History of Presenting Illness (HPI)1. Polyuria: ➔ Frequency"Are you urinating more frequently than usual during the day? How frequent?" ➔ Nocturia"Do you wake up from sleep to urinate?""How many times compared to the past?" ➔ Review lower urinary tract symptomsChief Complaints:
·History of the present illness(HPI)– details about the complaints, enumerated in the CC. (Also often called 'History of presenting complaint' or HPC.) ·Past medical history(PMH)(including major illnesses, any previous surgery/operations (sometimes distinguished as "Past Surgical History" or P...
s Einstein College of Medicine he specialised in psychiatry – to focus on ‘the ‘person’ rather than the ‘organism’’ (20) – and sought mentorship from the distinguished yet unconventional psychiatrist John Thompson who specialised in medical ethics, phenomenology of mental illness and the ...
A great deal of past psychiatric history is covered in the section of the assessment related to the course of illness. In addition, you need to ask the following: ▪ “When did you first see a therapist (physician, psychologist, social worker, or other counselor)?” Inquire about the nat...
history of the present illness?(abbreviated HPI) (termed?history of presenting complaint(HPC) in the UK) refers to a detailed interview prompted by the?chief complaint?or?presenting symptom?(for example,?pain). Full sentences in chronological manner Be descriptive not analytic Including the onset ...
Diagnosis of Chronic or Terminal Illness The diagnosis of a chronic terminal illness impacts individuals and families on many levels. How one responds to the diagnosis depends largely on their access to resources (Ziebland & Kokanovic, 2012) and premorbid functioning. The disease or illness ...
In this re-examining of this great historical figure of the eleventh century, we glean new theories and ideas not only about Harold’s life, but also questions historians have pondered upon for years. Did Edward really offer the throne to William? And how much of William’s claim was truth...
Carbamazepine toxicity should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with ataxia. Query about the following: Whether the patient is carbamazepine naive or has been taking carbamazepine on a long-term basis Time of ingestion Drug formulation (immediate vs extended release) ...
After six months of persistence of HCV RNA within the blood the infection is defined as being chronic. The transition from acute to chronic hepatitis C is usually sub-clinical. The initial features of the acute illness are non-specific flu-like symptoms. They are not diagnostic of HCV in ...
The "death-capitulators," by virtue of some strong emotion, play a psychological role in hastening their own demise. These people give in to death or "scare themselves to death." Shneidman includes in this category voodoo deaths and other deaths in which psychosomatic illness and higher risk...