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For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
A new patient with chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had abdominal pain for 1
week> The pain last for 30 minutes at a time: it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1
to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid-epigastric area: which
category does it belong
Present illness
The following information is recorded in the health history: " I feel really tire" which category does it
belong
Chief complaint
the following information is recorded in the health history: " Patient denies chest pain, palpitations,
orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea: which category does it belong
Review of Systems (ROS)
the following information is best place in which category "the patient has had three cesarean
sections."
surgeries
A 29-year-old computer programmer comes to your office for evaluation of a headache. The
tightening sensation is located all over the head and is of moderate intensity. It used to last
minutes, but this time it has lasted for 5 days. He denies photophobia and nausea. He spends
several hours each day at a computer monitor/keyboard. He has tried over-the-counter
medication; it has dulled the pain but not taken it away. Based on this description, what is your
most likely diagnosis?
Tension
Which of the following is a symptom involving the eye?
scotomas
A sudden, painless unilateral vision loss may be caused by which of the following?
retinal detachment
Very sensitive methods for detecting hearing loss include which of the following?
Audiometric testing
A college student presents with a sore throat, fever, and fatigue for several days. You
notice exudates on her enlarged tonsils. You do a careful lymphatic examination and notice
some scattered small, mobile lymph nodes just behind her sternocleidomastoid muscles
bilaterally. What group of nodes is this?
Posterior cervical