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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.88 cm} x{7.12 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Preperation and Equipment :}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{W}} & Wash Hands \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{I}} & Introduce Yourself + Patient's Identity \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{P}} & Permission \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{P}} & Patient Position ({\bf{45°}}) + Pain \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{E}} & Explaination \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{{\emph{Must wash stethoscope before and after}}}}, usually a good idea to do during general inspection\{\{ac\}\}} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{{\emph{Let the patient know they will be required to remove their top}}}}\{\{ac\}\}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{General Inspection:}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{•Normal Body Habitus}} & Not Thin/Wasted or Obese \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{•Patient's Colour}} & Cyanosis/Pallor \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{•Breathing Difficulty}} & Posture, use of accessory muscles, Stridor/Wheeze, Dyspnea (SOB) \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 4) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{•Alertness}}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{•Chest Deformity}}} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{•Medical paraphernalia:\{\{nobreak\}\}}} & Inhalers/Sputum Cup/Oxygen Tubing/Peak Flow Meter/Pulse Oximeter/Walking Aid \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.584 cm} x{2.508 cm} x{2.508 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Hands:}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Temperature:}}\{\{nobreak\}\} & Peripheral \seqsplit{vasoconstriction/poor} perfusion & Warm hands+ Cyanosis = Respiratory problem not circulatory \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Peripheral Cyanosis:}} & Bluish \seqsplit{discolouration} of nails & O2 Sat \textless{}85\% \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Clubbing:}} & Place 2 fingernails together and look for Schamroth's sign & Chronic low blood-oxygen levels \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 5) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Joint Swelling}}} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Nicotine Staining}}} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Pallor of the palmar creases:}} & & Anaemia \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Wasting of the small muscles of the hand:}} & & Possible apical lung tumour -\textgreater{} can erode into the brachial plexus \tn % Row Count 23 (+ 5) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Wrist Tenderness:}}\{\{nobreak\}\} & Palpate for tenderness & \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Anhydrosis:}}\{\{nobreak\}\} & Does the patient notice that one side of their face is dryer then the other? & Horner's Syndrome\{\{nl\}\}\{\{nl\}\}Apical tumour has invaded the sympathetic chain \tn % Row Count 32 (+ 6) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.584 cm} x{2.508 cm} x{2.508 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Hands: (cont)}} \tn % Row 9 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Tremors:}} & Stretch out hands and close eyes for 15 seconds & •Coarse flapping tremor ({\bf{Asterixis}}) - CO2 retention/hypercapnia\{\{nl\}\}\{\{nl\}\}•Fine Tremor β2 agonist use - Salbutamol \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 10) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{CO2 retention signs:}} {\bf{{\emph{(Mention at least 2)}}}} \newline •SOB \newline •Daytime Sluggishness \newline •Headache \newline •Asterixis \newline •Bounding pulse} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.596 cm} x{3.42 cm} x{2.584 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Vitals:}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Pulse:}} & Take pulse rate and rhythm during examinaiton of the hands. & Bounding Pulse =\textgreater{}CO2 retention \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Breathing Rate:}} & After taking pulse continue straight to breathing rate without informing the patient & \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.356 cm} x{2.66 cm} x{2.584 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Face/Neck:}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Face:}} & & \seqsplit{Pallor/Plethoric} facies (Facial Swelling and Redness) \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Eyes:}} & & \seqsplit{Ptosis/Miosis} (Horner's Syndrome)\{\{nl\}\}\{\{nl\}\}Anaemia \seqsplit{(Conjunctival} \seqsplit{Pallor)/Jaundice} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 7) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Mouth:}} & & Postnasal Drip/Pursed Lips \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Tongue:}} & Bluish \seqsplit{discolouration} of lips/inferior aspect of tongue & Central Cyanosis \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Voice:}} & & Hoarseness \tn % Row Count 19 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Cervical Lymph Nodes:}}\{\{nobreak\}\} & Palpate under jaw, base of neck & \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Neck:}} & {\bf{Offer to check JVP}}\{\{nl\}\}\{\{nl\}\}Look for distended veins\{\{nl\}\}\{\{nl\}\}Palpate trachea - Tracheal tug\{\{nl\}\}Inform patient that this may be uncomfortable, palpate either side of the trachea 3 finger breths below Adam's apple, place finger in midline of the trachea, ask patient to take a deep breath & JVP elevated in pulmonary hypertention\{\{nl\}\}\{\{nl\}\}Abnormal downward movement of the trachea - Can indicate a dilation or aneurysm of the aortic arch \tn % Row Count 44 (+ 22) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.584 cm} x{2.508 cm} x{2.508 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Chest Wall:}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Inspection:}}\{\{nobreak\}\} & •Pectus Excavatum \seqsplit{(indent)/Carinatum} (outward dent)\{\{nl\}\}•Barrel Chest\{\{nl\}\}•Incisions\{\{nl\}\}•Spinal Curvature\{\{nl\}\}•Asymmetry of Movement\{\{nl\}\}•Scars & \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 13) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{Palpate for chest expansion}}} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Palpate for tactile fremitus:}} & Use ulnar boarder of the hand\{\{nl\}\}\{\{nl\}\}Anterior chest\{\{nl\}\}+\{\{nl\}\}Posterior chest - Ask patient to bear hug to move scapulas out of the way & Air = less vibration\{\{nl\}\}\{\{nl\}\}Solid = more vibration \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 11) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Percussion of chest wall:}} & Including {\bf{apexes}} and {\bf{lateral}} chest wall\{\{nl\}\}\{\{nl\}\}{\bf{Compare both sides}}\{\{nl\{\{nl\}\}Both front and back of chest & Lungs = Resonant\{\{nl\}\}Heart = Dull\{\{nl\}\} \tn % Row Count 35 (+ 10) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.584 cm} x{2.508 cm} x{2.508 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Chest Wall: (cont)}} \tn % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Auscultation of chest: (using diaphragm)}} & Ask patient to take a deep breath in and out through their mouth. \{\{nl\}\}\{\{nl\}\}Including {\bf{apexes}} and {\bf{lateral}} chest wall\{\{nl\}\}\{\{nl\}\}{\bf{Compare both sides}}\{\{nl\{\{nl\}\}Both front and back of chest & May hear:\{\{nl\}\}•Fine crackle\{\{nl\}\}•Coarse crackle\{\{nl\}\}•High-pitched wheeze\{\{nl\}\}•Pleural friction rub \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 16) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Auscultate for vocal resonance:}} & Will be on the same side as tactile fremitis if present & \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.32 cm} x{5.68 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Peripheral Oedema:}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Sacrum:}} & 2 Thumbs on the sacrum while patient is sitting up \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Tibia/ankle:}} & Two thumbs on the tibia/ankle bony portion \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{While looking at legs: Bruising of varying ages on the shins = {\bf{Sarcoidosis}}\{\{nobreak\}\} \newline -Immune disease} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Conclusion:}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\{\{ac\}\}{\bf{Thank patient and explain that the examination is finished}} \newline % Row Count 2 (+ 2) {\bf{{\emph{Sanitise Hands and Stethoscope}}}}\{\{ac\}\}% Row Count 3 (+ 1) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}