Just some important things to ask about when you suspect a patient has a cardiac problem. The risk factors are very important to ask almost everyone (because practically everyone in North America is at risk for/has heart disease).
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the method i use for risk factors is ABCDEF:
A – age
B – blood pressure – hypertension
C – cholesterol – hypocholesterolaemia
D – diabetes mellius
E – exercise
F – FHx; fat
the method i use for risk factors is ABCDEF:
A – age
B – blood pressure – hypertension
C – cholesterol – hypocholesterolaemia
D – diabetes mellius
E – exercise
F – FHx; fat
then smoking.