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Chapter 2
Vocab Words
Subjective | How a patient experiences and personally describes the problem as well as personal and family medical history |
Objective | The patient's physical examination, any labatory findings, and imaging studies performed. |
Assessment | Could be a diagnosis, which is known as a differential diagnosis. |
Plan | A course of action consistent with assessment. A plan could be a treatment with medication or a procedure. |
Malalse | Not feeling well |
Lethargic | A decrease in a level of consciousness in medical records, this is generally an indication that the patient is really sick. |
Auscultation | To listen |
Alert | Able to answer questions, responsive, interactive |
Idiopathic | No known specific cause, it just happens |
Sequela | A problem resulting from diseases or injury |