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CS2
Term | Definition |
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Fruity odor | diabetic acidosis |
Fetor hepaticus | liver failure |
Uremic breath | renal failure |
Jaundice with pallor | hemolytic anemia (thalassemia, spherocytosis |
Jaundice | Hepatitis, cirrhosis |
Short stature | Turners, Childhood renal failure, achorndroplasia, pituitary dwarfism |
Extremely strong pulse | aneurism |
Cheyne-Stokes | progressively deeper and faster breathing, followed by a gradual decrease and an apnea |
Cheyne stokes breathing causes | elderly, heart failure, drug induced, respiratory depressio |
Biot’s | Short episodes of rapid, deep inspirations followed by 10 - 30 second apneic period |
Biots breathing causes | Brain damage, respiratory depression |
Kussmaul breathing | a deep and labored breathing pattern seen in metabolic acidosis |
Trismus | TMJ dysfunction |
Blephroptosis causes | Horner's syndrome, third cranial nerve palsy, myasthenia gravis, trauma, stroke, diabetic neuropathy |
Iris coloboma | congenital or due to surgery or trauma |
Movement of auricle and tragus painful | acute otitis externa |
Tenderness behind ear | otitis media |
Hearing loss associated with aging | presbycusis |
Tonsilar Asymmetry important indicator of | peri-tonsillar abcess. |
Entropion | Inversion of eyelid margin, usually the Lashes cause ocular irritation- corneal scarring leading to blindness |
lower eyelid growing towards the eye | trichiasis |
Ectropion | Sagging or outward rolling of the lower eyelid, Irritated eyes, Increased tearing |
Pinguecula | Deposits of protein, fat or calcium |
Pterygium | Benign soft tissue triangular growth of the conjuncta May grow across pupil interfering with vision |
Patients complain of diminished acuity, photophobia and sensation of foreign body in the eye | keratitis |