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 Assessment of common

presenting problems

 Abdominal pain ....................................................26

Breast lump ..........................................................44

Chest pain ............................................................48

Coma and altered consciousness .......................70

Confusion: delirium and dementia .......................76

Diarrhoea ..............................................................88

Dizziness ..............................................................94

Dysphagia .........................................................106

Dyspnoea ...........................................................110

Fatigue ................................................................128

Fever ...................................................................136

Gastrointestinal haemorrhage: haematemesis

and rectal bleeding .........................................148

Haematuria .........................................................156

Haemoptysis ......................................................160

Headache ...........................................................164

Jaundice .............................................................172Joint swelling ......................................................182

Leg swelling .......................................................186

Limb weakness ..................................................196

Low back pain ....................................................210

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