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1. diagnosis: identification of a patient's disease or injury
2. demeanor: outward behavior
3. tact: discretion and sensitivity when dealing with patients
4. empathy: understanding and sharing feelings with patients
5. medical history: record of past and current health
6. chief complaint: a patient's overview of what they think is their main health problem
7. physical signs: observable signs of illness found
externally
8. symptoms: subjective evidence of a disease, lets the doctor narrow down condi- tions and
make tests
9. current history: patient's main complaint, current health issues, treatments/tests that the
patient just had or will have, allergies, medication, health habits
10. previous history: any past health problems, procedures, medications, vaccina- tions, and
hospital visits
11. social history: aspects of the patient's lifestyle
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12. family history: medical information about the patient's family
13. vital signs: medical signs that indicate the health of the patient's vital functions
14. systolic: Blood pressure in the arteries during contraction of the ventricles.
15. diastolic: Blood pressure that remains between heart contractions.
16. pulse: number of heartbeats in a minute 60-
100
measured with an oximeter
17. respiratory rate: number of breaths per minute 12-20,
stethoscope
18. blood pressure: measure force applied to artery walls as blood pumps and amount of
blood pumped
mm Hg
less than 120/80
19. height: tape measure ft
and in
20. weight: scale
pounds
21. BMI: ratio of height to weight
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