Forensic pathology is pathology that focuses on determining the cause of death by examining a corpse. A post mortem is performed by a medical examiner, usually during the investigation of criminal law cases and civil law cases in some jurisdictions.
Location, quality and duration are the elements of HPI met in this statement.
An explanation of how the patient's current ailment developed. The HPI often provides a chronological account of how the patient's current illness developed from its initial signs and symptoms to the present. The following components, in some combination, should be present:
- Location: What is the location of the pain?
- Quality: Include a description of the quality of the symptom (i.e. sharp pain)
- Severity: The degree of pain for example can be described on a scale of 1 - 10
- Duration: How long have you had the pain
- Timing: Describe when you have pain for example pain with exertion or pain in the evening
- Context: What is the patient doing when the pain begins
- Modifying Factors: What makes the pain better or worse for example aspirin helps
- Associated Signs and Symptoms: Physicians based on assessment may ask about other sensations or feelings for example – do you experience pain while exercising
Two Levels of HPI:
- Brief HPI: Requires one to three HPI elements (see above list)
- Extended HPI: Requires four HPI elements or the status of three chronic problems (see 1997 guidelines for the status of chronic conditions)
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