Would anyone give eyes credit for "No Battle or Raccoon sign"? With that, I get a comprehensive exam? Feedback
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION:
VITAL SIGNS: Temperature 97.9, pulse is 88, respiratory rate 20,
blood pressure 129/78, oxygen saturations 92% on room air.
GENERAL: The patient is a middle-aged Caucasian gentleman who is lying
in his bed in the intensive care unit with discomfort related to the
anterior chest wall and low back pain, but no acute distress.
HEAD: No Battle or raccoon sign.
NECK: Supple with no guarding or rigidity. Good range of motion.
Trachea midline.
CHEST: Clear to auscultation bilaterally.
HEART: Regular rate and rhythm. No murmurs.
ABDOMEN: Soft, nontender. No hepatosplenomegaly.
EXTREMITIES: No cyanosis, edema or deformity.
SKIN: No abrasions or rashes noted.
NEUROLOGIC: He is awake, alert. He is oriented x3. Cranial nerves
are grossly intact. Motor strength in the upper and lower extremities
5/5. Normal sensation. Negative Babinski. Speech is fluent.
No Battle or Raccoon sign
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