Doctor's Notes

Actual doctor's comments on patients' charts.

• She has had no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.
• The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1983.
• The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.
• Discharge status: Alive but without permission.
• The patient refused an autopsy.
• The patient has no past history of suicides.
• The patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital.
• The patient's past medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days.
• The patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.
• Since she can't get pregnant with her husband, I thought you would like to work her up.
• She is numb from her toes down.
• While in the ER, she was examined, X-rated and sent home.
• The skin was moist and dry.
• Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.
• The patient was alert and unresponsive.
• Rectal exam revealed a normal size thyroid.
• She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life until 1989 when she got a divorce.
• I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.
• Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation.
• Exam of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.
• The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.
• The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a stockbroker instead.
• Skin: Somewhat pale but present.
• The pelvic examination will be done later on the floor.
• The patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Blank, who felt we should sit on the abdomen and I agree.
• Large brown stool ambulating in the hall.
• The patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.
• The patient was in his usual state of good health until his airplane ran out of gas and crashed.
• The baby was delivered, the cord clamped and cut, and handed to the pediatrician, who breathed and cried immediately.
• The patient lives at home with his mother, father, and pet turtle, who is presently enrolled in day care three times a week.
• Coming from Detroit, this man has no children.
• Examination reveals a well-developed male lying in bed with his family in no distress.
• When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room.
• By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped, and he was feeling better.
• The patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
• On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it had completely disappeared.
• Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful.
• The patient expired on the floor uneventfully.
• She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate directions in early December.
• The patient was released to outpatient department without dressing.
• The patient will need disposition, and therefore we will get Dr. Blank to dispose of him.