TABLE OF DESCRIPTIVE TERMS COMMONLY USED IN CHARTING

FACTORS TO BE CHARTED

Abdomen

1. 2. large and extends outward3. black blue mark present4. hard, boardlike5. soft, flabby, flat6. hurts when touched7. appears swollen, rounded8. presence of rash9. filled with gas10. scars present

Regions of abdomen 1.right hypochondriac region2.epigastric region3.left hypochondriac region4.right lumbar region5.umbilical area6.left lumbar region7.right iliac region8.left iliac region

AMOUNTS 1.large amount2.moderate amount

3.small amount

1. enlarged, protruding2. bruised3. hard, rigid4. relaxed, flacoid, flat5. tender, sensitive to touch6. distended7. rash present (mild, severe)8. tympanitic9. scarified

1.profuse, copious, fee, excessive2.moderate, unusual measured amt.3.scanty, slight, very little, measured amt.