Health History For Respiratory System
Important respiratory risk factors include.
Health history for respiratory system. Cough and sputum see the separate chronic persistent cough in adults and chronic cough in children articles. Interviewing the patient to gather information should contain health history about current medications respiratory issues living environments and smoker or live in a household with smokers. Respiratory medicine history taking in respiratory system dr suresh kumar yogi pg student dr.
History taking department of health dh 2009. When undertaking patient assessment including assessment of the respiratory system it is important that general. Are you having any trouble breathing.
As you have seen in previous chapters of this module health observation and assessment involves three concurrent steps. Below are questions from rnceus 2006 that may be useful in taking a respiratory health history on patients. Dyspnoea see the separate breathlessness article.
History is a record of medical events that have taken palace in patient s life. Past medical history family history social history. Respiratory system focused health history.
History of presenting complaint the main respiratory symptoms are. Pre existing respiratory disease e g. Patients with lung disease often complain of the following symptoms.
A thorough history and physical exam is required to identify other signs and symptoms to lead to a diagnosis. Coal mining farming hobbies e g. This involves collecting data about.