AN EXAMPLE OF MEDICAL CASE RECORD IN ENGLISH
Patient Li Hua,mate,69 years old, a retired teacher, was admitted on June 6,1989,because of palpitation for one year and becoming worse in recent 5 months.
The patient was quite well until one year before May,1988, He felt slight palpitation and dyspnia during hard work, fast walk , or climbing stairs, There was swelling of legs in the evening but he felt better after having a rest. In recent 5months, palpitation and dyspnia became so serious that he could neither walk nor lie down.He had to sit up during the whole night, Sometimes he coughed with small amounts of sputum, but without blood. He had no chill, fever, chest pain or sore joints. The urinating was normal.
There was nothing else abnormal in the case history review except a cured lobor pneumonia in 1949. He had no history of drug allergy.医.学 全在.线提供www.med126.com
Personal history：The patient was born in Xi’an in 1923. He had been to the south of China but did not contact contaminated water. He smoked a bout 10 cigarettes daily. He got married in 1945. His wife was healthy .They had a daughter who was also healthy. His father died of stomach cancer.His mather was well.
Physical Examination：T.36.8C, P. 96/min, R. 28/min, BP.23.5/13.3kPa. The patient, an old fatty man who developed well and moderately nourished, was lying in bed with a semifallous position. He looked pale and suffered from general edima. He was mentally normal and cooperative in the examination.There was no eruption, no jaundice, no purpura on the skin, and the lymphnodes were not palpable. The head, eyes, nose, ears, mouth were normal while the lips were cyanotic. The neck was soft, there was no venous engorgement. Thyroid glands were not palpable, there were no thrill or brunt. The trachea was in midline. The chest and respiratory movements were symmetrical. There was no abnormal dullness but some moist rales were heard in the base areas of the both lungs. The points of maximal impulse (PMI) were not visible but palpable in the 6thcostal interspace, 14cm form the middle line, there was no thrill. The cardiac dullness, 14cm from the middle line, there was no thrill. The cardiac dullness were as follows;
| Right （cm) | Interspaces | Left (cm) |
| 1.5 | Ⅱ | 2.0 |
| 2.0 | Ⅲ | 4.0 |
| 3.0 | Ⅳ | 8.0 |
| Ⅴ | 10.0 | |
| Ⅵ | 14.0 |
The distance from midsternal line to midclavicular line was 10cm. The heart rate was 96/min, regular. There was a grade Ⅱsoft blowinglike systolic murmurat the apex,P2>A2, but no pericardium friction sound was heard. Abdominal wall was soft without tenderness. The liver was palpable 2cm below the costal margin with slight tenderness. The spleen was not palpable and there was no shifting dull ness. The rest was normal.
Impression：
disease with
degreeⅢ heart failure
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