A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps:
- General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body weight, height; further:
- Inspection (viewing).
- Skin and mucous membranes
- Auscultation (listening) of the heart
- Auscultation of the lungs
- Palpation (palpation) of the abdomen (abdomen) (tenderness?, knocking pain?, coughing pain?, defensive tension?, hernial orifices?, kidney bearing knocking pain?)
- Inspection (viewing).
- ENT examination [due topossible causes: hearing loss; recurrent otitis (frequently repeated inflammation of the ear)] [due todifferential diagnosis: hearing disorders]
- Neurological examination [due topossible causes:
- Brain lesions such as tumors in children.
- Viral encephalitis (inflammation of the brain)
- Tuberous cerebral sclerosis (genetic disease of the child that leads to retardation of the child)]
- Psychiatric examination [due todifferential diagnoses:
- Attention/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
- Memory disorders
- Reduction in intelligence
- Learning disorders
- Language acquisition disorders]
- Health Check
Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.
