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Table 3:  Significant Physical Findings

 

Clinical Problem

 

Common Conditions

 

Significant Other Conditions to Consider

 

Heart Murmur

 

Innocent murmurs

Cardiac Septal Defects

 

Acute rheumatic fever

Coarctation of aorta

Valvular stenosis

 

Lymphadenopathy

 

Infection (eg. EBV infection, bacterial adenitis, viral infections)

 

Kawasaki's disease

Lymphoma/leukemia

HIV/AIDS

Cat scratch disease

 

Splenomegaly

 

Systemic infectious disease

Infectious Mononucleosis (EBV)

 

Tumors/leukemia

Hemolytic anemia

Sickle cell disease

 

Hepatomegaly

 

Hepatitis

 

Congestie heart failure

Cirrhosis

 

Abdominal mass

 

Constipation

 

Neuroblastoma

Wilms' tumor

Lymphoma

Hydronephritis

Intussusception

 

Pallor/anemia

 

Iron deficiency anemia

Lead poisoning

 

Hemolytic anemia, hereditary/acquired

Malignancy

Sickle cell disease

Occult blood loss

 

Impaired vision

 

Strabismus/amblyopia

Myopia/hyperopia

 

Cataracts

Retinoblastoma

 

Bruising/petechiae

 

Trauma

Vasculitis

 

Hemophilia/von Willebrand Disease

Henoch-Schonlein Purpura

Leukemia

Infection/Sepsis

Thrombocytopenia, ITP

Meningococcemia

 

Hematuria

 

Trauma

UTI

 

Acute Glomerulonephritis (eg. Post      streptococcal)

Henoch-Scholein Purpura

 

Proteinuria

 

Orthostatic

 

Nephrotic syndrome

Glomerulonephritis

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