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Chapter 2
Sections of Health Records
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chief of Complaint | The Main reason for the patients visit |
| History of present illness | The story of the patients problems |
| Review of systems | Descriptions of individual body systems in order to discover any symptoms not directly related to the main problem |
| Past medical history | Other significant past illnesses, like high blood pressure asthma, or diabetes |
| Past Surgical history | Any of patients past surgery |
| family history | Any significant illnesses that run in the patients family |
| Social history | a record of habits like smoking, drinking, drug abuse, and sexual practices that can impact health |