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The Following Is an Excerpt from a Patient's Discharge Summary

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The following is an excerpt from a patient's discharge summary. Which of the following is NOT true about this excerpt? "Miss Susan Nesbit is a 12-year-old female who first visited her primary care provider for dysuria. A urinalysis was ordered, but the patient could not urinate in the office. She took the urinalysis cup home but did not return with the sample. The next day, Susan's dysuria worsened. She developed a fever of 102.3o F, vomiting and hematuria so she returned to the clinic. A urinalysis performed in the office revealed significant pyuria, hematuria, and albuminuria. Since Susan was not able to keep any fluids down, her primary care provider sent her to the emergency department for evaluation for admission."


A) Her primary care physician sent her to the emergency department for evaluation and admission.
B) It contains the history of the present illness.
C) The patient is 12 years old.
D) The patient returned to the clinic when her dysuria worsened and she became febrile.
E) The patient went to the emergency department before seeing her primary care physician.

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