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===Vitals=== | ===Vitals=== | ||
* Fever may be present | * Fever may be present | ||
====Head and Neck== | |||
* [[Fetor hepaticus]] (breath smelling like a freshly opened corpse) | |||
* [[Parotid hypertrophy]] | |||
* Poor dentition | |||
* [[Sceral icterus]] | |||
===Skin=== | ===Skin=== | ||
* [[Jaundice]] | * [[Jaundice]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Physical Examination
Vitals
- Fever may be present
==Head and Neck
- Fetor hepaticus (breath smelling like a freshly opened corpse)
- Parotid hypertrophy
- Poor dentition
- Sceral icterus
Skin
- Jaundice
- Abnormal dark or light patches of skin
- Spider angiomata
- Gynecomastia
- Bruising or other indications of deficiency in coagulation factors
Abdomen
- Hepatosplenomegaly
- Abdominal distention
- Palpable liver edge
- Abdominal tenderness
- Ascites
- Fluid wave (due to ascites)
Genitourinary
Neurologic
- Confusion, coma (encephalopathy) may be present
- Evidence of Wernicke's or Korsakoff syndrome