Read the Following Excerpt from a Patient's Health Record: Review

question 70

Multiple Choice

Read the following excerpt from a patient's health record: Review of Systems: Positive for nausea, but no emesis. Otherwise negative.
Medications: None.
Allergies: No known drug allergies.
Past Medical History: Noncontributory.
Past Surgical History: Balanoplasty for hypospadias at age 1.
Social History: Doug lives with his parents and older sister. He is going into kindergarten in the fall.
Family History: Paternal grandfather with polycystic kidney disease.
Which of the following statements is NOT true, given this information?

• A) The patient had his penis reconstruction when he was a child for a birth defect in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside, instead of the end, of the penis.
• B) The patient is a male.
• C) The patient's grandfather has PKD.
• D) The patient's past medical history is important for the current urology consult.
• E) There is a family history of a disease characterized by the formation of many fluid-filled cysts in the kidneys.

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