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Shadow health: Focused Exam: Abdominal Pain Category Scored Items Experts selected these topics as essential components of a strong, thorough interview with this patient. Patient Data Not Sc... ored A combination of open and closed questions will yield better patient data. The following details are facts of the patient's case. • Finding: Established chief complaint • Finding: Reports abdominal pain (Found) Pro Tip: Abdominal pain can be caused by problems in the underlying organs, peritoneum, muscles, or blood vessels, changes in electrolytes or other blood contents, or even anxiety. Asking for details about the pain helps to determine the origin. Example Question: Do you have any abdominal pain? • Finding: Reports difficulty with bowel movements (Found) Pro Tip: Understanding all of a patient's reason for visiting is an important foundation to establish. If there are multiple symptoms, especially related symptoms like constipation and bowel pain, follow up on each one during your interview. Example Question: Are you able to have a bowel movement? • Finding: Asked about orientation • Finding: Oriented to own person (Available) Pro Tip: You should ask geriatric patients to state their name so you can determine their cognitive functioning. Example Question: Can you tell me who you are? • Finding: Oriented to place (Available) Pro Tip: You should ask geriatric patients to identify where they are so you can determine their cognitive functioning. Example Question: Do you know where you are right now? • Finding: Oriented to situation (Found) Pro Tip: You should ask geriatric patients to identify their reason for being here so you can determine their cognitive functioning. Example Question: Do you know why you are here today? • Finding: Oriented to time (Available) Pro Tip: You should ask geriatric patients to identify the date and year so you can determine their cognitive functioning. Example Question: What is the date and year? • Finding: Asked about onset of the pain • Finding: Reports discomfort for the past five days (Found) Pro Tip: Whenever you are assessing a symptom or a health condition, in this case stomach pain, inquiring about onset allows you to assess the severity and the progression of the problem. Example Question: How long have you had stomach pain? • Finding: Reports pain worsened intensely 2­3 days ago (Found) Pro Tip: Whenever you are assessing a symptom or a health condition, in this case stomach pain, inquiring about changes in the pain allows you to assess the severity and the progression of the problem. Example Question: Has the stomach pain changed? • Finding: Asked about location of the pain .........................................................................................................continued....................................................................................................... [Show More]

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