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Lection 1
Doctor and Patient a partnership
through dialogue
The art of interviewing
Meaning of signs, symptoms and
complaints
Patients assessment
omprehensive assessment
Identifying data
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Age
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Gender
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ccu!ation
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"arital status
.eliability
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;aries according to the patients memory, trust, and mood-
II- hief omplaint3s5
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*edentary Lifestyle
A#esity
Benetics
*mo%ing
I;- Past +istory
1- Lists childhood illnesses@
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measles,
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ru#ella,
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mumps,
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whooping cough,
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chic%enpo',
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rheumatic fever,
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scarlet fever,
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polio
2. Also include any chronic childhood illnesses.
I;- Past +istory continued
2- Lists adult illnesses 3four categories5@
a- Medical & Illnesses such as dia#etes, hypertension,
hepatitis, asthma, and +I;) hospitali(ations) num#er
and gender of se'ual partners) and ris%y se'ual
practices-
#- *urgical & Dates, indications, and types of operations)
c- A#stetric"Bynecologic & A#stetric history, menstrual
history, methods of contraception, and se'ual
function)
d- Psychiatric & Illness and time frame, diagnoses,
hospitali(ations, and treatments-
I;- Past +istory continued
6- Includes health maintenance practices such as
immuni(ations, screening tests, lifestyle issues, and
home safety
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)mmuni3ations , find out whether the !atient
has received all the necessury vaccines and
record them-
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Screening tests , review tuberculin tests' #a!
smears' mammograms' stool tests for occult
blood' colonosco!y and cholesterol tests' together
with results and when they were last !erformed.
'etanus
/epatitis $
Influen0a and
/aemophilus
influen0ae type $
,umps
"iphtheria
Polio
,easles
.ubella
Pertussis
(aricella
/erpes 1oster
Pneumococci
Immuni0ation
;- !amily +istory
Autlines or diagrams age and health, or
age and cause of death, of each immediate
relative, including parents, si#lings,
grandparents, children, and grandchildren-
$eview each of the following conditions and record
whether they are present or a#sent in the family@
Dsual weight
wea%ness
fatigue
fever
$eview of systems@ *%in
$ashes
Lumps
*ores
Itching
Dryness
hanges in color
hanges in si(e or
color of moles-
.evie! of systems2
/ead3 &yes3 &ars3 4ose3 'hroat
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4eadache'
4ead in6ury'
7i33iness'
Lightheadedness.
8yes5
9ision
#ain : redness
8xcessive tearing
S!ots : s!ec+s
flashing lights
Glaucoma : cataracts.
Ears@ hearing' tinnitus' vertigo'
earaches' infection' discharge.
'hroat 5or mouth and pharyn-62
1ondition of teeth and gums' bleeding
gums' sore tongue' dry mouth' fre.uent
sore throats' hoarseness.
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$reasts2 Lumps, pain, or
discomfort, nipple
discharge-
4ec72 =*wollen glands,<
goiter, lumps, pain, or
stiffness in the nec%-
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*putum 3color, >uantity5
+emoptysis
Dyspnea
/hee(ing
Pleurisy
Last chest '&ray-
Cardiovascular
+igh #lood pressure
$heumatic fever
+eart murmurs
hest pain or discomfort
Palpitations
Dyspnea and orthopnea
Paro'ysmal nocturnal dyspnea
Edema
Past electrocardiograms
8astrointestinal
Trou#le swallowing
+eart#urn
Fausea C vomiting
,#dominal pain
!ood intolerance
Gaundice
Peripheral vascular *ystem
Intermittent claudication
Leg cramps
;aricose veins
Focturia
Drgency C incontinence)
Musculos%eletal, as indicated
Per&rectal e'amination
'owler(s position $
is a standard patient
position, that is used to
promote o'ygenation via
ma'imum chest e'pansion
and is implemented during
events of respiratory
distress-
Fo!ler9s position
facilitates rela'ing of
tension of the a#dominal
muscles, allowing for
improved #reathing-
'owler(s position-
There are several types of
!owlerJs positions@ Low,
*emi, *tandard, and +igh
!owlerJs-
Low !owlerJs position is
when the head of #ed is
elevated 17&24 degrees,
*emi&!owlerJs position is
24&67 degrees, *tandard
!owlerJs is 67&84 degrees,
and +igh !owlerJs position
is K4&L4 degrees-
ardinal techni>ues of e'amination
Inspection
Palpation
Percussion
,uscultation
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lose o#servation of the
:ehavior
:ody ha#itus
*%in conditions
Pharyngeal color,
*ymmetry of thora'
,#dominal contour
, symptom is su#.ective,
o#served #y the
patient, and cannot #e measured directly,
=atery eyes & are when tears flow out of the eye and
roll down the chee%)
0leeding gums
0listers & small raised areas that are filled with fluid and
located in the superficial layer of the s%in-
*ome ases of *imilar *igns and *ymptoms
continued