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EXAM IS CARRIED OUT FIRST BY SITTING THEN BY STANDING
SITTING
Enter
Greet the Examiner
Sanitize your hands
Introduce yourself to the examiner
YOU CAN FIND A TALL PATIENTS, NOT EVERYONE WHO ARE TALL HAS MARFAN SYNDROME,
SOME OF THEM HAS MARFANOID HABITUS
ARACHANODACTYLY, LOOK FOR THUMB SIGN, WRIST SIGN, PALPATE PULSE, CHECK
RADIORADIAL DELAY, OFFER BP AND CHECK FOR COLLAPSING PULSE AND ALSO ANY
PERIPHERAL STIGMATA OF IE
BLUE SCLERA, LOOK FOR IRIDODONESIS I.E THE VIBRATION OF THE IRIS WITH THE EYE MOVEMENT, THIS SHOULD RISE THE SUSPICION OF ECTOPIA LENTIS.
HIGH ARCHED PALATE AND CROWDED TEETH
LONG AND NARROW FACE
PECTUS EXCAVATUM, CARINATUM, DRAINAGE SCARS, PREVIOUS VATS SCAR (PNEUMOTHORAX), AUCULTATE LUNGS FOR PTX AND AUSCULTATE HEART FOR BOTH AR MURMUR AND MVP
STRIAE + OFFER TO ASSESS INGUINGAL HERNIA
NEURO ASSESMENT FOR WEAKNESS, SENSATIONA ND DURAL ECTASIA
STANDING HEIGHT ARM SPAN
PES PLANUS
KYPOSCOLIOSIS
