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Curriculum Objective
Objective
Clerkship Objectives
Emphasis will be placed on:
- Indicates most relevant
Related Objectives
Parent Objective
Abdominal Pain
Child Objectives
Characterization of abdominal pain (location, severity, character, pattern).
Temporal sequence of abdominal pain (onset, frequency, duration, progression).
Alleviating and exacerbating factors of abdominal pain (position, food, activity, medications).
Associated signs and symptoms of abdominal pain (nausea vomiting, fever, chills, anorexia, wt. loss, cough, dysphagia, dysuria/frequency, altered bowel function diarrhea, constipation, obstipation, hematochezia, melena, etc.).
Pertinent medical history: prior surgery or illness, associated conditions (pregnancy, menstrual cycle, diabetes, atrial fibrillation or cardiovascular disease, immunosuppression). Medications: anticoagulation, steroids etc. (for abdominal pain).