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  2. OPQRST - Wikipedia

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    OPQRST is a mnemonic initialism used by medical professionals to accurately discern reasons for a patient's symptoms and history in the event of an acute illness. [1 ...

  3. List of medical mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of mnemonics used in medicine and medical science, categorized and alphabetized. A mnemonic is any technique that assists the human memory with information retention or retrieval by making abstract or impersonal information more accessible and meaningful, and therefore easier to remember; many of them are acronyms or initialisms which reduce a lengthy set of terms to a single ...

  4. SAMPLE history - Wikipedia

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    SAMPLE history is a mnemonic acronym to remember key questions for a person's medical assessment. [1] The SAMPLE history is sometimes used in conjunction with vital ...

  5. History of the present illness - Wikipedia

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    Different sources include different questions to be asked while conducting an HPI. Several acronyms have been developed to categorize the appropriate questions to include.

  6. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).

  7. Lists of acronyms - Wikipedia

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    Acronyms and abbreviations in avionics; List of Aramaic acronyms; List of astronomy acronyms; Climate change acronyms; List of computer science conference acronyms

  8. Past medical history - Wikipedia

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    Several acronyms have been developed to categorize the appropriate questions to include: "MMASH", for Medical Illnesses, Medications, Allergies, Surgeries, Hospitalizations.

  9. List of first response mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    PASS (The basic steps for portable fire extinguisher use.) [6]. Pull or Pin - Pull the pin at the top of the fire extinguisher (and immediately test the extinguisher).; Aim - Aim the nozzle or outlet of the extinguisher at the base of the fire.