Outpatient Scribe part 2

Question 1

Distal

Answer 1

farther from the trunk of the body

Question 2

Grossly

Answer 2

obviously; a lot; wholly

Question 3

Hematemesis

Answer 3

Gross amounts of blood in the vomit

Question 4

Hematuria

Answer 4

Blood in urine

Question 5

Hemoptysis

Answer 5

Coughing up gross amounts of blood

Question 6

Hemorrhage

Answer 6

Excessive or profuse bleeding

Question 7

Hepatomegaly

Answer 7

Enlarged liver

Question 8

Hernia

Answer 8

Protrusion of organ through the wall of the cavity that normally contains it

Question 9

Hyperlipidemia

Answer 9

High cholesterol

Question 10

Hypertension

Answer 10

High blood pressure

Question 11

Hypotension

Answer 11

Low blood pressure

Question 12

Hypoxia

Answer 12

• Low oxygen saturation of the body

- not enough oxygen in the blood

Question 13

ICD-10

Answer 13

a system to classify and code diagnoses, symptoms, and procedures

Question 14

Infarct

Answer 14

Area of dead tissue after a lack of blood supply

Question 15

Inferior

Answer 15

• Lower on the body

- Farther from the head

Question 16

Ischemia

Answer 16

Lack of blood supply

Question 17

-itis

Answer 17

• suffix

- inflammation (ex. appendicitis)

Question 18

Laceration

Answer 18

• Splitting of skin due to trauma

- cut due to something sharp

Question 19

Lateral

Answer 19

• Farther from midline

- line can be traced from nose to belly-button

Question 20

Lethargic

Answer 20

septic, very sick, about to die

Question 21

Medial

Answer 21

nearer to the midline

Question 22

Meningitis

Answer 22

Dangerous infection of the outer lining of the brain

Question 23

Otitis Externa

Answer 23

Infection of the outer ear (ear canal)

Question 24

Otitis Media

Answer 24

Infection of the inner ear (behind the eardrum)

Question 25

Melena

Answer 25

black tarry stool

Question 26

Myalgia

Answer 26

• Muscular pain

- “muscle aches”

Question 27

Pallor

Answer 27

Pale skin

Question 28

Palpation

Answer 28

Examine by touch

Question 29

Palpitation

Answer 29

To beat rapidly, irregularly, or forcibly (usually related to the heart)

Question 30

Peritoneal signs

Answer 30

Guarding/Rebound/Rigidity: PE findings indicating a rupture in the abdomen

Question 31

Pharyngitis

Answer 31

Throat infection

Question 32

Pneumonia

Answer 32

Bacterial infection of the lungs

Question 33

Posterior/ Dorsal

Answer 33

Rear or backside of the body

Question 34

Prone

Answer 34

body position of lying flat, face down

Question 35

Proximal

Answer 35

Nearer to the trunk of the body

Question 36

Pulmonary

Answer 36

relating to the lungs

Question 37

Purulence/Purulent

Answer 37

Pus/Pus-like