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Medical Records
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chief Complaint | The main reason for the patient's visit |
| Transverse | divides the body from top to bottom |
| sagittal | divides the body in slices right to left |
| coronal | divides the body into slices from front to back |
| The four general parts of a medical note the acronym SOAP stands for | Subjective Objective Assessment Plan |
| Past surgical history | any of the patient's past surgeries |
| Clinic note | documents a visit to a clinic written by a medical professional |
| Operative report | documents a surgery in detail written by a Surgeon |
| Radiology report | Explains reason for image, how image was performed, what was seen on image, and the radiologist's assessment; sometimes a recommendation. written by a radiologist |
| Admission summary | Documents the admission of a patient to the hospital written by a hospital medical professional |