Review of Systems (RoS)
Table of contents
Cardiovascular system
- Chest Pain
- Shortness of Breath (SoB)
- Palpitations
- Peripheral Oedema
- Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea (PND)
- Orthopnoea
- 12 Lead ECG findings
Respiratory System
- Chest Pain
- Shortness of Breath (SoB)
- Dyspnea (difficulty in breathing)
- Cough
- Productive?
- Colour/character of sputum
- Haemoptysis (coughing up blood)
- Chest wall crepeitus
- Auscultation findings (front + back & lobes)
General
- Rashes
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Night sweats
- Unexplained bruising
- Sleep disturbances
- Any recent trauma, falls?
Gastrointestinal
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Haematemesis (vomiting blood)
- Abdominal Pain
- Dysphagia (problems swallowing)
- Recent unplanned weight loss
- Decrease in appetite
- Indigestion
- Jaundice
- Diarrhoea
- Constipation
- Blood in stools
- Changes in bowel habits
Genitourinary
- Dysuria (pain urinating)
- Change in colour/smell of urine
- Increased/decreased frequency of urination
- Incontinence
- Haematuria (blood in urine)
- Back or flank pain
- Male (Prostate)
- Poor urine stream
- Urgency/hesitance in urination
- Female (Menstrual periods)
- Regularity
- Chance of pregnancy
- Abnormal period
Central Nervous System
- Headache
- Dizziness
- Visual changes / distrubances (blurred vision, difficulty focusing on objects, difficulty tracking objects, nystagmus)
- Changes in hearing
- Memory loss
- Anxiety / Depression
- Seizures / Convulsions
- Syncope
- Numbness or tingling in extremities (pins and needles?)
- Transient Loss of Consciousness (T-LOC)