After working with medical records for many years, I know patient records contain notes such as these below:
'HOSPITAL CHARTS' Said to be ACTUAL WRITINGS FROM
VARIOUS HOSPITAL CHARTS.
1. THE PATIENT REFUSED AN AUTOPSY.
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2. THE PATIENT HAS NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF SUICIDES.
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3. PATIENT HAS LEFT WHITE BLOOD CELLS AT ANOTHER HOSPITAL.
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4. SHE HAS NO RIGORS OR SHAKING CHILLS, BUT HER HUSBAND
STATES SHE WAS VERY HOT IN BED LAST NIGHT.
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5. PATIENT HAS CHEST PAIN IF SHE LIES ON HER LEFT SIDE FOR
OVER A YEAR.
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6. ON THE SECOND DAY, THE KNEE WAS BETTER, AND ON THE
THIRD DAY IT DISAPPEARED.
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7. THE PATIENT IS TEARFUL AND CRYING CONSTANTLY. SHE ALSO
APPEARS TO BE DEPRESSED.
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8. THE PATIENT HAS BEEN DEPRESSED SINCE SHE BEGAN SEEING
ME IN 1993.
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9. DISCHARGE STATUS: ALIVE BUT WITHOUT PERMISSION.
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10. HEALTHY APPEARING DECREPIT 69-YEAR OLD MALE, MENTALLY
ALERT BUT FORGETFUL.
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11. PATIENT HAD WAFFLES FOR BREAKFAST AND ANOREXIA FOR
LUNCH.
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12. SHE IS NUMB FROM HER TOES DOWN.
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13. WHILE IN E.R., SHE WAS EXAMINED, X-RATED, AND SENT
HOME.
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14. THE SKIN WAS MOIST AND DRY.
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15 OCCASIONAL, CONSTANT INFREQUENT HEADACHES.
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16. PATIENT WAS ALERT AND UNRESPONSIVE.
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17. RECTAL EXAMINATION REVEALED A NORMAL SIZE THYROID.
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18. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD BEEN CONSTIPATED FOR MOST OF
HER LIFE, UNTIL SHE GOT A DIVORCE.
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19. I SAW YOUR PATIENT TODAY, WHO IS STILL UNDER OUR CAR
FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY.
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20. BOTH BREASTS ARE EQUAL AND REACTIVE TO LIGHT AND
ACCOMMODATION.
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21. EXAMINATION OF GENITALIA REVEALS THAT HE IS CIRCUS
SIZED.
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22. THE LAB TEST INDICATED ABNORMAL LOVER FUNCTION.
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23. SKIN: SOMEWHAT PALE BUT PRESENT.
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24. THE PELVIS EXAM WILL BE DONE LATER ON THE FLOOR.
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25. PATIENT HAS TWO TEENAGE CHILDREN, BUT NO OTHER
ABNORMALITIES.


Comments: 49
Karen those are some good ones!
I really enoyed reading these.
Hope you don't mind
I do know what is going along there, and thanks again for these gems.
HAHAHAHAHHA...
"HEALTHY APPEARING DECREPIT 69-YEAR OLD MALE, MENTALLY
ALERT BUT FORGETFUL."
He is aware, but he doesn't know it!
HAHAHHAh haahhaahh
I've always been amused by the phrase "Patient admits to...." It conjures up an angry physician demanding "Isn't it true that you have....."
Truth?!!! You can't HANDLE the truth!!!!
They'll love it.
Blessings,
Wilka
I'll have to check out your book and see for myself! Thanks for stopping by Thomas!
But I have seen some scary notes, that could very easily be misinterpreted.
What do you do Thomas?