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).
- Auscultation (listening) of the heart [due topossible cause: endocarditis (endocarditis)].
- Auscultation of the lungs [leading symptom: hemoptysis (coughing up blood)]
- Palpation (palpation) of the abdomen (abdomen), with an attempt to palpate the liver (tenderness?, knocking pain?, coughing pain?, defensive tension?, hernial ports?, kidney bearing knocking pain?) [due topossible causes: hepatitis B or C (liver inflammation)]
- Inspection (viewing).
- Urological/nephrological examination[due todifferential diagnosis: other forms of glomerulonephritis][due topossible sequelae: renal insufficiency (renal weakness/renal failure)]
- Health check
Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.
