Step 2CS All You Need to Know
Study Guide
Overview
Test Structure
Interviewing Tecniques
Counseling
- Inmediately when the patient gives you the information
- When washing your hands
- During closure
Challenging Questions
Physical Exam
Performance
History
- HPI
- ROS
- ALL
- MED
- PMH
- PSH
- OBGYN
- FH
- SH
Reporting Physical Exam
HEENT: NC/AT : normocephalic / atraumatic Ø LAD: no lymphadenopathy Cardiac exam (CV): Ø M/G/R : no murmurs, gallops, rubs 2+ PT/DP B : 2+ posterior-tibial and dorsalis pedis pulses bilaterally Ø JVD : no jugular venous distension Ø LE edema: no lower extremity edema Lung exam: CTA B : clear to auscultation bilaterally Abdomen exam: NT/ND : non-tender, non-distended Ø HSM : no hepatosplenomegaly + BS : bowel sounds present Back exam: Ø CVAT : no costovertebral angle tenderness Neuro: EOMI / PERRL : extraocular mvmnts intact / pupils equal, round, reactive to light etc etc.
Differential Diagnosis
Patient Note
HISTORY (SUMMARY) "Does NOT mean you ask it with these terms"
HPI
LIQORAAA (for pain) OCDPF ROS (IF PERTINENT)
PAMHITSFOSS ROS: negative except as above PMHx: previous symptoms like this or major medical condition Hipertension, Diabetes, MI. HOSP. NKDA, Medics: prescribed and OTC PSHx: TRAUMA, SURGERY FHX: none (only pertinent) OB-GYN Hx FMP, LMP, Period every 30 days, lasts 5 days, tampons/pads, GPA (gestation, pregnancy, aborption) SHx: Occupation. . Occupation. Support (SAFE). SEXUAL: active with. multiple Men/wome/both. Condoms every time. No STDs. HIV test. smoking (PPD: 1pack per day for 30 years, EtOH (CAGE 0/4), Illicit drugs, Travel history.
PAM HUGS FOSS WA
FOR KIDS
ON CALL IDIOT: onset number cry asociated sxs listless liquid (urine) inmunization diet, dehydration, daycare infection/ill contacts ORS:Oral rehydration solution Travel
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
Report unable to due to pain NAD (hydrated, afebrile, tired, flat affect, tired, speech, movement) VS: WNL except: BP RR HR Temp.
HEENT (head, eyes, ears, nose, throat) Head: AT, NC (atraumatic, normocephalic) Eyes: EOMI, PERRLA, normal eye funds. No conjuctival pallor Nose: no nasal congestion. Throat: No tonsillar erythema, exudates or enlargement. Mouth: moist mucous membranes, good dentition
Neck: Supple, no JVD, no carotid bruits, no cervical LAD, normal thyroid. (CAT ORGAN: Carotid, Abdomen, Thyroid)
Chest/Lung: no tenderness, clear to percussion bilaterally, tactile fremitus normal, clear breath sounds bilaterally. (No wheezes, crackles, rhonchi, rubs)
Heart: PMI not displaced, RRR,normal S1/S2 WNL, no M, G, R.
Abdomen: ND, BS +, Soft, NT. (NO Murphy, McBurney, Rovsing, CVA tenderness, psoas/obturator sign "just one"). No Hepatosplenomegaly/ organomegaly.
Extremities: No edema +2 +3, clubbing, cyanosis, hairless, asterixis, skin changes. Peripheral pulses (don't write it radial, brachial, dorsal is pedis, posterior tibilalis) 2+ and symmetric. No bruises. ROM (limited passive/active "abduction/adduction/flexion/extension/external rotation" MRS (motor, reflexes, sensation)
Neuro Mental Status: A & O x3, spells backward, recalls 3 objects. CN 2-12 WNL/grossly intact. Rinne WNL, AC> BC?. Weber not lateralized. Motor: strength 5/5 in all limbs except DTRs: 2/4 except (normal) absent ankle jerks. Babinksy - Left or right. Sensation: intact to pinprick and soft touch (sharp and dull). Vibration and position normal. Gait: normal, Cerebellar: finger to nose normal (dysmetria, diadococinesia) Romberg -.
Skin: preserved turgor.
Mental Status exam Pt speaks slowly No hostile behavior toward interviewer Blunt affect with poor aye contact Inattentive to interviewer 3/3 registration, 3/3 recall at 3 times Distant memories are impaired Oriented to person, date and place Completed 3 step command Right handed 1/5 on serial 7s Poor judgement
Differential Diagnosis
3 to 5 with pertinent positives or negatives from HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAM
Diagnostic Workup
RECTAL/PELVIC/BREAST/GENITAL EXAMINATION (IF APPLICABLE) GOES FIRST CBC AND ELECTROLYTES Cultures IMAGING