clinical examinations
Doctor's physical checkups
Clinical examinations are the hands-on assessments physicians perform when evaluating a patient—looking, listening, touching, and testing.
This includes checking vital signs, palpating the abdomen, listening to heart and lungs with a stethoscope, and testing reflexes.
Distinguished from laboratory tests or imaging, clinical examinations rely on the physician's direct observation and judgment: The clinical examination revealed an enlarged liver.
- vital signsMeasurable life indicators
- blood pressureCirculatory force measurement
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- head to toeCovering the whole body
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
palpation · signs · auscultation · deep breath · say aah · diagnosis · percussion · reflex hammer · follow my finger · otoscope · differential diagnosis · spirometry · biopsy · prognoses · psychiatric evaluation · histories · checkups · sphygmomanometer
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Diagnostic analyses of specimens
diagnostic imaging · imaging studies · genetic testing · lab work · blood work
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Care for illness
surgical procedures · drug administration · clinical treatment · pharmacotherapy · medical procedures
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