| 1 | DVBCWNW3 ;ALB/RLC NOSE, SINUS, ETC WKS TEXT - 1 ; 30 MARCH 2005 | 
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| 2 | ;;2.7;AMIE;**93**;Aug 7, 2003 | 
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| 3 | ; | 
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| 4 | ; | 
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| 5 | TXT ; | 
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| 6 | ;;A.  Review of Medical Records: | 
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| 7 | ;; | 
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| 8 | ;; | 
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| 9 | ;; | 
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| 10 | ;;B.  Medical History (Including Prior Treatment and Subjective Complaints): | 
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| 11 | ;; | 
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| 12 | ;;    1.  Location and nature of the injury or disease. | 
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| 13 | ;; | 
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| 14 | ;; | 
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| 15 | ;;    2.  Treatment - type,(i.e., surgery, medications, oxygen, respirator, etc.), | 
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| 16 | ;;        frequency, duration, response, and side effects. | 
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| 17 | ;; | 
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| 18 | ;; | 
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| 19 | ;;    3.  Subjective Complaints | 
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| 20 | ;; | 
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| 21 | ;;        Comment on presence or absence of each of the following: | 
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| 22 | ;; | 
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| 23 | ;;        a.  Interference with breathing through nose. | 
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| 24 | ;; | 
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| 25 | ;; | 
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| 26 | ;;        b.  Purulent discharge. | 
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| 27 | ;; | 
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| 28 | ;; | 
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| 29 | ;;        c.  Dyspnea at rest or on exertion? | 
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| 30 | ;; | 
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| 31 | ;; | 
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| 32 | ;;        d.  If speech impairment (ability to communicate by speech, | 
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| 33 | ;;            ability to speak above a whisper, etc.). | 
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| 34 | ;; | 
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| 35 | ;; | 
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| 36 | ;;        e.  For disease or injury affecting soft palate, is there nasal | 
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| 37 | ;;            regurgitation or speech impairment? | 
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| 38 | ;; | 
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| 39 | ;; | 
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| 40 | ;;        f.  For chronic sinusitis, indicate which sinuses are affected and | 
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| 41 | ;;            whether pain and headaches are present.  Describe severity and | 
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| 42 | ;;            frequency. | 
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| 43 | ;; | 
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| 44 | ;; | 
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| 45 | ;;        g.  If allergic attacks, frequency and baseline status between attacks. | 
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| 46 | ;; | 
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| 47 | ;; | 
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| 48 | ;;        h.  Other symptoms noted. | 
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| 49 | ;; | 
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| 50 | ;; | 
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| 51 | ;;        i.  Describe frequency and duration of periods of incapacitation | 
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| 52 | ;;            (defined as requiring bed rest and treatment by a physician). | 
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| 54 | ;; | 
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| 55 | ;;C.  Physical Examination (Objective Findings): | 
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| 56 | ;; | 
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| 57 | ;;    Perform complete examination of area affected by disease and/or injury. | 
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| 58 | ;;    Report all findings.  Additionally, comment on presence or absence of each | 
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| 59 | ;;    of the following: | 
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| 60 | ;; | 
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| 61 | ;;    1.  For allergic and vasomotor rhinitis, indicate whether nasal polyps | 
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| 62 | ;;        are present. | 
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| 64 | ;; | 
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| 65 | ;;    2.  For bacterial rhinitis: Indicate whether there is evidence of | 
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| 66 | ;;        granulomatous disease including rhinoscleroma. | 
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| 68 | ;; | 
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| 69 | ;;    3.  When there is obstruction (partial or complete) of one or both | 
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| 70 | ;;        nostrils, indicate percent of obstruction for each. | 
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| 72 | ;; | 
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| 73 | ;;    4.  Sinusitis - Describe tenderness, purulent discharge, or crusting. | 
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| 75 | ;; | 
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| 76 | ;;D.  Diagnostic and Clinical Tests: | 
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| 77 | ;; | 
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| 78 | ;;    1.  If there is stenosis of larynx, order FEV-1 with flow-volume loop. | 
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| 79 | ;;    2.  If there is facial disfigurement, order COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS. | 
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| 80 | ;;    3.  Include results of all diagnostic and clinical tests conducted | 
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| 81 | ;;        in the examination report. | 
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| 83 | ;; | 
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| 84 | ;;E.  Diagnosis: | 
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| 85 | ;; | 
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| 86 | ;;    Comment on whether the disease primarily involves or originates | 
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| 87 | ;;    from the nose, sinus, larynx, or pharynx. | 
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| 89 | ;; | 
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| 90 | ;;Signature:                             Date: | 
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| 91 | ;;END | 
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