Admitting Patients

November 1, 2000

Dr. Karl

Dr. Karl Newman, Q Fever!'s I&R correspondent, is on vacation this issue.

Instead of his usual column, we present the following helpful template, designed and used by Dr. Karl himself, to help you while: Admitting Patients.: Admitting Patients.

CC: __________ pain for 10 days
     Body part


HPI: Pt is a __________ year old ________ ________ 
             # btw 50-200           Ethnicity Occupation

with a PMHx significant for ________, ________, and 
                             Rare Dz.  Common Dz.

__________ who was in his/her usual state of _________
insect(pl.)                                         Adjective

health until 10 days ago when patient ___________ a  
                                   Active verb-past tense

bottle of __________, after which time pt. began to  
        Chemical element

notice ______ smelling bowel movements associated with 
       adjective

__________ vomitus and profound __________. Pt called 
  color                         ROS complaint

his/her ___________, who recommended over-the-counter 
         occupation

___________. Patient then developed increased production 
 Chemo drug

of __________ smelling ___________ and presented to the 
    adjective            Body fluid

_______________ for evaluation. The patient denies 
Hospital Location

__________ pain or __________ discharge.
 Body part           Body part


PMHx: As above


Social Hx: Occasional _______. Lives with _________.
                        Vice              70's sitcom actor

Sexually active with _________; practices safe sex 
                      Superhero         
      
using _________ for protection.
      Noun (pl.)


Allergies:__________  
        Any four letters

Meds: 1) Extract of __________ to affected area bid
                      Animal

      2) __________ enema po bid
       Any type of fluid

      3) ___________ PR qid
        Any medication
     

Fam Hx: Unknown (Pt. Raised by wild __________)
                                    Animal (pl.)

PE: Looks __________, but __________
           Adjective        Adjective


Exam: Refused 


Labs: Significant only for hyper_________-emia and 
                              Chemical element  

__________ __________ cells on peripheral blood smear.
  Color       Noun


CXR: No infiltrates or __________
                       Noun (pl.)


A/P: Patient presents with perplexing diagnosis of 
__________ vs. _________
 Psych Dx         Rare Dx        

1) __________ IV x 1 stat
   Herbal remedy

2) Urgent __________ of __________
         Radiology test  Part of anatomy

3) Follow CBC, _________, _________ analysis q6h
            Bizarre lab test   Fluid

5) Observe __________ for signs/sxs of __________
              Adverb                         Emotion

6) Case discussed with __________ 
                    Current events figure

7) Code status: patient is __________
                       Any 3-letter abbrev.
      

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