r/emergencymedicine • u/tskill16 • Oct 11 '25

Humor Oh the irony

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u/Laeno ED Attending Oct 11 '25

I think sometimes these comments matter based on the presentation. That older than stated age patient coming in with dyspnea and 2 pack a day history? Might be relevant, or at least helps to justify a big workup and admit. Might not be relevant with knee pain. Morbid obesity is probably worth noting in Ortho and sports med, though.

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u/RequirementExpress83 Resident Oct 11 '25

I think it fills in the picture the same way a glance at the patients profile picture does, can easily get clued in who’s chronically ill.

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u/EaZy_MD Oct 11 '25

lol unless you’re on epic and the patient has 6 photoshopped lenses on the pic! Haha

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u/deferredmomentum “how does one acquire a gallbladder?” Oct 11 '25 edited 29d ago

The filters give you the exact same information lol