Language Skills Worksheets#11

Many doctors do not listen to what they say. The results make them vulnerable to charges of practicing "nonsense medicine."

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.

"The penis was wrapped in vaseline gauze and sent to the nursery for recovery."
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"The patient's wife died of cancer of the prostate."

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"This 24-year-old woman who has had seven children was apparently in the operating room and went to sleep when she was discovered to be pregnant at another hospital."

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"She was found by a boarder who lives in her home unconscious in the bathroom."

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"Sutures were placed in the fifth quadrant."

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"Evaluation was consistent with early VP shunting mechanism plus ophthalmological evaluation secondary to the lack of the occipital mantle formation and general genetic and family counseling for the parents."

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"This eight-year-old came to the GU clinic with his mother who has an absent right testicle since birth."

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"The patient was somewhat diuretic."

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"The patient is here for followup of burns, right calf...now has developed some escargot and swelling..."

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"The patient states that he had a similar episode earlier on the morning prior to admission, upon walking with shoes off, spontaneously with rest."

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"Head was shaken up when blown off a tank in the South Pacific. He denies any residuals."

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"A cath was obtained showing only insignificant lumpy, bumpy disease throughout his left and right coronary systems."

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"The patient was instructed on how to take a pulse, as well as a female companion."

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"He is not allergic to any ants or planimals."

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"The patient will take Anusol-HC suppository p.o. h.s. for a week."

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"The patient was discharged with his sutures eating a soft diet."

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"Apparently he was found lying on the street and was brought here for soberization."

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"The patient was then given a split-thickness shit graft."

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"She had one stitch, a female weighing 7 lb. 9 oz."

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"The patient was given a prescription for a stool sample."

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"Diagnosis: Schizophrenic exasperation."

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"Patient refused autopsy."

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"In summary, she is a 53 year old who was previously well until approximately four years ago, when she had an episode of burning of her vulva and vagina after an antibiotic treatment for Strep throat. Her husband had a similar problem at that time."

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"The possibility of other infection is also a possibility."

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