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OPQRST: Onset (sudden/gradual), Provocation/Palliation, Quality (crushing/sharp/burning), Region/Radiation, Severity (1-10), Timing/duration. Associated symptoms: dyspnea, diaphoresis, nausea, palpitations.

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Location, quality, severity, duration, frequency, onset (sudden/gradual), triggers, aura, associated symptoms (visual changes, nausea, photophobia, neck stiffness), previous episodes.

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Location (RUQ/LUQ/RLQ/LLQ/epigastric), onset, quality, radiation, severity, timing, aggravating/relieving factors, associated symptoms (fever, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, blood in stool).

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Onset (acute/chronic), severity, at rest vs exertion, orthopnea, PND, chest pain, cough, sputum, fever, leg swelling, recent travel/surgery.

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Which joints, mono/poly-articular, onset, duration, morning stiffness, swelling, redness, warmth, trauma, functional limitation, previous episodes.

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Temperature (max recorded), duration, pattern, chills, rigors, night sweats, associated symptoms (cough, dysuria, rash, headache, abdominal pain), recent travel, sick contacts, immunization status.

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