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| RRAC: rate, rhythm, amplitude contour |
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• ↓SV or ↑PR - HF, hypovolemic, aortic stenosis
• ↑PR - cold, CHF |
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• ↑SV or ↓PR - fever, anemia, hypothyroid, aortic regurgitation
• ↑SV due to ↓HR – complete heart block
• ↓ compliance/ ↑ stiffness of aortic walls – aging or atherosclerosis |
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: increased pulse with double systolic peak
• Aortic stenosis or regurgitation |
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alternates in amplitude - regular rhythm
• Left ventricular failure, often with left S3 |
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| normal beat alternates w/ premature contraction/↓SV |
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diminished pulse amplitude with inspiration
• Pericardial tamponade, obstructive lung disease |
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| Respiration characteristics |
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| drug-induced respiratory depression, diabetic coma or ICP |
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| rapid & shallow) restrictive lung disease, elevated diaphragm, pleuritic chest pain |
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| rapid & deep) exercise, asthma, metabolic acidosis |
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| hyperventilation syndrome – common causes of dizziness & dyspnea |
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| hyperpnea punctuated with apnea – heart failure, brain damage, drug induced respiratory depression |
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| unpredictable irregularity – respiratory depression or brain damage |
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| prolonged expiration – asthma, bronchitis, COPD |
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| Highest to lowest: Aural, Rectal, Oral |
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| 7 characteristics: color, moisture, temperature, texture, mobility, turgor, lesions |
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| 5: type, color, shape, arrangement, distribution (extent, pattern) |
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| discolored flat spot <1 cm; hemangioma, vitiligo |
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| discolored flat spot >1 cm; cafe-au-lait |
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| red or purple discolorations on the skin, caused by bleeding underneath the skin |
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| solid, elevated area, >1 cm (often formed by coalescence of papules); psoriasis |
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| red, solid, elevated area, <1 cm – ex. Psoriasis |
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| marble-like legion, larger than .5 cm, often deeper & firmer than papule; dematofibroma |
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| nodule filled with expressible material (liquid or semisolid); epidermal inclusion cyst |
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superficial, irregular & transient area of localized edema
i. accompanied by itching – seen in Uticaria |
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| < 1 cm, filled with serous fluid; blister-like elevation (herpes simplex, varicella, zoster) |
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| blister > 1 cm; insect bite |
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| raised and filled with lymph or purulent fluid – ex. Acne |
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| raised tunnel in the epidermis; scabies |
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| thin dead flake of exfoliated epidermis; ichthyosis vulgaris |
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| dried residue of skin exudates such as serum, pus or blood; impetigo |
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| visible thickening/roughening of the skin, ↑visibility of normal folds – rubbing; neurodermatitis |
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| CT arising from injury or disease |
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| hypertrophic scarring that extends beyond area of initiating injury; ear lobe |
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non-scarring loss of superficial epidermis – surface is moist but doesn’t bleed
i. ex. After rupture of a vesicle in chickenpox |
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| linear erosions caused by scratching |
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| linear crack in the skin, often resulting from excessive dryness |
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| deeper loss of epidermis & dermis – may bleed & scar |
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| Primary lesion: mild acne, moderate acne, severe cystic acne; Secondary lesions: acne with pitting and scarring |
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| spider angioma, spider vein, cherry angioma |
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| tiny, red/purplish, discrete hemorrhagic spots, 1-3mm, (will not blanch) |
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| (bruise) large macule, purple fading to blue/green – blood not in vessels |
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pre-cancerous legion
• superficial flattened papules covered by dry scale – may be pink, tan or grayish |
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| common, benign, yellowish to brown raised lesions; appear stuck-on; older people |
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though malignant, it grows slowly
• initial translucent nodule spreads, leaving depressed center & firm elevated border |
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less common but more dangerous than basal cell
• usually redder than basal cell and more eroded |
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| normal mole – usually round, sharply defined borders & uniform in color |
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ABCDEs
• asymmetry, irregular borders, variegated in color, diameter > 6mm, often elevated |
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| round, oval, polygonal, polycyclic, annular, iris, serpiginous, umbilicated |
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| disseminated (scattered, diffuse), grouped (herpetiform, linear, serpigionous, reticulated, zosteriform) |
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| extent (isolated, localized, regional, generalized), pattern (symmetrical, sites of pressure, exposed areas, intertriginous, follicular) |
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