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tunnel vision Retinal vein occlusion vision loss

visual blurring Retractions, costal and sternal

child’s vital signs emergency interventions

history and physical examination in infants and children

medical causes patient counseling patient preparation

Retroperitoneal abscess, positive psoas sign Retrosternal thyroid

stridor

tracheal deviation Rhabdomyolysis

fever and

muscle weakness and nausea and

vomiting

Rheumatic fever with pericarditis, murmurs and Rheumatoid arthritis

bony crepitation and and hoarseness lymphadenopathy and muscle atrophy and muscle weakness and neck pain and

Rhinitis

allergic, edema of face and rhinorrhea

Rhinorrhea

history and physical examination medical causes

patient counseling patient preparation

Rhonchi

history and physical examination medical causes

patient counseling

patient preparation pulmonary physiotherapy

Rift Valley fever back pain and dizziness and fever and vision loss

Rinne test

Rocky Mountain spotted fever, chills and Rosacea

butterfly rash and erythema and papular rash pustular rash

Rotavirus gastroenteritis, diarrhea and Rubella

erythema and

low birth weight and

Rupture of esophagus, subcutaneous crepitation and

S

S4. See Gallop, atrial Sacroiliac strain, back pain and Salicylates, tachypnea and Sarcoidosis

epistaxis and lymphadenopathy and nonproductive cough and splenomegaly

Scabies

with genital lesions, male pruritus

pustular rash vesicular rash

Schistosomiasis, hematuria and Sciatica, leg pain and

Scleritis

with exophthalmos eye pain and

Sclerokeratitis, eye pain and Scleroma, epistaxis and

Scotoma

absolute scotoma annular scotoma arcuate scotoma central scotoma centrocecal scotoma fovea centralis

history and physical examination medical causes

normal present scotoma paracentral scotoma patient counseling relative scotoma

Scrotal swelling

emergency interventions

history and physical examination medical causes

patient preparation and monitoring Scrotal trauma, scrotal swelling and Sebaceous cyst infection, breast pain and Seborrheic dermatitis, butterfly rash and Seborrheic keratosis, papular rash and Seizure disorders

with confusion

level of consciousness in muscle flaccidity and muscle weakness and paralysis

paresthesia Seizures

absence definition

history and physical examination medical causes

patient counseling amnesia and

aphasia and complex partial

aura automatisms history

medical causes patient counseling patient preparation

drooling and generalized tonic-clonic

emergency interventions

history and physical examination loss of consciousness

medical causes patient counseling patient monitoring

prodromal signs and symptoms tonic and clonic phase

simple partial

focal motor seizure

focal somatosensory seizure history and physical examination Jacksonian motor seizure medical causes

patient counseling visual seizure

tonic-clonic, aura and vertigo

Senile macular degeneration, visual blurring and Sensory ataxia

Sepsis

hyperpnea and postabortal, chills and puerperal, chills and

Septic arthritis, chills and Septic shock

chills and hypotension and tachypnea

Setting sun sign definition

history and physical examination identification

medical causes patient counseling surgical management

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) dyspnea and

fever and headache and

nonproductive cough and

Severe respiratory insufficiency, asterixis and Sheehan’s syndrome

excessive weight gain polydipsia

Shingles. See Herpes zoster ophthalmicus Shock

absent or weak pulse and cyanosis and

dyspnea and with hyperpnea

level of consciousness in narrowed pulse pressure pallor and

ptosis Shoulder pain

Shy-Drager syndrome anhidrosis and dysarthria and

Sickle cell anemia hematuria and jaundice and polydipsia priapism

Sickle cell crisis abdominal pain and chest pain and

Silent abdomen. See Bowel sounds, absent Silicosis, productive cough and

Sinus arrhythmia

Sinus tumors, rhinorrhea Sinusitis

chills and

edema of face and epistaxis and

and jaw pain rhinorrhea

throat pain

Sjögren’s syndrome, lymphadenopathy and Skin

clammy

history and physical examination medical causes

mottled

history and physical examination livedo reticularis

medical causes scaly

history and physical examination medical causes

patient counseling patient preparation red patches

Skin turgor decreased

evaluation

history and physical examination medical causes

patient counseling patient monitoring

Skull fracture epistaxis and and hearing loss

Sleep apnea cyanosis and insomnia and

obstructive, stertorous respirations and Small for gestational age (SGA) neonates Small-bowel obstruction

