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).
- Inspection and palpation (palpation) of lymph node stations (cervical, axillary, supraclavicular, inguinal).
- Inspection and palpation of the spine
- Auscultation (listening) of the heart [due tosymptom: retrosternal thoracic pain (pain behind the sternum)].
- Auscultation of the lungs
- Palpation of the abdomen (abdomen) (pressure pain?, knock pain?, cough pain?, defensive tension?, hernial orifices?, kidney bearing knock pain?)Health check (as an additional follow-up measure).
Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.