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1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
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A) Anewpatientwiththechiefcomplaint of ―Isprained myankle‖
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B) An established patient with the chief complaint of―Ihave an upper respiratoryinfection‖
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C) Anewpatientwiththe chiefcomplaint of―I am here to establish care‖
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D) Anewpatientwiththechiefcomplaint of ―I cut myhand‖
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Ans: C xx
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ealth history is appropriate.
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2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
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A) Review of systems xx xx
B) Thorax and lungs xx xx
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y. The others answers are all part of a complete health history.
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3. Is the following information subjective or objective?
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Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse with activity and r
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4. Is the following information subjective or objective? Mr
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. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
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A) Subjective
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5. The following information is recorded in the health history: ―The patient has had abdominal p
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ain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a s
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cale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid- epigastric area.‖
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Which of these categories does it belong to?
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B) Present illness xx
C) Personal and social history xx xx xx
D) Review of systems xx xx
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Feedback: This information describes the problem of abdominal pain, which is the present illness.
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The interviewer has obtained the location, timing, severity, and associated manifestations of the pa
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in. The interviewer will still need to obtain information concerning the quality of the pain, the setti
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ng in which it occurred, and the factors that aggravate and alleviate the pain. You will notice that it
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does include portions of the pertinent review of systems, but because it relates directly to the com
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plaint, it is included in the history of present illness.
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6. Thefollowinginformation isrecorded in thehealth history: ―Thepatient completed 8th grade. He
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currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the weekend. He works in a g
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lass factory during the week.‖
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yle (including diet and exercise habits; use of alcohol, tobacco, and/or drugs; and sexual preferen
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ces and history). All of this information is documented in this example.
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7. The following information is recorded in the health history: ―I feel reallytired.‖ Wh
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