This document outlines the components of a thorough medical history and examination for a patient presenting with cardiac issues. It includes sections for collecting information on the patient's chief complaints, medical history, medications, lifestyle, family history, physical examination findings, and cardiovascular exam. The physical exam section details assessing vital signs, jugular venous pressure, heart sounds, murmurs, pulses, and other relevant physical signs.
9. • Age of menarche
• Duration, regular
• Volume, clot
• Menopause attained
10. • Conceived
• Term
• Living
• Delivery mode
• Hypertension
• Edema / seizures developed in the antenatal or postnatal
period - PIH
11. • History of cyanosis (peripheral / central)
• Difficulty in feeding – slow, small volume feed, tiring
easily, rest during feed
• Poor growth
• Difficulty in breathing
• Respiratory infections
• Squatting episodes
12. • Consanguinity – yes / no
• Age of father
• Age of mother
• No of siblings
• Rank of child
• History of sibling with CHD / chromosomal abnormality
17. • Inspection
• Chest wall defects like excavatum, carinatum, symmetrical, B/L
moves with respiration
• Precordial bulge
• Apical impulse seen and position
• Other pulsations seen including epigastric, carotid pulsations etc
• Previous operation scar
• Intercostal retractions in congenital
18. • Palpation
• Tracheal position
• Apical impulse – position, character
• Parasternal heave
• Thrills including carotid
Percussion in PE, DCM
19. • Auscultation
• First and second heart sound
• Murmur
• Area best heard
• Systolic or diastolic
• Timing and character (MDM, PSM etc)
• Grading
• Pitch – high or low
• Bell or diaphragm
• Conduction
• Variation with respiration
• Posture – best heard
• Dynamic auscultation – exercise, Valsalva, standing
20. • Auscultate in other areas
• Carotid
• Inter and infra scapular
• Axilla
• Supra and infra clavicular
Added sounds – S3, S4, OS, rub, Diastolic
knock, Prosthetic valve sound, Tumor plop