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Respiratory Paediatrics Examination

This document outlines the steps for conducting a simplified physical examination of the respiratory system in pediatrics. The exam involves: 1. Introducing yourself to the patient and washing your hands before beginning. 2. Conducting a general inspection of the patient's overall well-being, respiratory status, nutrition, and presence of any medical devices. 3. Examining the head, neck, chest, lungs, and back through inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation to evaluate respiratory function and identify any abnormalities.

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Respiratory Paediatrics Examination

This document outlines the steps for conducting a simplified physical examination of the respiratory system in pediatrics. The exam involves: 1. Introducing yourself to the patient and washing your hands before beginning. 2. Conducting a general inspection of the patient's overall well-being, respiratory status, nutrition, and presence of any medical devices. 3. Examining the head, neck, chest, lungs, and back through inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation to evaluate respiratory function and identify any abnormalities.

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Simplified system based physical examination in Paediatrics RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

1.INTRODUCE YOURSELF -Listen to any hoarseness of voice -Remove your watch/rings etc -Wash your hands -Position the patient. Initially standing then sitting . -Adequate exposure of patient. Ask parents or patient to undress exposing their chest. 2.GENERAL INSPECTION Stand back and inspect for: --well or unwell -any dysmorphism -any obvious respiratory distress -any attachments e.g IV canula (any IV drip), pulse oximeter (mention the saturation), ECG electrodes -Nutritional status-offer that you want to measure the height and weight to plot on anthropometric chart -pink vs central cyanosis -Any respiratory distress-rate, noise, chest deformity 3.Upper limbs Hands -Clubbing -peripheral cyanosis Pulse -rate, volume, rhythm, -collapsing pulse -radio-radial, radio-femoral delay, peripheral pulses Offer to measure blood pressure 4.HEAD AND NECK Face -central cyanosis 5.CHEST Inspection -surgical scars Palpation -localise apex beat-any displacement -parasternal heave -palpable P2 -Displace trachea Chest expansion -equal vs inequal -tactile fremitus Percussion -compare both sides Auscultation -compare both sides -vocal fremitus ***remember to palpate, percuss and auscultate the back 6.OTHERS Lymphadenopathy Peak flow meter reading

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