Establishing a diagnosis
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The correct treatment must be preceded by correct diagnosis. Diagnosis is a complex process that has its own specifics and consists of several sub-steps. These are:
- history (personal data, family history, personal history, pharmacological history, allergic history, abusive history, occupational history, social history, gynecological history, present illness);
- physical examination (inspection, auscultation, touch, percussion, per rectum examination, odor evaluation, height, weight, body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate and respiratory rate);
- working diagnosis/differential diagnostic balance sheet;
- other examination methods (blood count, spirometry, posterior chest scan, etc.);
- final diagnosis;
- treatment.
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References[edit | edit source]
- CHROBÁK, Ladislav, et al. Propedeutika vnitřního lékařství. 2. vydání. Praha : GRADA Publishing, 2007. 243 s. s. 127-128. ISBN 978-80-247-1309-0.
- ZELENKOVÁ, Jitka, et al. Pracovní text z Interní propedeutiky [online]. ©1999. Poslední revize 2002, [cit. 2010-05-27]. <http://int-prop.lf2.cuni.cz/zof/chorobopis/chorobopis.htm>.
