History Taking SkillOtorhinolaryngologic Aspects

Sasan Dabiri, M.D.Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery

Amir A’lam hospitalTehran University of Medical Sciences

General Notes• Two Important Aspects:

– Medical Knowledge

– Communication Skills

ENTHistoryTaking

• General

• Face

• Neck

• Ear

• Nose

• Throat

• Larynx

• Important Parts in History Taking:

– Chief complaint

– Present Illness

Chronology

Associated symptoms

– Past History / Medical History

– Review of System

General NotesENT

HistoryTaking

• General

• Face

• Neck

• Ear

• Nose

• Throat

• Larynx

Face• Pain

• Deformity

• Asymmetry / Paresis

• Skin lesions

ENTHistory Taking

• General

• Face

• Neck

• Ear

• Nose

• Throat

• Larynx

• Swelling

• Itching

• Mass

• Visual abnormality

Neck• Pain

• Mass

• Deformity

• Skin lesions

ENTHistoryTaking

• General

• Face

• Neck

• Ear

• Nose

• Throat

• Larynx

Ear• Pain

• Hearing loss

• Itching

• Vertigo

• Tinnitus

ENTHistoryTaking

• General

• Face

• Neck

• Ear

• Nose

• Throat

• Larynx

• Discharge

• Deformity

• Mass lesions

• Skin lesions

Nose• Pain

• Bleeding

• Obstruction

• Discharge

ENTHistoryTaking

• General

• Face

• Neck

• Ear

• Nose

• Throat

• Larynx

• Deformity

• Mass lesions

• Smelling

• Skin lesions

Throat• Pain

• Odynophagia

• Dysphagia

• Mass lesions

• Mucosal lesions

ENTHistoryTaking

• General

• Face

• Neck

• Ear

• Nose

• Throat

• Larynx

• Swelling

• Halitosis

• Xerostomia

• Sialorrhea

• Snoring

Larynx• Disphonia

• Distress

• Aspiration

ENTHistoryTaking

• General

• Face

• Neck

• Ear

• Nose

• Throat

• Larynx

• Throat clearing

• Globus sensation

• Cough

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