Systemic Review / Enquiry

Question 1

Respiratory 🫁 symptoms

Answer 1

Respiratory symptoms to screen for include:

Dyspnoea— Shortness of breath
Cough— Sputum production
Wheeze
Haemoptysis— Coughing up blood 🩸
Pleuritic chest pain
Tachypnea— fast breathing 😮‍💨

Question 2

Cardiovascular 🫀 symptoms

Answer 2

Cardiovascular symptoms to screen for include:

Chest pain
Palpitations—
Dyspnoea
Pre-syncope
Syncope
Orthopnoea
Peripheral oedema

Question 3

Gastrointestinal symptoms

Answer 3

Gastrointestinal symptoms to screen for include:

Appetite change
Nausea
Vomiting
Dyspepsia
Dysphagia
Weight loss
Abdominal pain
Abdominal distension
Jaundice
Changes in bowel habit: constipation, diarrhoea, steatorrhoea, melaena, hematochezia

Question 4

Genitourinary symptoms

Answer 4

Genitourinary symptoms to screen for include:

Changes in urine output or colour: oliguria, polyuria, anuria, dark urine, haematuria
Infective symptoms: urinary frequency, dysuria, flank pain, offensive discharge, pelvic pain
Bladder control symptoms: urinary urgency, urinary incontinence
Obstructive symptoms: terminal dribbling, nocturia
Uraemic symptoms: fatigue, nausea, anorexia, pruritis

Question 5

CNS symptoms

Answer 5

Neurological symptoms to screen for include:

Visual symptoms: blurred vision, changes in colour vision, sudden loss of vision, floaters
Headache: unilateral headache, bilateral headache, thunderclap headache
Motor or sensory disturbance: muscle weakness, numbness, paraesthesia
Loss of consciousness including seizures
Confusion

Question 6

Musculoskeletal symptoms

Answer 6

Musculoskeletal symptoms to screen for include:

Bone and joint pain
Muscular pain
Trauma
General body weakness

Question 7

Other symptoms

Answer 7

Ear, nose and throat symptoms to screen for include:

Hearing loss/tinnitus
Otalgia
Facial pain
Persistent nasal discharge
Epistaxis
Dysphonia
Dysphagia
Odynophagia

Dermatological symptoms to screen for include:

Rashes
Skin lesions
Skin colour changes
Ulcers