Introduces self | 0 | 1 | |
Confirms name & age of patient | 0 | 1 | |
Explains & gains consent | 0 | 1 | |
Asks about duration and changes to lump | 0 | 1 | |
Asks about other lumps or travel | 0 | 1 | |
Asks for impact on life | 0 | 1 | |
Asks if breathing/swallowing affected | 0 | 1 | |
Asks about temperature, weight, bowel habits | 0 | 1 | |
Washes hands | 0 | 1 | |
Exposes patient from waist up | 0 | 1 | |
Asks if patient is in pain | 0 | 1 | |
General inspection around bed & patient for body habitus, clothing, medication | 0 | 1 | |
Examines nails for acropachy and palms for warmth and sweat | 0 | 1 | |
Feels pulse | 0 | 1 | |
Checks for tremor | 0 | 1 | |
Inspects for hair changes, loss of the eyebrow, exophthalmos, chemosis & hair changes | 0 | 1 | |
Checks for ophthalmoplegia | 0 | 1 | |
Checks for lid lag and lid retraction | 0 | 1 | |
Comments on site, colour | 0 | 1 | |
Asks patient to sip water whilst looking at lump | 0 | 1 | |
Asks patient to stick out tongue | 0 | 1 | |
Palpates and asks if tender | 0 | 1 | |
Palpates for shape, size, surface, consistency, depressibility, pulsatility | 0 | 1 | |
Describes edge, temperature, mobility | 0 | 1 | |
Looks inside mouth and comments on tonsillar size | 0 | 1 | |
Percusses for retrosternal goitre and comments | 0 | 1 | |
Auscultates lump | 0 | 1 | |
Assesses proximal lymph nodes | 0 | 1 | |
Assesses for deviation of trachea, JVP/carotid | 0 | 1 | |
Checks reflexes. Asks patient to stand without using their arms to assess for proximal myopathy | 0 | 1 | |
Thanks patient and offers help to redress | 0 | 1 | |
Washes hands | 0 | 1 | |
Requests thyroid hormone profile and ultrasound of thyroid | 0 | 1 | |
Summarises appropriately with only key findings | 0 | 1 | |
Offers appropriate differential diagnoses | 0 | 1 | |
Patient global score | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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