Hospital Chart Bloopers

Alleged chart bloopers -

1. The patient refused autopsy.

2. The patient has no previous history of suicide.

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

4. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she
was very hot in bed last night.

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

6. On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it
disappeared.

7. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears
to be depressed.

8. The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me
in 1993.

9. Discharge status: Alive but without permission.

10. Healthy appearing decrepit 69 y.o. male, mentally alert but
forgetful.

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

12. She is numb from her toes down.