVP, carotid bruit
Chest
Heart sounds, rub, uraemic frost, tender muscles + bones
Back
Sacral oedema, bony tenderness of vertebrae, murphy’s kidney punch
Auscultate
Crepitations
Abdomen
Light, deep, ballot kidneys, liver, bladder, scars, distension, ascites, renal transplant scars
Percuss and auscultate
9 areas, renal bruits