abdominal distention and visible peristaltic waves

Small-bowel tumors, melena and Smallpox (variola major)

abdominal pain and back pain and fever and

headache and papular rash

pustular rash vesicular rash

Snake bite, chills and

Somatization disorder, gait, bizarre and Somatoform disorder, anxiety and Spasmodic croup, barking cough and Speech ataxia

Spermatocele, scrotal swelling and Spinal cord hemisection, analgesia and Spinal cord injury

accessory muscles and Babinski’s reflex and muscle atrophy and muscle flaccidity and muscle spasticity and paralysis

paresthesia priapism

urinary incontinence Spinal cord lesions

anhidrosis and

and fecal incontinence with hyperactive DTR with hypoactive DTR urinary frequency urinary hesitancy urinary urgency

Spinal cord tumors Babinski’s reflex and fasciculations and with gait, scissors Kernig’s sign in paralysis

paresthesia

Spinal injury/disease, muscle spasms and Spinal muscle atrophy, gait, waddling and Spinal neoplasm

back pain and bladder distention and

Spinal neoplasms, bladder distention and Spinal paralytic. See Poliomyelitis

Spinal paralytic poliomyelitis, Babinski’s reflex and Spinal stenosis, back pain and

Spinal trauma, muscle weakness and Spinal tuberculosis, Babinski’s reflex and Spinocerebellar ataxia

Spinous process fracture, neck pain and Splenic infarction, abdominal pain and Splenic rupture, splenomegaly and Splenomegaly

abdominal mass and emergency interventions

history and physical examination medical causes

palpation

patient counseling patient preparation spleen functions

Spondylolisthesis, back pain and Squamous cell carcinoma

mouth lesions and vulvar lesions

Squamous cell hyperplasia, vulvar lesions and Steppage gait. See Gait, steppage

Stevens-Johnson syndrome. See also Erythema multiforme eye discharge and

vision loss and Stomatitis

excessive weight loss mouth lesions and

Stools

clay colored

history and physical examination medical causes

patient counseling patient preparation

Strain, leg pain in Stridor

emergency interventions

history and physical examination medical causes

patient counseling

patient monitoring Stroke

aphasia and ataxia and

Babinski’s reflex and decorticate posture and diplopia and dysarthria and

with gait, spastic

generalized tonic-clonic seizures hemianopsia and

with hyperactive DTR level of consciousness in muscle spasticity and muscle weakness and nystagmus and

ocular deviation and paralysis paresthesia priapism

simple partial seizures urinary incontinence visual blurring

Subarachnoid hemorrhage Brudzinski’s sign and headache and Kernig’s sign in neck pain and opisthotonos and paralysis

Subclavian steal syndrome, bruits and

Subcutaneous crepitation. See Crepitation, subcutaneous Subcutaneous emphysema. See Crepitation, subcutaneous Subdural hematoma

eye pain and headache and

Subdural hemorrhage, level of consciousness and Suicide, patient with high-risk of

Superior vena cava obstruction, jugular vein distention and Superior vena cava syndrome

edema of arm and

edema of face and Suppurative parotitis, jaw pain and Syncope

emergency interventions

history and physical examination medical causes

neurologic sign patient counseling

Syphilis

with genital lesions, male lymphadenopathy and mouth lesions and

vulvar lesions Syringoma, papular rash Syringomyelia

Babinski’s reflex and with gait, scissors with hypoactive DTR paralysis

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) butterfly rash and

dysphagia and epistaxis and erythema and with fatigue hematuria and hemoptysis and

lymphadenopathy and mouth lesions and papular rash paresthesia

pleural friction rub purpura

scaly skin Systolic murmurs

T

Tabes dorsalis, paresthesia and Tachycardia

emergency interventions

history and physical examination medical causes