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CVS Physical Examination . Hadeel Khadawardi , teaching assistant at Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al- Qura University. General Approach . Vital Signs . Position . 45. CVS Exam . Pericardium Exam . Peripheral Exam . Inspection Palpation Auscultation . Hand
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CVS Physical Examination HadeelKhadawardi, teaching assistant at Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University
General Approach Vital Signs Position 45
CVS Exam Pericardium Exam Peripheral Exam • Inspection • Palpation • Auscultation • Hand • Wrist + Arm • Face • Neck
Hand Nail Dorsum Palm
Hand • Nail • Clubbing • Peripheral Cyanosis • Splinter Hemorrhage What are the causes of clubbing?
Hand • Dorsum • Muscle Wasting • Tendons xanthomata
Hand • Palm • Osler’s Nodules • Janeway Nodules • Palmer Xanthomata
Wrist + Arm • Radial Pulse • Rate • Rhythm • Volume • Character • Radio-radial delay • Radio-femoral delay • Blood Pressure What are the different characters of arterial pulses ?
Face Eyes Cheeks Mouth
Face • Eye • Jaundice • Pallor • Xanthelasma
Face • Cheeks • Mitral Face
Face • Mouth • Peripheral cyanosis • Central cyanosis • Jaundice • Infected teeth • High arch palate
Neck • Carotid Pulse • JVP
Pericardium • Inspection • Scar • Skeletal Deformity • Visible Apex Beat
Pericardium • Palpation • Apex Beat • - Site • - Size • - Character • Heave • Thrill What can you do if you couldn’t feel the apex beat? What are the possible causes of difficult apex beat palpation? What are the different characters of apex beat?
Pericardium Auscultation Carotid Aortic area Pulmonary area Axilla Tricuspid area Mitral area = Apex beat
How to present your findings: • S1 & S2 • Splitting of S2 • Added sounds • Murmur What are the causes of loud S1 & S2 ? What are the causes of soft S1 & S2 ? What are the causes of wide, fixed & reversed splitting of S2 ? What are the causes of S3 & S4 ?
How to present a sound of murmur: • Timing • Sub timing • Radiation • Grade • Area of greatest intensity What are the timing and sub timing of cardiac murmurs ?
Dynamic Maneuver All murmur increase with increases of venous return Except in HOCM & MVP • Squatting to standing • Standing to squatting • Valsalva maneuver • Respiration: • Inspiration • Expiration • Isometric exercise (hand grip)
Back • Palpate for sacral edema • Auscultate lung bases
Abdomen • Enlarged liver • Ascites • Splenomegaly • Aortic aneurysm
Lower Limbs • Pulses: • - Femoral • - Popliteal • - Posterior tibial • - Dorsalispedis • Pitting edema • Achilles tendon xanthomata • Signs of PVD • Signs of DVT