purpurata

In reading a patient history, I noted that he had a history of BKA. The exam went on to say right pedal pulse 2+, left pedal pulse 1+. I wondered how he had bilateral pedal pulses when he'd had an amputation. Going further into the notes, along about the time the doctor was discussing the glucose level of 500, it became clear that it should have said DKA, not BKA. Slight difference there...

not a charting problem, but this was the text of an x-ray report: "views of the left elbow were taken which show a third finger pip dorsal dislocation with slight ulnar angulation." I wonder exactly how many fingers he had in his elbow?

I love transcription errors. I laughed one day when a doctor's note said "she experienced an access her basin." (yeah...exacerbation...) thanx everyone for making me laugh until I cried - and just when I calmed down, I read the next one and started again!