Extended

General

  • Appearance: Well-nourished, well-developed, distress level
  • Orientation: Person, place, time
  • Mood/Affect: Appropriate, cooperative
  • Posture & Gait: Normal, steady, no ataxia
  • Coordination: No dysmetria, normal movement

Skin

  • Temperature: Warm, cool, normal
  • Moisture: Dry, diaphoretic
  • Turgor: Normal, decreased (dehydration)
  • Rashes, Lesions, Ulcers: Location, description
  • Bruising/Petechiae: None, noted (location)
  • Nails: Clubbing, cyanosis, pitting
  • Hair: Normal distribution, alopecia, hirsutism
  • Shape: Normocephalic, atraumatic
  • Scalp: Lesions, tenderness, masses
  • Temporal Arteries: Tenderness, thickening

Eyes

  • Pupils: PERRLA
  • Extraocular Movements: EOMI, nystagmus
  • Visual Fields: Full, deficits
  • Conjunctiva: Pale, injected, clear
  • Sclera: Anicteric, icteric
  • Eyelids: Ptosis, swelling, erythema
  • Fundoscopic Exam: Disc margins sharp, no papilledema, hemorrhages

Ears

  • External: No deformities, masses
  • Canals: Clear, cerumen, discharge
  • Tympanic Membranes: Intact, erythema, bulging, retraction
  • Hearing: Normal, Weber midline, Rinne AC>BC

Nose

  • Septum: Midline, deviation
  • Mucosa: Pink, pale, inflamed
  • Discharge: None, clear, purulent
  • Sinuses: Nontender, tender (frontal, maxillary)

Mouth/Throat

  • Lips: Moist, dry, cracked
  • Mucosa: Pink, moist, lesions
  • Gums: Healthy, bleeding, recession
  • Teeth: Intact, caries, malalignment
  • Tongue: Midline, fasciculations, lesions
  • Oropharynx: Clear, erythema, exudates
  • Tonsils: Present, hypertrophy, cryptic debris
  • Uvula: Midline, symmetric elevation

Lymph Nodes

  • No palpable lymphadenopathy
  • If present: Location (preauricular, postauricular, occipital, submandibular, submental, anterior/posterior cervical, supraclavicular, axillary, epitrochlear, inguinal, popliteal), size, tenderness, mobility

Neck

  • Supple, full ROM
  • Trachea: Midline, deviation
  • Thyroid: Normal, enlargement, nodules
  • JVD: Present, absent
  • Bruits: Present, absent

Chest/Lungs

  • Symmetry: Equal expansion
  • Respiratory Effort: Normal, labored
  • Breath Sounds: Clear, wheezes, crackles, rhonchi

Heart

  • Rate/Rhythm: Regular, irregular
  • S1/S2: Normal, split
  • Murmurs: None, location, grade
  • Rubs/Gallops: None, present
  • PMI: Normal location, displaced
  • Pulses: Symmetric, diminished, bounding

Abdomen

  • Contour: Flat, distended
  • Tenderness: None, location
  • Guarding/Rebound: None, present
  • Masses: None, present
  • Bowel Sounds: Normoactive, hypoactive, hyperactive
  • Hepatosplenomegaly: Absent, present
  • Bruits: None, present
  • Hernias: None, present

Breast Exam

Inspection

  • Symmetry: Equal, asymmetry noted.
  • Skin Changes: No rashes, dimpling, retraction, ulceration, peau d’orange.
  • Nipple Abnormalities: No inversion, discharge, scaling, crusting.
  • Masses/Deformities: None, visible lump noted (location, size).

Palpation

  • Breast Tissue: No masses, tenderness, or thickening.
  • Mass Characteristics (if present):
    • Location: Quadrant, clock position.
    • Size: Measured in cm.
    • Shape: Round, irregular.
    • Consistency: Soft, firm, hard.
    • Mobility: Mobile, fixed.
    • Tenderness: Present, absent.
  • Axillary Lymph Nodes: No palpable lymphadenopathy.
    • If present: Size, mobility, tenderness.
  • Supraclavicular/Infraclavicular Nodes: No palpable lymphadenopathy.

Special Tests

  • Skin Retraction Test: Negative, positive.
  • Axillary Compression Test: No abnormal findings.
  • Nipple Discharge Test: None, spontaneous/bilateral/unilateral, bloody/clear/milky/green.

Prostate Exam (Digital Rectal Exam - DRE)

Inspection

  • Perianal Area: Normal, no lesions, skin tags, hemorrhoids, fistulas, fissures.

Palpation

  • Prostate Gland:
    • Size: Normal, enlarged (mild, moderate, severe).
    • Consistency: Soft, firm, rubbery, hard.
    • Texture: Smooth, nodular, irregular.
    • Tenderness: None, mild, moderate, severe.
    • Symmetry: Symmetric, asymmetric.
    • Median Sulcus: Present, obliterated.

Findings

  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) Signs: Enlarged, smooth, rubbery.
  • Prostatitis Signs: Tender, boggy, swollen.
  • Prostate Cancer Suspicion: Hard, irregular, nodular, loss of median sulcus.

Rectal Exam

Inspection

  • Perianal Skin: Normal, no rashes, excoriations, masses.
  • Anus: No hemorrhoids, fissures, fistulas, skin tags, warts.
  • Lesions: None, ulcerated, raised, bleeding.

Palpation

  • Sphincter Tone: Normal, increased (spasticity), decreased (hypotonia).
  • Rectal Wall: No masses, polyps, nodularity, tenderness.
  • Tenderness: None, present (specify location).
  • Stool Examination: No gross blood, mucus, melena, normal brown stool.

Special Tests

  • Guaiac Test (if indicated): Negative, positive for occult blood.
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