Review of Systems

The following list illustrates the content of a complete review of systems.

General/Constitutional

Average weight, weight loss or gain, general state of health, sense of well-being, strength, ability to conduct usual activities, exercise tolerance

Skin/Breast

Rash, itching, pigmentation, moisture or dryness, texture, changes in hair growth or loss, nail changes

Breast lumps, tenderness, swelling, nipple discharge

Eyes/Ears/Nose/Mouth/Throat

Headaches (location, time of onset, duration, precipitating factors), vertigo, lightheadedness, injury

Vision, double vision, tearing, blind spots, pain

Nose bleeding, colds, obstruction, discharge

Dental difficulties, gingival bleeding, dentures

Neck stiffness, pain, tenderness, masses in thyroid or other areas

Cardiovascular

Precordial pain, substernal distress, palpitations, syncope, dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea, nocturnal paroxysmal dyspnea, edema, cyanosis, hypertension, heart murmurs, varicosities, phlebitis, claudication

Respiratory

Pain (location, quality, relation to respiration), shortness of breath, wheezing, stridor, cough (time of day, of productive, amount in tablespoons or cups per day and color of sputum), hemoptysis, respiratory infections, tuberculosis (or exposure to tuberculosis), fever or night sweats

Gastrointestinal

Appetite, dysphagia, indigestion, food idiosyncrasy, abdominal pain, heartburn, eructation, nausea, vomiting, hematemesis, jaundice, constipation, or diarrhea, abnormal stools (clay-colored, tarry, bloody, greasy, foul smelling), flatulence, hemorrhoids, recent changes in bowel habits

Genitourinary

Urgency, frequency, dysuria, nocturia, hematuria, polyuria, oliguria, unusual (or change in) color of urine, stones, infections, nephritis, hesitancy, change in size of stream, dribbling, acute retention or incontinence, libido, potency, genital stores, discharge, venereal disease

(Female) Age of onset of menses, regularity, last period, dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia, or metrorrhagia, vaginal discharge, post-menopausal bleeding, dyspareunia, number and results of pregnancies (gravida, para)

Musculoskeletal

Pain, swelling, redness or heat of muscles or joints, l;imitation, of motion, muscular weakness, atrophy, cramps

Neurologic/Psychiatric

Convulsions, paralyses, tremor, incoordination, parathesias, difficulties with memory of speech, sensory or motor disturbances, or muscular coordination (ataxia, tremor)

Predominant mood "nervousness" (define), emotional problems, anxiety, depression, previous psychiatric care, unusual perceptions, hallucinations

Allergic/Immunologic/Lymphatic/Endocrine

Reactions to drugs, food, insects, skin rashs, trouble breathing

Anemia, bleeding tendency, previous transfusions and reactions, Rh incompatibility

Local or general lymph node enlargement or tenderness. -Polydipsia, polyuria, asthenia, hormone therapy, growth, secondary sexual development, intolerance to heat or cold