Clinical examination

Physical examination

Physical
Physical examination or clinical examination is the process by which a doctor investigates the body of a patient for signs of disease. It generally follows the taking of the medical history — an account of the symptoms as experienced by the patient. Together with the medical history, the physical examination aids in determining the correct diagnosis and devising the treatment plan. This data then becomes part of the medical record.

Clinical examination - List of case studies

Psychomotor retardation due to spinal amyotrophy

gastroenterology outpatient clinic. In pathological clinical history, recurring respiratory infections , at times with ... for treatment and further tests. At the neurological examination: “overall conditions satisfactory, lively and reactive. ...

Chronic ischemic brain changes and bilateral carotid atherosclerosis in 89 years old patient

Patient aged 89 with no anamnestic and clinical information available. Following a recent appearance of ... 2) Brain CT scan:    “Examination carried out without contrast medium , with axial sections at the ... because of a suspected minor stroke, yet history and clinical findings were not provided. Brain CT revealed chronic ischemic ...

Atrial Fibrillation at medium /high ventricular response_2

it increases to 160-170 bpm. To define the present clinical condition the results of recent medical reports of the latest ... doppler echocardiography on 11/2008: “Examination performed on patient in AF at medium/high ventricular response. ...

Stage 4 Neuroblastoma

lesion, suspecting a metastatic neuroblastoma. His eye examination revealed exophthalmus of the eye with exophoria and light ... values, (only contraindications to assess on the clinical conditions of the young patient); we ask, therefore, to carry out ... • Negative serology for HIV and HBV. Clinical Course: During the hospitalization the patient was treated with ...

Asthenic-dispeptic syndrome post laparoscopic cholecystectomy

was discharged on 03/2008 . Two days later the clinical picture revealed abdominal colics of high intensity with ... and antibiotic therapy with quick improvement in the clinical picture and progressive normalization of the hepato-renal function ... In consideration of the negative result of this examination too, the patient was subjected to a visit by an anesthesia ...

Wrist and Right Hand Pathology – additional opinion

In the light of this further examination the patient asked the following questions: 1. Do you confirm the ... stiff. By the way, I don’t know what type of clinical data are needed here, if I know I can get some tests done I guess. ...

Myofascial back pain in a patient diagnosed with mild disc degeneration

in nature, is necessary to prevent worsening of the clinical picture in the future?   ... the findings of which are reported: - Physiatric examination : Objective examination: no significant deviations of the ...

Cervical Dystonia – additional opinion

There is no report of symptoms or her physical examination. In most cases, movement disorders are diagnosed based on physical ... a day. Experience in cervical dystonia is primarily with clinical use. Reports of baclofen show a response up to 47%. Side effects ...

Chronic pain of undetermined origin

origin   Case history and clinical report : Male patient, 67 years of age, in ... presence of two polyps . These were removed during the examination; one was in the descending colon (histology: villoglandular adenoma ...

Small Cell Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Cervix – additional opinion

Report – Pathology test results Clinical details and Diagnosis 36 year old with suspected cervical cancer ... patients died in less than 6 months. On histopathological examination, all 5 tumors showed features of a high-grade poorly differentiated ...

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