Read This Excerpt from a Patient's Health Record

question 22

Multiple Choice

Read this excerpt from a patient's health record. "Johnny's history is significant for tympanostomy tubes placed bilaterally when he was 2 years old. One tube left a persistent perforation in the tympanic membrane, so he had a tympanoplasty at 3 years of age. He has not had any episodes of otitis media in the past 2 years." This is the patient's

• A) chief complaint.
• B) history of present illness.
• C) past medical history.
• D) personal social medical history.
• E) review of systems.

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Definitions:

Error

A mistake in reasoning, action, or calculation that may lead to incorrect conclusions or outcomes.

Judgment

The ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions based on a critical assessment of evidence and reasoning.

Satisficing Heuristic

A decision-making strategy that aims for a satisfactory or adequate result, rather than the optimal solution.

Error

A mistake in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, or insufficient knowledge.