Monday, 21 September 2009

Review of Systems / Functional Enquiry

General/Constitutional
Average weight, weight loss or gain, general state of health, sense of well-being, strength, ability to conduct usual activities, exercise tolerance

Skin/Breast
Rash, itching, pigmentation, moisture or dryness, texture, changes in hair growth or loss, nail changes
Breast lumps, tenderness, swelling, nipple discharge

Eyes/Ears/Nose/Mouth/Throat
Headaches (location, time of onset, duration, precipitating factors), vertigo, lightheadedness, injury
Vision, double vision, tearing, blind spots, pain
Nose bleeding, colds, obstruction, discharge
Dental difficulties, gingival bleeding, dentures
Neck stiffness, pain, tenderness, masses in thyroid or other areas

Cardiovascular
Precordial pain, substernal distress, palpitations, syncope, dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea, nocturnal paroxysmal dyspnea, edema, cyanosis, hypertension, heart murmurs, varicosities, phlebitis, claudication

Respiratory
Pain (location, quality, relation to respiration), shortness of breath, wheezing, stridor, cough (time of day, of productive, amount in tablespoons or cups per day and color of sputum), hemoptysis, respiratory infections, tuberculosis (or exposure to tuberculosis), fever or night sweats

Gastrointestinal
Appetite, dysphagia, indigestion, food idiosyncrasy, abdominal pain, heartburn, eructation, nausea, vomiting, hematemesis, jaundice, constipation, or diarrhea, abnormal stools (clay-colored, tarry, bloody, greasy, foul smelling), flatulence, hemorrhoids, recent changes in bowel habits

Genitourinary
Urgency, frequency, dysuria, nocturia, hematuria, polyuria, oliguria, unusual (or change in) color of urine, stones, infections, nephritis, hesitancy, change in size of stream, dribbling, acute retention or incontinence, libido, potency, genital stores, discharge, venereal disease
(Female) Age of onset of menses, regularity, last period, dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia, or metrorrhagia, vaginal discharge, post-menopausal bleeding, dyspareunia, number and results of pregnancies (gravida, para)

Musculoskeletal
Pain, swelling, redness or heat of muscles or joints, l;imitation, of motion, muscular weakness, atrophy, cramps

Neurologic/Psychiatric
Convulsions, paralyses, tremor, incoordination, parathesias, difficulties with memory of speech, sensory or motor disturbances, or muscular coordination (ataxia, tremor)
Predominant mood "nervousness" (define), emotional problems, anxiety, depression, previous psychiatric care, unusual perceptions, hallucinations

Allergic/Immunologic/Lymphatic/Endocrine
Reactions to drugs, food, insects, skin rashs, trouble breathing
Anemia, bleeding tendency, previous transfusions and reactions, Rh incompatibility
Local or general lymph node enlargement or tenderness. -Polydipsia, polyuria, asthenia, hormone therapy, growth, secondary sexual development, intolerance to heat or cold

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