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chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| chief complaint | the main reason for the patients visit |
| history of present illness | story of the patient problem |
| review of systems | individual body systems in order to discover any symptoms in order to discover any symptoms |
| past medical history | significant past illnesses,like high blood pressure,asthma,or diabetes |
| past surgical history | any past surgeries |
| family history | illnesses that run in patients family |
| social history | record of habits like smoking.drinking,drug abuse . etc |
| pharmacist | trained in preparing and dispensing medications |
| pharmacy technician | trained to assist a pharmacist with pharmacy related tasks |
| patient service | handles administrative tasks and coordinates patient care |
| medical transcriptionist | converting the voice recorded dictations of health care providers into text format |
| pathologist | physician with special training in both evaluatining the causes and effects of disease |
| medical Labatory technician | trained in performing Labatory testing on bodily fluids |
| phlebotomist | trained in the removal of blood from the body for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes |
| radiologist | a physician specially trained in evaluatiing images of the body to diagnose illness or injury |
| radiology technician | trained to perform radiologist testing or adminster radiation therapy under the direction |
| utopographer | trained in performing ultrasound imaging on a patient |
| physician | a skilled health care provider who attends and graduated medical school |
| pediatrician | a physician with special training in caring for children |
| surgeon | a physician qualified to treat patients surgically, that is, by means of operation or invasive procedure |
| anesthesiologist | a physician with special training in pain sedation and pain control |
| physician assistant | a midlevel health care provider who works under the license of a supervisor physician, requires postgraduate training |
| HPI | history of present illness |
| ROS | review of systems |
| PE | physical exam |
| PCP | primary exam |
| NKDA | primary care provider |
| PT | physical exam |
| Y/O | primary care provider |
| H/O | no known drug allergies |
| PCP | patient |
| F/U | years old |
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