PFSH stands for past, family, and social history.
Past history is a review of past illnesses, operations, or injuries: includes prior illnesses or injuries, current medications, operations, allergies, and age appropriate immunizations status, and age appropriate feeding/dietary status.
Family history is a review of medical events in the patient’s family: includes health status or cause of death of parents, siblings, or children and diseases of family members that are hereditary.
Social history is an age appropriate review of the patients past and current activities which may include significant information: Includes marital status, current employment, use of drugs, occupational history, level