ACTUAL WRITINGS ON CHARTS IN HOSPITALS

  1. The patient refused autopsy. 

  2. The patient has no previous history of suicides. 

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

  4. Patient's medical history has been remarkably insignificant

  with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days. 

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

year. 

  7. On the second day the knee was better and on the third day

  it disappeared. 

  8. The patient is tearful and crying constantly.

  She also appears to be depressed. 

  9. The patient has been depressed since she began

  seeing me in 1993. 

  10. Discharge status: Alive, but without my permission. 

  11. Healthy appearing decrepit 69-year old male, mentally

  alert, but forgetful. 

  12. Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch. 

  13. She is numb from her toes down. 

  14. While in ER, she was examined, x-rated and sent home. 

  15. The skin was moist and dry. 

  16. Occasional, constant infrequent headaches. 

  17. Patient was alert and unresponsive.

  19. She stated that she had been constipated for most

  of her life until she got a divorce. 

  20. I saw your patient today, who is still under our car

  for physical therapy.