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HISTORY-TAKING [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
CONT

History taking and recording. A medical history is a record of an individual' s present and past conditions of health, his manner of living, and his family background. The process of taking this history usually is the physician's introduction to his patient. A complete and accurate medical history combined with a careful physical examination and appropriate laboratory studies provides the physician with the vital information that is essential in making a diagnosis and formulating a plan of management.

Key term(s)
  • history-taking

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
DEF

Questions posées à un patient sur ses problèmes de santé antérieurs par un professionnel de la santé.

OBS

[Le terme] anamnèse désigne [...] l'action même de recueillir les données qui est dénommée en France interrogatoire. Ce terme n'est guère en faveur au Québec, probablement à cause de sa connotation policière. On lui préfère malheureusement questionnaire, laissant ainsi croire que le médecin se contente de réciter au patient une liste de questions prédéterminées, ce qui est loin de refléter la réalité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
DEF

Parte del examen clínico que reúne todos los datos personales, hereditarios y familiares del enfermo, anteriores a la enfermedad.

CONT

La exploración física debe tender a demostrar plenamente los datos que se han obtenido por medio de la anamnesis y debe realizarse en forma ordenada para obtener el mayor y mejor número de datos que colaboren para integrar el diagnóstico.

OBS

Opuesto a catamnesis.

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Record 2 2000-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Courses
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
OBS

History-taking drills for abdominal emergencies.

Key term(s)
  • History Drill

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de cours
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
CONT

Exercices - Anamnèse - urgences abdominales.

Key term(s)
  • Exercices : Anamnèse

Spanish

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