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Doctors’ Comments On Patient Charts

  • Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
  • On the 2nd day the knee was better and on the 3rd day it disappeared completely.
  • The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1993.
  • Discharge status: Alive but without permission.
  • Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful.
  • The patient refused an autopsy.
  • The patient has no past history of suicides.
  • Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital.
  • Patient’s past medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days.
  • Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.
  • She has had no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.
  • 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.
  • Patient was alert and unresponsive.
  • She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.
  • I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.
  • The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a stockbroker instead.
  • Patient has two teenage children but no other abnormalities.
  • Skin: Somewhat pale but present.
  • Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Blank, who felt we should sit on the abdomen, and I agree.
  • By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart stopped, and he was feeling better.
  • The patient was in his usual state of good health until his airplane ran out of gas and crashed.
  • When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room.
  • Patient was released to outpatient department without dressing.
  • The patient will need disposition, and therefore we will get Dr. Blank to dispose of him.
  • The patient expired on the floor uneventfully.