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Physical Asessment Dengue
Physical Asessment Dengue
SKIN
Color Inspection Light brown, tanned sin Tanned Skin Normal
(According to race)
Capillary refill Inspection White color of nail bed White color of nail Normal
Palpation under pressure should bed returned within
(Blanch Test) return within 2-3 2-3 seconds
seconds
Tissue surrounding Inspection Intact epidermis Normal
nails Intact epidermis
HAIR
Color Inspection Varies from races, Black Normal
usually black among
Filipinos
Hair Strands Inspection Thick hair strands Thick hair strands Normal
HEAD
Scalp Symmetry Inspection Symmetrical Symmetrical Normal
FACE
Symmetry Inspection Symmetrical symmetrical Normal
Upper and Lower Inspection Skin intact, No lesions, Skin intact, No Normal
eyelids same color as the skin lesions, same color as
the skin
Size Inspection The same with both sides The same with both Normal
sides
Texture, elasticity Palpation Mobile, firm and not Firm and no Normal
and areas of tender; pinna recoils after tenderness
tenderness it is folded
Ear Canal opening Inspection Free of lesions, discharge Free of lesions, Normal
or Inflammation discharge or
inflammation
Hearing Acuity Inspection Client normally hears Client normally hears Normal
words when whispered words when
whispered
NOSE
NOSE
Shape, size and skin Inspection Smooth, symmetric with Smooth, symmetric Normal
color same color as the face with same color as the
face
TEETH
Teeth Inspection Firmly set, shiny, no Firmly set, shiny, no Normal
tooth decay tooth decay
NECK
Symmetry of neck Inspection Neck is slightly Neck is slightly Normal
muscles, alignment of hyper extended hyper extended
trachea
Neck muscles for size, Inspection, Palpation Muscles equal in Muscles equal Normal
swelling or masses size; no swelling in size; no
or masses swelling or
masses
(POSTERIOR THORAX)
Color Inspection Same as body Brown Normal
color
(ANTERIOR THORAX)
Breathing Pattern Inspection Quiet, rhythmic Quiet, rhythmic Normal
and effortless and effortless
UPPER EXTREMITIES
Symmetry Inspection Symmetrical Symmetrical Normal
Range of motion Inspection Can raise both Can raise both Normal
arms without pain arms without
and discomfort pain and
discomfort
LOWER EXTREMITIES
Skin color Inspection Uniform with skin Uniform with skin Normal
color color
HEART
Heart sound Auscultation No murmurs or any No murmurs or any Normal
abnormal sound abnormal sound
NEUROLOGIC
Level of Consciousness Interview Fully Fully Normal
conscious, conscious,
respond to respond to
questions questions
quickly, quickly,
perceptive of perceptive
events of events
Behavior and Interview Makes eye Makes eye Normal
appearance contact with contact with
the examiner, the
hyperactive examiner,
expresses hyperactive
feelings which expresses
response to feelings
the situation which
response to
the situation
MANNERISM, ACTIONS AND LANGUAGE
Voice inflection Interview Clear and Clear and Normal
strong strong
Tone Interview Fluent and Fluent and Normal
articulated articulated
Manner and speech Interview Can give Can give Normal
appropriate appropriate
answers to answers to
questions questions
MENTAL STATUS
Orientation Interview Oriented with Oriented Normal
three (3) with three
spatial aspects (3) spatial
aspects
TIME
Recall recent and remote Interview Recall events Recall Normal
memory readily, events
immediately readily,
recalls remote immediately
information recalls
remote
information
Judgment and thought Interview Can make Can make Normal
logical logical
decisions decisions