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Published in final edited form as: Med Clin North Am. 2018 Jul;102(4):587–601. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2018.03.001

Table 4.

Addiction-focused physical examination

Vital signs	Pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate, temperature, and oxygenation
Eye, ears, nose, and throat	Pupil size and scleral icterus
Cardiology	New or increased murmur
Pulmonary	Rales, wheeze, or decreased breath sounds
Abdominal	Hepatosplenomegaly, a nodular liver, and ascites
Genitourinary	Testicular size and gynecomastia
Lymph nodes	Lymphadenopathy
Skin	Diaphoresis, piloerection, abscesses, thrombophlebitis, Roth spots, Janeway lesions, jaundice, palmar erythema, and spider angioma
Neurologic/psychiatric	Mental status, delirium, hallucinations, restlessness, and anxiety