Düsseldorf List of Complaint Items
For the training in the practice modules, 123 patient's complaints (Behandlungsanlässe )have been defined, which are of importance for every medical activity. The processing of concrete patient cases within the framework of Learning on Patient's Complaints should therefore always be based on the patient's complaint.
General reasons for treatment
| 1 | Abnormal birth weight (prematurity, hypotrophy, macrosomia) |
| 2 | Congenital malformations |
| 3 | Anxiety |
| 4 | Loss of appetite and abnormal eating behavior |
| 5 | Conspicuous family history (e.g. genetic issues) |
| 6 | Noticeable body odor and bad breath |
| 7 | Advice for healthy people and parents of healthy children |
| 8 | Pallor |
| 9 | Bleeding tendency |
| 10 | Fever |
| 11 | Spots on the skin |
| 12 | Birth |
| 13 | Jaundice |
| 14 | Violence and abuse |
| 15 | Weight loss |
| 16 | Weight gain |
| 17 | Hematoma |
| 18 | Itching |
| 19 | Cold extremities |
| 20 | Collapse |
| 21 | Tiredness / exhaustion / general weakness |
| 22 | Patient with incurable disease |
| 23 | Perioperative care (pre- and postoperative) |
| 24 | Red eye |
| 25 | Reddening of the skin or mucous membrane |
| 26 | Pregnancy and pregnancy problems |
| 27 | Black coloration of skin |
| 28 | Somatically unexplained illnesses |
| 29 | Social withdrawal |
| 30 | Addictive behavior, dependence, use and abuse of stimulants |
| 31 | Behavioral abnormality |
| 32 | Growth/prosperity and development disorders |
| 33 | Wound after injury (including needlestick injury) |
| 34 | Request for health or illness certificate |
| 35 | Cyanosis |
Emergencies
| 36 | Acute paralysis |
| 37 | Acute visual impairment |
| 38 | Acute abdomen |
| 39 | Acute loss of consciousness / disturbance of consciousness |
| 40 | Vomiting blood / coughing up blood / blood in the stool |
| 41 | Intoxication / adverse drug reactions and adverse drug interactions |
| 42 | Child abuse |
| 43 | Neck stiffness (e.g. meningismus) |
| 44 | Patient with apnea |
| 45 | Patient with shock / circulatory failure |
| 46 | Patient with severe (poly)trauma |
| 47 | Patient at risk to self and others |
| 48 | Patient with burns, scalds, chemical burns |
| 49 | Dying, death and determination of death, post-mortem examination |
Impaired functions
| 50 | Abnormal menstruation and cycle irregularities |
| 51 | Asymmetrical facial features (e.g. facial nerve palsy) |
| 52 | Shortness of breath |
| 53 | Discharge from the nose |
| 54 | Obstructed nasal breathing |
| 55 | Movement disorder, involuntary movement (incl. tremor, dystonia, hyperkinesis, muscle spasm) |
| 56 | Thought and perception disorder (delusion, hallucination) |
| 57 | Double images |
| 58 | Epileptic seizure |
| 59 | Gait / walking disorder and tendency to fall |
| 60 | Memory impairment / forgetfulness |
| 61 | Genital discharge / sexually transmitted diseases |
| 62 | Palpitations |
| 63 | Hearing impairment |
| 64 | Cough (productive or non-productive) |
| 65 | Childhood infections (acute and chronic) |
| 66 | Paralysis |
| 67 | Urination problems (incl. urinary retention and hematuria) |
| 68 | Muscle weakness |
| 69 | Nail changes and paresis |
| 70 | Oligo- and anuria |
| 71 | Polyuria |
| 72 | Sleep disorders |
| 73 | Difficulty swallowing |
| 74 | Flaky / dry skin |
| 75 | Dizziness |
| 76 | Visual impairment |
| 77 | Speech and language disorder |
| 78 | Stiffness and difficult movement (incl. rigor, spasticity) |
| 79 | Mood swings and depression / mania |
| 80 | Numbness and tingling / sensitivity disorder |
| 81 | Nausea and vomiting |
| 82 | Change in the voice |
| 83 | Change in hair and nails |
| 84 | Changes and discomfort during bowel movements |
| 85 | Deceleration |
| 86 | Decreased awareness |
| 87 | Increased sweating |
| 88 | Wounds and ulcers of the skin and mucous membranes |
| 89 | Obsessive thoughts and actions |
Pain
| 90 | Eye pain |
| 91 | Abdominal pain |
| 92 | Flank pain |
| 93 | Foot and leg pain |
| 94 | Joint pain (shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee, ankle, foot) |
| 95 | Genital pain |
| 96 | Facial pain |
| 97 | Sore throat |
| 98 | Hand and arm pain |
| 99 | Headache |
| 100 | Neck pain |
| 101 | Earache |
| 102 | Back pain (incl. lumboischialgia) |
| 103 | Chest pain |
| 104 | Pain in the mouth and jaw |
| 105 | Wound pain |
Swelling
| 106 | Blistering |
| 107 | Joint swelling |
| 108 | Generalized or extensive swelling of the skin |
| 109 | Lump in the breast |
| 110 | Local swelling of the skin |
| 111 | Swelling on the neck |
| 112 | Swelling of the abdomen |
| 113 | Swelling of the scrotum |
| 114 | Swelling of an extremity (localized or diffuse) |
| 115 | Swelling in the groin |
| 116 | Palpable abdominal resistance |
Findings of symptom-free patients
| 117 | Abnormal blood sugar or blood lipid levels |
| 118 | Change in blood count |
| 119 | Increased or decreased blood pressure |
| 120 | Early detection / preventive examination / screening |
| 121 | Vaccination |
| 122 | Heart murmur |
| 123 | Incidental findings during diagnostic procedures |