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You do need a comma here as two discrete actions are identified.
As has been commented, these seem to be notations from [maybe] ward rounds or medical consultations, so are expressed almost in shorthand. In these cases, normal grammar rules are at least bent or altogether ignored.
Does this need a comma before as needed? 
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