Establishing a diagnosis

Correct treatment must be preceded by correct diagnosis. Diagnosis is a complex process that has its own specifics and consists of several sub-steps. These are:
 * 1) history (personal data, family history, personal history, pharmacological history, allergic history, abusive history, occupational history, social history, gynaecological history, status praesens);
 * 2) physical examination (looking, listening, touching, tapping, per rectum examination, odour assessment, height, weight, body temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiratory rate);
 * 3) working diagnosis/differential diagnostic balance sheet;
 * 4) other investigative methods (blood count, spirometry, posterior chest film, etc.);
 * 5) final diagnosis;
 * 6) treatment.

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 * History and physical examination in oncology
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Used literature

 * CHROBÁK, Ladislav, et al. Propedeutika vnitřního lékařství. 2. vydání. Praha : GRADA Publishing, 2007. 243 s. s. 127-128.  ISBN 978-80-247-1309-0.


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