Establishing a diagnosis

The 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, gynecological history, present illness);
 * 2) physical examination (inspection, auscultation, touch, percussion, per rectum examination, odor evaluation, height, weight, body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate and respiratory rate);
 * 3) working diagnosis/differential diagnostic balance sheet;
 * 4) other examination methods (blood count, spirometry, posterior chest scan, etc.);
 * 5) final diagnosis;
 * 6) treatment.

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