As the Chair of the Forms Committee at your hospital, you are helping to design a template for house staff members to use while collecting information for the history and physical. When asked to explain how "review of systems" differs from "physical exam, " you explain that the review of systems is used to document
- objective symptoms observed by the physician.
- past and current activities, such as smoking and drinking habits.
- a chronological description of patient's present condition from time of onset to present.
- subjective symptoms that the patient may have forgotten to mention or that may have seemed unimportant.
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