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This article provides an overview of the skills and techniques required to obtain an accurate patient history from individuals presenting with possible cardiac problems.
Eliciting an accurate history is a critical step in the assessment of patients with possible cardiac problems to ensure appropriate and timely management.
Accurate history-taking supports timely cardiac assessment; extends educational resources but leaves open prospective validation of techniques.
People with cardiovascular disease will enter the healthcare system at varying stages of their disease progression (Lobert, 1996). An accurate assessment process is the cornerstone to ensuring that patients receive the care and treatment they need, at whatever stage they enter the healthcare system. Eliciting an accurate history from patients, in combination with appropriate, targeted clinical examination, is a critical step in the assessment process and will ensure that suitable management and treatment are commenced in an appropriate time frame. This article will give an overview of the skills and techniques required in obtaining an accurate patient history from a patient presenting with possible cardiac problems.
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Jenny Tagney (2008) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease. Cardiac patient history taking was evaluated. This article provides an overview of the skills and techniques required to obtain an accurate patient history from individuals presenting with possible cardiac problems.
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