patient with altered mental status/sm
Posted By: shelly on 2008-03-16
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Laboratory studies.
dictates: COK is 1 (pause) 6. CMB is 3.6. Huh?
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Here's the context: He smiles much of the time; he is cooperative. Symptom status revealed that he knew that George Bush was the current president and that Bill Clinton preceded him. He denies hearing any voices.....
Symptom sounds similar to System, Simple, etc., for this example. Any input?
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Mental status exam
Subject: Mental status exam
That is usually a mini-mental status exam. Could that be what he is saying?
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It sounds something like it ends in "tion"
s/l fo? mini mental status exam
Subject: s/l fo? mini mental status exam
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MMSE, Mini Mental Status Exam is correct
Subject: MMSE, Mini Mental Status Exam is correct
That would be correct,
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Subject: I agree - simple mental status exam from my "psychiatric" days.
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Subject: Black?, as in the Strub-Black Mental Status Exam
This URL states the Strub-Black exam adds to 10 points but is based on questions about proverbs, and, of course, black doesn't sound like "blust."
URL: http://www.emory.edu/AAPL/newsletter/N271_proverbs.pdf
The html site of the above url is: http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:HXrwAcJRu_8J:www.emory.edu/AAPL/newsletter/N271_proverbs.pdf+black+mental+status+exam&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=13
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Subject: patient status
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Subject: I wouldn't change" status" to "with" here, performance status is, sm
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