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◉ Pt says "I take pills for my diabets," you write.... Answer: non-
insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM)
◉ Pt says "I take shots (insulin) for my diabetes," you write....
Answer: insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)
◉ Pt says "heart disease," you write.... Answer: coronary artery
disease (CAD)
◉ Pt says "heart attack," you write.... Answer: myocardial infarction
(MI) and CAD
◉ Pt says "heart failure," you write.... Answer: congestive heart
failure (CHF)
◉ Pt says "irregular heartbeat," you write.... Answer: atrial
fibrillation (a fib) or arrhythmia
◉ Pt says "murmur," you write.... Answer: heart murmur
,◉ Pt says "abnormally fast/racing heartbeat," you write.... Answer:
supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) or arrhythmia
◉ Pt says "emphysema/chronic bronchitis," you write.... Answer:
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
◉ Pt says "blood clot in lung," you write.... Answer: pulmonary
embolism (PE)
◉ Pt says "pneumonia," you write.... Answer: pneumonia (PNA)
◉ Pt says "reflux," you write.... Answer: gastroesophageal reflux
disease (GERD)
◉ Pt says "ulcer," you write.... Answer: gastric ulcer or peptic ulcer
disease (PUD)
◉ Pt says "kidney stones," you write.... Answer: renal calculi
◉ Pt says "I'm on dialysis," you write.... Answer: chronic renal failure
(CRF) or end stage renal disease (ESRD) on dialysis; include how
often and when they go
, ◉ Describe what G/P/A means.. Answer: G: how many pregnancies
P: how many live births
A: how many abortions/miscarriages
◉ Pt says "stroke," you write.... Answer: CVA
◉ Pt says "mini stroke," you write.... Answer: TIA
◉ Pt says "brain bleed," you write.... Answer: hemorrhagic CVA
◉ Pt says "I drink a lot," you write.... Answer: ETOH
abuse/alcoholism
◉ Pt says "I do drugs," you write.... Answer: substance abuse
◉ Pt says "blood clot in leg," you write.... Answer: LE DVT
◉ Pt says "bulge in my aorta/triple A," you write.... Answer:
abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
◉ Pt says "tonsils removed," you write.... Answer: tonsillectomy