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 and mucous membranes
- Abdomen (abdomen)
- Shape of the abdomen?
- Skin color? Skin texture?
- Efflorescences (skin changes)?
- Pulsations? Bowel movements?
- Visible vessels?
- Scars? Hernias (fractures)?
- Palpation of the abdomen (abdomen) (tenderness?, knocking pain?, coughing pain?, defensive tension?, hernial orifices?, kidney bearing knocking pain?) [due toSymptom: colicky abdominal pain.]
- Digital rectal examination (DRU): examination of the rectum (rectum).
- Inspection (viewing).
- If necessary, neurological examination [due tosymptom: myalgia (muscle pain)].
Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.
