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| {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | Z01 | | | | | | | |Z01=<div style="float: left; text-align: left; width: 20em; padding:1em;">'''History'''<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><br>
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| :❑[[Patient]] [[age]] may help determine age-specific causes, such as [[malignancy]] in elderly)<br>
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| :❑ Duration of symptoms (weeks in [[acute]]/severe versus years in [[chronic]] conditions)<br>
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| :❑ Past medical history suggestive of [[immunodeficiency]] (recurrent [[infections]]), diagnosed [[malignancy]], [[malabsorption]] (chronic [[diarrhea]]), [[HF]], [[dyspepsia]]<br>
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| :❑ Sexual history suggestive of [[HIV AIDS history and symptoms|HIV AIDS]]<br>
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| :❑ Family history of certain malignant disorders ([[breast cancer]], [[ovarian cancer]], [[colon cancer]], or [[stomach cancer]]))<br>
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| :❑ Exposure to communicable [[infectious disease]]s/ travel to high-risk areas<br>
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| :❑ Social history such as [[tobacco]], alcohol use, [[opioid]], [[cocaine]] use}}
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| {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | Y01 | | | | | | |Y01=<div style="float: left; text-align: left; width: 20em; padding:1em;">'''Weight loss history''' <br>
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| ❑ Source of history: [[Patient]] or well-informed caregiver ([[elderly]] may be unaware or deny weight loss).<br>
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| ❑ Weight measurement records or best estimate of weight loss by the [[patient]] or caregiver (may be accessed by clothing size). <br>
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| ❑ Assess if the [[patient]] is [[Nausea|nauseated]] or [[vomiting]]/ [[anorexia]]/ [[dysphagia]]/ [[odynophagia]]/ social reasons hindering food supply }}
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| {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | M01 | | | | | | | M01=<div style="float: left; text-align: left; width: 20em; padding:1em;">'''[[Physical exam]]'''<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><br>'''Appearance of the [[patient]]'''<br>[[Cachexia]] or surgical scar marks demonstrating previous malignancy treatment<br>
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| ❑ [[Vital signs]]<br>
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| :❑ [[Temperature]]: High-grade / low-grade fever may demonstrate [[infection]]. <br>
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| :❑ [[Heart rate]]: [[Tachycardia]] with regular pulse may demonstrate [[infection]]. <br>
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| :❑ [[Respiratory rate]]: [[Tachypnea]] may demonstrate [[respiratory system]] involvement ([[infection]]\ [[metastasis]]).<br>
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| :❑ [[Blood pressure]]: [[Chronic hypertension]] or [[hypotension]] (may indicate [[sepsis]] as a complication).<br>
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| :❑ [[Oxygen saturation]]: may be low if the [[respiratory system]] is affected.<br>
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| ❑ HEENT<br>
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| ❑ [[Cardiovascular examination]]<br>
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| ❑ [[Respiratory examination]]<br>
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| ❑ [[Gastrointestinal system]] exam includes [[oral examination]], [[abdominal examination]], and [[digital rectal exam]]. <br>
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| :❑ [[Splenomegaly]]) may demonstrate [[infectious mononucleosis|IM]], [[Hodgkin's lymphoma|hodgkin's]]/ [[non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]], and [[sarcoidosis]]<br>
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| ❑ [[Limb (anatomy)|Extremities]] exam<br>
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| ❑ Skin exam: Evaluate for the lesions that indicate [[malignancy]] such as [[melanoma]]/ potential inoculation sites for germ such as traumatic lesions.}}
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| {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | U01 | | | | | | | U01='''Labs'''<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div style="float: left; text-align: left; width: 20em; padding:1em;">
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| ❑ [[CBC]] with differential<br>
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| ❑ [[ESR]]<br>
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| ❑ [[CMP]]<br>
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| ❑ [[Peripheral smaer]]<br>
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| ❑ [[Liver function tests|LFTs]]<br>
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| *''Labs may be required at a later stage pf diagnosis''}}
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