This abdominal pain history taking guide provides a structured framework (SOCRATES) for taking a history from a patient with abdominal pain in an OSCE setting, including an examiner checklist.
History Taking in Gastrointestinal Disease, and Evaluation of Abdominal PainThis chapter presents an orderly approach for evaluating pain appearing in any quadrant of the abdomen. The approach requires an adequate knowledge of the major disorders that may occur in the abdomen, their usual presenting ...
Sexually transmitted infections are on the rise, yet a sexual history of adolescent girls presenting with abdominal pain is not routinely sought or recorded. We developed a survey to examine the barriers to taking a sexual history.We surveyed 56 medical students and residents rotating through a ped...
Signposting, in a history taking context, involves explicitly statingwhat you have discussed so farandwhat you plan to discuss next. Signposting can be a useful tool whentransitioningbetween different parts of the patient’s history and it provides the patient with time topreparefor what is coming...
HISTORY TAKING In primary amenorrhea • Presence of secondary sexual characteristics. Are axillary and pubic hair present and is there breast development (see Tanner stages, Figure 1)? If no secondary sexual characteristics are present, there is usually a delay in puberty due to malnutrition (...
2.Are you on any medication for existing health problems? 针对身体健康情况,你现在是否在吃什么药? 3.How often do you have to take it? 多久吃一次药? 4.How long have you been taking your medication for these problems? 你吃这药有多久了? 5.Are you taking any other medication for any ...
The value of history-taking, physical examination, and computer assisstance in the diagnosis acute appendicitis in patients more than 50 years of old. A prospective study of 1333 patients with acute abdominal pain. Scand J Gastroenterol 1995; 30: 349-55....
General Approach to History‐Taking and Physical Examination of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tracthistory and physical examdifferential diagnosisdoctor–patient relationshipheartburndysphagianausea and vomitingabdominal paindiarrheaThe history and physical exam remains the cornerstone of the doctor–patient ...
1 Gynecological History Taking and Examination Regine Unkels INTRODUCTION In this chapter you will find instructions on how to perform basic gynecological history taking and examination. A full gynecological history and examination consists of at least a full history regard- ing general health, ...
This occurred after the American Medical Association House of Delegates se- verely chastised the Pediatric Section of the AMA for taking pro-active stances favoring the Sheppard-Towner Act, which supported maternal and child health. Isaac Abt of Chicago became the first President of the AAP, ...