Author Question: Which of the following BEST supports new pertinent past, family, social history? A. Georgia is ... (Read 100 times)

cookcarl · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

Which of the following BEST supports new pertinent past, family, social history?

A. Georgia is 39-year-old woman who is well known to me. She has missed four weeks of work at her job, Acme Shipping, and17 years ago; she had emergency appendectomy with no complication. Her mother has history of Crohn's disease, and uncle died of colon cancer.
B. Patient returns to me because his stomach pain and heartburn have significantly worsened and his wife recently moved out of his house with their dog.
C. Patient is a 22- year-old male man who is well known to me. He presents with severe abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea. He has been trying to quit smoking unsuccessfully because his father was recently diagnosed with lung cancer.
D. Georgia is a 35-year-old woman who has recently moved to the area, complaining of severe abdominal pain. Her mother has a history of Crohn's disease.

Question 2

Which of the following BEST supports family history?

a. Patient was married 10 years ago
b. Patient has history of recurrent pneumonia prior to age 10
c. Patient's mother died of colorectal cancer 10 years ago
d. Patient reports no heartburn prior to the picnic 10 days ago