Language Skills Worksheet#10

Often, when documenting a patient's objective findings, a dictating doctor will use incorrect medical terminology in such a way as to defy anatomical standards.
Each one of these statements was dictated by a licensed physician. Diagnose what is wrong with the dictating doctor's statement and write your own version of what the physician failed to communicate.

"She showed good cognitive function without any cognitive functions."
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"HEENT exam is completely and entirely normal except for total alopecia and patient is blind."
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"Status post left prostatic knee surgery six weeks ago."
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"The patient also underwent a left third foot metatarsal head resection."
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"Her anal temperature was 98.2 orally."
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"Extremities: Speech intact per husband."
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"Extremities: Normal. No edema, no jugular venous distention."
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"Extremities reveal mild tremulousness but no tongue wag noted."
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"The patient had ulnar deviation of the left ankle."
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"Pulses absent bilaterally, more so on the right."
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"Ear examination: The genitals were......"
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"Neuro is within tact."
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"The abdomen was without liver, kidney, or spleen."
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"Cardiac: Decreased bowel sounds."
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"The patient is alert and cooperative, although asleep."
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"The patient was in her right lower quadrant."
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"The cervix was noted to be 140 and high."
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"The left breast had no skin, contour changes, nipple inversion, or masses palpated."
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"Head: Acephalic, atraumatic."
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"Patient complains of numbness with standing in the posterior buttocks and low back."
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"Neck: Trachea was midline, no hepatosplenomegaly."
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"He had obvious jugular venous distention in both necks but he was lying horizontally at the time."
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