Concetti Chiave
- The full history is divided into sections: introduction, examination, and initial diagnosis.
- Personal details cover contact information, age, occupation, marital status, and presenting complaints like symptoms and their duration.
- Social and personal history includes social life, work habits, and an overview of body functions and patient concerns.
- Idiomatic expressions with 'look' include phrases like 'to look into' for investigating and 'to look up to someone' for admiration.
- Each section of the medical history aims to provide a comprehensive view of the patient's background and concerns.
A full history may be divided into sections, which also correspond to the phases of introduction, examination and initial diagnosis:
Personal details and symptoms
• Personal details (contact information, age, occupation marital status);
• Presenting complaint (perchè sei qua, sintomi, durata. Descrizione del dolore, cambiamento dei sintomi durante il trattamento);
• Past medical history PMH (tutto ciò che riguarda droghe, allergie, dipendenze, trattamenti);
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• Family history (age, health e cause di morte dei parenti, ereditarietà)
Social and personal history
• Social and personal history SH (tutto ciò che riguarda la social life, lavoro, abitudiniiiiI);
• Review of systems and body functions (irregolarità);
• Patients ideas, concerns and expectations ICE (ideas concerns_wha they fear the most_ and expectations_what they are aiming for and level of willingness and realistic vision of their situation_)referes to patient’s ideas, concerns and expectations
Idiomatic expressions with 'look'
• To look into: to investigate, to consider seriously;
• To look over: to review quickly
• To look up something or someone: to search for a precise referenze, item or fact;
• To look up to someone: to have in high regard, to admire, to respect;
• To make up something/ to make something up: prepare/inventare/fabbricare;
• To make something out/to make out something: vedere chiaramente/distinguere;
Domande da interrogazione
- What are the key components of a patient's personal details and symptoms section in a medical history?
The personal details and symptoms section includes contact information, age, occupation, marital status, presenting complaints such as symptoms and their duration, past medical history including drug use, allergies, dependencies, treatments, drug history, and family history concerning age, health, and hereditary conditions.
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