Hospital Chart bloopers...

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READ TIL THE END.....
Read till the end, excerpted from website:


HOSPITAL CHART BLOOPERS>>

Actual WRITING from hospital charts:

1.The patient refused autopsy.

2.The patient has no previous history of suicide.

3.Pt. has left white blood cells at another hospital.

4.NOTE: Patient here recovering from forehead cut. Patient became very angry when

given an enema by mistake.

5.Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.

6.On the second day the knee was better, & on the 3rd day it disappeared.

7.The patient is tearful & crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.

8.The patient has been depressed since he began seeing me in 1993.

9.Discharge status: Alive but without permission.

10.Healthy appearing 69 year old male, mentally alert but forgetful.

11. Patient had waffles for breakfast & anorexia for lunch.

12.She is numb from her toes down.

13. While in ER, she was examined,x-rated & sent home.

14.The skin was moist & dry.

15.Occasional,constant infrequent headaches.

16.Pt. was alert & unresponsive

17.rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid.

18.She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.

19.I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.

20.Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.

21.The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.

22.Skin: somewhat pale but present

23.Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.
 
Hermit MMood said:
READ TIL THE END.....
Read till the end, excerpted from website:


HOSPITAL CHART BLOOPERS>>

Actual WRITING from hospital charts:

1.The patient refused autopsy.

2.The patient has no previous history of suicide.

3.Pt. has left white blood cells at another hospital.

4.NOTE: Patient here recovering from forehead cut. Patient became very angry when

given an enema by mistake.

5.Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.

6.On the second day the knee was better, & on the 3rd day it disappeared.

7.The patient is tearful & crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.

8.The patient has been depressed since he began seeing me in 1993.

9.Discharge status: Alive but without permission.

10.Healthy appearing 69 year old male, mentally alert but forgetful.

11. Patient had waffles for breakfast & anorexia for lunch.

12.She is numb from her toes down.

13. While in ER, she was examined,x-rated & sent home.

14.The skin was moist & dry.

15.Occasional,constant infrequent headaches.

16.Pt. was alert & unresponsive

17.rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid.

18.She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.

19.I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.

20.Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.

21.The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.

22.Skin: somewhat pale but present

23.Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.


lol
 
Hermit MMood said:
READ TIL THE END.....
Read till the end, excerpted from website:


HOSPITAL CHART BLOOPERS>>

Actual WRITING from hospital charts:

1.The patient refused autopsy.

2.The patient has no previous history of suicide.

3.Pt. has left white blood cells at another hospital.

4.NOTE: Patient here recovering from forehead cut. Patient became very angry when

given an enema by mistake.

5.Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.

6.On the second day the knee was better, & on the 3rd day it disappeared.

7.The patient is tearful & crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.

8.The patient has been depressed since he began seeing me in 1993.

9.Discharge status: Alive but without permission.

10.Healthy appearing 69 year old male, mentally alert but forgetful.

11. Patient had waffles for breakfast & anorexia for lunch.

12.She is numb from her toes down.

13. While in ER, she was examined,x-rated & sent home.

14.The skin was moist & dry.

15.Occasional,constant infrequent headaches.

16.Pt. was alert & unresponsive

17.rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid.

18.She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.

19.I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.

20.Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.

21.The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.

22.Skin: somewhat pale but present

23.Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.
:laugh: :laugh: those were great!
 
I once heard a patient say his doctor told him he had "leaches in his brain"😱

(the doctor had said "lesions")

Oh, another one, Doctor had dictated that "the patient has trash in his mouth"

(oral thrush)
 
"pt has FHx of sick as hell anemia"
 
it's fo' da shortiez...

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