Thursday, October 20, 2005

Wardrounds

Actual Case note entries....

Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.
Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
On the second day, the knee was better, and then on the third day it disappeared.
The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.
Discharge status: Alive, but without my permission.
The patient refused autopsy.
The patient has no previous history of suicides.
Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.
Between you and me, we ought to be able to get this lady pregnant.
She is numb from her toes down.
While in ER, she was examined, x-rated and sent home.
The skin was moist and dry.
Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.
She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life until she got a divorce.
Rectal examination revealed a normal-size thyroid.
I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.
Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus-sized.
The patient was to have a bowel resection.However, he took a job as a stockbroker instead. Skin: somewhat pale but present.
The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.
She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was hot in bed last night.

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