LIQOR AAA is good to illicit pain.
Location
Intensity
Quality
Onset
Radiation
Alleviating factors
Aggrevating factors
Associated symptoms
PAM HUGS FOSS
P Previous presence of the symptom (same chief complaint)
A Allergies (drugs, foods, chemicals, dust ...)
M Medicines (any drugs the patient used)
H Hospitalization for any illness in the past
U Urinary changes ( esp if diabetic, elderly...)
G Gastrointestinal complains (diet changes, bowel movements...)
S Sleep pattern (waking up/going to sleep...)
F Family history (simmilar chief complaints/serious illness)
O OB/GYN history (LMP, abortions, para...)
S Sexual habits (active/preferences/STD...)
S Social life (job/house/smoking/alcohol.....)
The above two are the most commonly used and advocated by usmlesource.
Other Mnemonics
Pain : PQRST
P - position
Q - quality (sharp, dull)
R - radiation (groin, back, R or L shoulder, throat)
S - severity (on scale 1 to 10, does it wake you up at night)
T - time (any time of the day that pain is better or worse, related to meal,
bowel movement)
SOCRATES
S site
O onset
C character....sharp, dull,
R radiation
A alleviating factors
T timing
E exarcerbating factors
S severity
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