Medical history

My Family Medical History Growing up, I watched both my father and grandfather suffer the symptoms of asthma. They are both allergic to cats, both have severe allergies, and both use an inhaler. Thankfully, I have been fortunate and have never been diagnosed with asthma. According to the American Lung Association (2017), having a parent with asthma makes me three to six times more likely to develop asthma over the course of my life. In a recent study, researchers found that children who have been diagnosed with asthma were twice as likely to have at least one parent with the condition. Additionally, children who have at least one parent as well as one grandparent were four times as likely to have asthma (Valerio, Andreski, Schoeni, & McGonagle, 2016).…

A medical ventilator is a machine designed to mechanically move breathable air or air/oxygen mixture into and out of the lungs. They are used in patients that are physically unable to breathe or breathe enough to exchange oxygen. Because failure to exchange blood gasses can result in death, ventilators are considered life-critical machines. A patient who is not breathing can be ventilated with an Ambu bag and a mask operated by hand. Ventilators provide a machine-assisted breath that can be…

Group I, Category 44 Insufficient Medical Documentation to Determine Impairment Severity ISSUE There is insufficient evidence regarding the claimant’s physical condition to complete the Sequential Evaluation of Disability. CASE DISCUSSION & POLICY ANALYSIS (INCLUDING SPECIFIC REFERENCES) This 59- year old claimant is filing a concurrent claim alleging disability due to arthritis in the knees, a herniated disc, scoliosis, and arthritis in the back, tendonitis in left foot, urinary…

Physical assessment is one of the process of assess and obtaining information about patient’s health history and family medical history which help in planning patient’s care. A nurse uses subjective and objective data to assess patient and the five nursing process to conduct patient’s health care. Interviewing patients is one first step. This paper discusses the health history of Mrs., family medical history, and overall reflection of the interview. I have an opportunity to interview Mrs.…

applications along with three letters of recommendations must be received by January 15th. Interviews are conducted between August and February. Acceptance occurs throughout the interviewing season beginning October 15th and ending in the middle of March. Students must indicate their intent within two weeks of acceptance with a $100 deposit. If an applicant withdrawals prior to April 30th the deposit will be refunded. After this date, the deposit is no longer refundable. The average…

ntroduction: Before year 1835, medical malpractice suits in United States were very rare it was difficult to make certain generalizations. Generally, patients sued their physicians only in severe injury and death cases.[1] Then there was a burst of medical malpractice suits during the period between 1840 and 1860, publics relate this burst to the big number of profession vacancies at that time, which may caused less quality control. US population also increased by 85% at that time. This sudden…

This year I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the Foundation of Clinical Medicine course and the corresponding preceptor program. While I have had previous experiences interacting with patients volunteering as a high school and college student, this year I took my first step to becoming a physician. Previously, I learned how to talk to patients and how to act appropriately in a hospital setting. This year I learned how to complete a history and a physical. Even though I still have…

In order to discuss medical necessity in the current era of health information technology, we must have a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of medical necessity. Most of this article focuses on explaining medical necessity and towards the end includes some thoughts on how medical necessity relates with health information technology. The meaning of medical necessity is different for providers, physicians, courts, government/private insurers, or consumers. Medical necessity is used for…

to observe was conduct by one of the residents on a 5-year-old girl. The resident followed the BIC closely and was able to elicit a lot of relevant information regarding the history of present illness and past medical history. The resident definitely made the mother and her child felt comfortable by limiting her use of jargon language. Although the mother was the main source of the interview, the resident certainly tried her best to include the kid in the conversation and never once undermining…

to mental health problems throughout their childhood (Szilagyi, Rosen, Rubin, Zlotnik). Ideally, once a child is placed into a home a mental health professional should evaluate and diagnosis the child within a certain amount of time (Szilagyi, Rosen, Rubin, Zlotnik). Children are not receiving the appropriate treatment needed, due to the shortage of health professionals in this area (Szilagyi, Rosen, Rubin, Zlotnik). Considering there are not enough medical professionals employed, the medics who…