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Actual Medical Record Entries Mistakes From Doctors

• The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1983.



• The patient refused an autopsy



• .Discharge status: alive but without permission



• The patient has no past history of suicides.



• Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital.



• Between you and me, we ought to be ableto get this lady pregnant.



• She is numb from her toes down.



• Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.



• Since she can’t get pregnant with her husband,I thought you would like to work her up.



• Exam of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.



• The patient lives at home with his mother, father, and pet turtle, who is presently enrolled in day care three times a week.



• The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.



• The baby was delivered, the cord clamped and cut, and handed to the pediatrician, who breathed and cried immediately.



• She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life until 1989 when she got a divorce.



• The patient was in his usual state of good health until his airplane ran out of gas and crashed.



• Rectal exam revealed a normal size thyroid. (Long fingers?)



• Exam of genitalia was completely negative except for the right foot.



• The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as stockbroker instead.



• When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room.



• Examination reveals a well-developed male lying in bed with his family in no distress.



• She has no rigors or chills but her husband says she was very hot in bed last night.



• She can't get pregnant with her husband, so I will work her up.



• Whilst in Casualty she was examined, X-rated and sent home.



• On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it had completely disappeared.



• Patient was released to outpatient department without dressing.



• The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.



• The patient will need disposition, and therefore we will get Dr. Blank to dispose of him.



• Healthy-appearing, decrepit 69 year old male, mentally alert but forgetful.



• The patient expired on the floor uneventfully.



• Patient was becoming more demented with urinary frequency.



• The patient's past medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days.



• She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate directions in early December.



• Patient has chest pains if she lies on her left side for over a year.



• He had a left-toe amputation one month ago. He also had a left-knee amputation last year.



• By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped, and he was feeling much better.



• The patient is a 79-year-old widow who no longer lives with her husband.



• The bugs that grew out of her urine were cultured in the Casualty and are not available. I WILL FIND THEM!!!



• The patient left the hospital feeling much better except for her original complaints.