, MEDICAL HISTORY TAILING
ESSENTIAL TERMS :
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SYMPTOMS : COMPLAINTS REPORTED BY THE PATIENT
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CLINICAL SIGNS : A PHYSICAL RESPONSE MEDICAL FACT OR CHARACTERISTIC OBSERVED BY A
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MEDICAL SPECIALIST DURING THE EXAMINATION OF A PATIENT
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DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS : THE DIFFERENT MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT OFTEN CAUS THE SAM
SYMPTOMS
MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING STEPS
1. I INTRODUCE MYSELF .
2 IDENTIFICATION
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NAME -
NAME -
HEIGHT
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JOB TITLE/PROFESSION -
Sex -
AGE
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"I AM HERE TO ASK YOU
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WEIGHT -
EttiNicity
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SOME QUESTIONS
CONSENT FOR NOTE-TAITING
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ASSURE THE PATIENT THAT
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THEY CAN BRING UD ANYTHING
WITHOUT ANY SHAME
. HISTORY
4
Of PRESENTING COMPLAINT
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O ONSET-ACTIVE
: SUDDEN GRADUAL?
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PART OF A CHRON.C PROBLEM ?
3
. PRESENTING COMPLAINT
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P: PROVOCATION/PALLIATION -
WHAT HAPPENS
PATIENT'S MAJOR CONCERN WITH MOVEMENT PRESSURE ? ANYTHING That
MAIN PROBLEM OF THE PATIENT MAKES THE PROBLEM BETTER/WORSE ?
(CHIEF COMPLAIN) ·
Q : QUALITY OF PAIN -
HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE
THE PAIN ? SHARP BURNING , CRUSHING DULL
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TEARING ?
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R: REGION/RADIATION : WHERE IS THE PAIN ?
DOES IT MOVES OR RADIATES ?
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S : SeufRITY : SCORE THE SEVERITY OF PAIN
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T: TIME : HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING On ?
HOW HAS IT CHANGED SINCE ONSET ?
, SOCRATES RULE (FOR Pain)
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S : SITZ
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O : ONSET
C :
CHARACTER/QUALITY
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R : RADIATION
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A :
ASSOCIATIONS/OTHER SYMPTOMS
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T : Time /DURATION
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E :
Exacerbating/provocation/RELIEvinG FACTORS
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S : SEVERITY
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. Forate
3
. PAST MEDICAL HISTORY
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Th DONT TAYorI
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GENERAL STATE OF HEALTH THAT SOMETHING IS
IS THE PATIENT DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS TIMES ? IMPORTANT
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HOSPITALIZATIONS : WHEN ? ·
ANY CHRONIC (i .
e . HYDERTENSION
? DISEASES ? CHOLESTEROL)
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WHY
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DURATION? WE FIND out
FROM THE
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6 Past Surgical History MEDICATION
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WHEN ?
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WHO /DOCTOR ?
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WHERE ?
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COMPLICATIONS ?
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. MEDICATION
7 . ALLERGIES
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WHAT
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EVEN HERBs ? -
FOOD
DOSES MEDICATION
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FREQUENCY WHAT HAPPENED
ASSURE THAT THE LAST TIME
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THEY TARE
THE MEDICATION AS PRESCRIBED THEY TOOK IT ?
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WHY DO THEY TAILE THESE PILLS ! LANAPHYLAXIS)
WE HArf TO KNOW THE SUBSTANCES
NILLS
IN THE