Pain vs tenderness
Patients feeling vs Dr assessment
Subjective vs. objective
Feeling vs fact
Benign
Normal, nothing of concern
Distress
Dr judgement of discomfort
Febrile
Fever, indicator of infection
Acute
New onset, likely concerning
Chronic
Opposite of acute, long standing, not of direct concern, gets worse with time
Baseline
An individual’s normal state of being
Auscultation
Listen with a stethoscope
Palpation
Act of pressing on area with hands
Inpatient
Admitted to hospital over night
Outpatient
Seen and sent home the same day