A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps:
- General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body temperature, body weight, body height; further:
- Inspection (viewing).
- Skin, mucous membranes and sclerae (white part of the eye) [bronze colored skin, dehydration (lack of fluids)].
- Auscultation (listening) of the heart.
- Auscultation of the lungs
- Palpation (palpation) of the abdomen (abdominal) (tenderness?, knocking pain?, coughing pain?, guarding tension?, hernial orifices?, renal bearing knocking pain?) [pseudoperitonitis/sham peritonitis; cholestasis (biliary congestion)]
- Inspection (viewing).
- Health check
Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.
