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Subjective vs. Objective
Feeling vs. Fact
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Chief Complaint
The main reason for the patient’s ED visit
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Medical Decision Making
The physician’s thought process
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Pain vs. Tenderness
Patient’s feeling vs. Physician’s assessment
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Benign
Normal, nothing of concern
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Distress
The doctor’s judgment of discomfort
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Febrile
The state of having a fever, concerning for infection
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Acute
New onset, likely concerning
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Chronic
Long-standing, not of direct concern
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Baseline
An individual’s normal state of being
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Auscultation
Listening with a stethoscope
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Palpation
The act of pressing on an area (by the doctor)
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Inpatient
Admitted to the hospital overnight
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Outpatient
Seen and sent home the same day
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