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OPQRST meaning

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  • OPQRST is an mnemonic used by medical professionals to accurately discern reasons for a patient's symptoms and history in the event of an acute illness. It is specifically adapted to elicit symptoms of a possible heart attack.
  • "PQRST" (omitting "O") is sometimes used instead.
  • The term "OPQRST-AAA" adds "aggravating/alleviating factors", "associated symptoms", and "attributions/adaptations".

    Definition of OPQRST in English Dictionary

  • NounPLOPQRSTs
    1. (emergency medicine) The rapid assessment of a patient's condition during an emergency response.
      1. Your emergency scenario test next week will require strict chronological adherence to OPQRST procedures.
  • More Examples
    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • Dunham! your supervisors keep reporting to me you have not been performing your OPQRSTs during the right time, what is the matter with you?
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Nouns
      • Countable nouns
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    Meaning of OPQRST for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this word "OPQRST" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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