Patient's+medical+record

The first thing you notice in the record is that the patient is currently taking anti-anxiety medications prescribed by her family physician. Everything else in the record seems normal except during the most recent physical examination the patient complained of joint pain as well as occasional migraines. You feel compelled to log a list of symptoms of this patient that seem a bit unusual to you and may tie together in an accurate diagnosis. The test results from the ECG showed regurgitation (back flow) of the mitral valve that was clearly not brought upon by the car accident. You wish to find more information on this patient.



Would you like to look into the family history or wait until the patient wakes up to ask her questions?