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| primary medical problem as defined by the patient; important because it focuses the clinical history toward the single most important issue |
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| time element of the history, usually including the onset, duration, frequency, and course of the symptoms |
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| information available regarding a patient's condition; traditionally comprises data on localization, quality, quantity, chronology, setting, aggravating or alleviating factors, and associated manifestations |
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| undesirable method of questioning that provides information that may direct answers toward a suggested symptom or complaint |
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| determination of a precise area, usually through gentle palpation or careful wording of questions |
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| perceptible to the external senses |
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| pertaining to or perceived only by the affected individual; not perceptible to the senses |
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| description of the character of the symptoms-- for example, the color, quantity, and consistency of blood or other body substances; size or number of lumps or lesions; frequency of urination or coughing; or character of pain |
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| what are the sacred seven elements of taking clinical history? |
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| localization, aggravating or alleviating factors, associated manifestations, onset, chronology, quality, severity |
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