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Document DOJ-OGR-00026116

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Summary: This clinical encounter document from the Bureau of Prisons details a medical evaluation of Jeffrey Epstein on July 14, 2019. It covers his medical history, current complaints, and treatment for conditions including high triglycerides and back pain. The evaluation was performed by a physician at the NYM facility.
Significance: This document provides insight into Jeffrey Epstein's medical condition and treatment while in custody, potentially relevant to understanding his health status and any claims or concerns raised during his incarceration.
Key Topics: Jeffrey Epstein's medical condition and treatment while in custody His history of hypertension and treatment for high triglycerides Back pain and numbness in lower extremities due to severe stenosis
Key People:
  • Jeffrey Edward Epstein - Inmate/Patient
  • (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) MD - Treating Physician/Provider

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Page 2440 Bureau of Prisons Health Services Clinical Encounter Inmate Name: EPSTEIN, JEFFREY EDWARD Sex: M Race: WHITE Reg #: 76318-054 Date of Birth: 01/20/1953 Encounter Date: 07/14/2019 17:36 Provider: (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) MD Facility: NYM Unit: Z05 Chronic Care - 14 Day Physician Eval encounter performed at Health Services. SUBJECTIVE: COMPLAINT 1 Provider: (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) MD Chief Complaint: ENDO/LIPID Subjective: 66 YR OLD WHITE MALE WITH HX OF HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA X 5 YEARS ON VASCEPA FOR 1 YEAR. STATES TRIGL WAS 800 , NOW 431. STATES HE COULD NOT TOLERATE OTHER ANTI-TRIGLYCERIDE MEDS DUE TO THEIR GI SIDE EFFECTS. HX OF OBSTRUCTUVE SLEEP APNEA X 5 YEARS FOR WHICH HE USED A CPAP MACHINE. STATES HE HAD HIS CPAP MACHINE WITH HIM WHEN HE ARRESTED. STATES THE FB1 LOKELY HAS L4 - L5 SEVERE STENOSIS CASUING NUMBNESS AND SHOOTING PAIN IN THE LOWER EXTREMITIES. SURGICAL HX: NONE MENTAL HEALTH HX: NONE Pain: Yes Pain Assessment Date: 07/12/2019 13:25 Location: Back-Middle Quality of Pain: Shooting Pain Scale: 5 Intervention: MEDROL DOSE PACK Trauma Date/Year: Injury: Mechanism: Onset: 5+ Years Duration: 5+ Years Exacerbating Factors: NO EXERCISE Relieving Factors: MEDROL DOSE PACK Reason Not Done: Comments: Seen for clinic(s): Orthopedic/Rheumatology, Pulmonary/Respiratory, Endocrine/Lipid Added to clinic(s): Orthopedic/Rheumatology, Pulmonary/Respiratory, Endocrine/Lipid OBJECTIVE: Exam: General Appearance Yes: Appears Well, Alert and Oriented x 3 No: Appears Distressed, Dyspneic, Appears in Pain, Writhing in Pain, Pale, Pallor, Cyanotic, Diaphoretic, Disheveled, Unkempt, Acutely Ill Nutrition No: Appears Obese Generated 07/14/2019 18:11 by (b)(6); (b)(7)(C) MD Bureau of Prisons - NYM Page 1 of 3