Read This Excerpt from a Patient's Health Record

question 17

Multiple Choice

Read this excerpt from a patient's health record. PMHx
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 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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