40-some-odd stitches is fine. Leave as dictated, but you need hyphens.
Posted By: mj on 2007-06-27
In Reply to: Just wondering how some of you would write this. - wimom
Subject: 40-some-odd stitches is fine. Leave as dictated, but you need hyphens.
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can't you just leave it abbreviated, or do you have to spell it out. I would leave as dictated.
Subject: can't you just leave it abbreviated, or do you have to spell it out. I would leave as dictated.
If it was dictated like that & you can leave abbrvns in, then leave it
Subject: If it was dictated like that & you can leave abbrvns in, then leave it
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I think the hyphens and wording are fine. nm
Subject: I think the hyphens and wording are fine. nm
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I think it's fine to leave it the way you have it, no need to number it. nm
Subject: I think it's fine to leave it the way you have it, no need to number it. nm
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Leave as dictated...sm
Subject: Leave as dictated...sm
I've seen them that high before. You might see transaminitis in the diagnosis or something like that.
I would leave it as dictated,
Subject: I would leave it as dictated,
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Leave as dictated.
Subject: Leave as dictated.
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I would leave it the way dictated unless
Subject: I would leave it the way dictated unless
you have been told to change it. A lot of them use K instead of potassium. It means I am pretty sure normal saline with 20 mEq of potassium at 100 mL per hour, but you are taking a leap typing it out; where I work we don't expand things like that, we leave it as dictated.
i would leave as dictated
Subject: i would leave as dictated
I would be correct to leave it as dictated because..sm
Subject: I would be correct to leave it as dictated because..sm
vas simply means vessel. Dorland's defines it as follows: a vessel: any canal for carrying a fluid; a general term for such channels, especially those carrying blood, lymph, or spermatozoa. When one hears vasectomy, one usually automatically thinks in terms of the vas deferens in the male, but that is not always necessarily the case.
my view is leave it as dictated.
Subject: my view is leave it as dictated.
IMHO I would leave as dictated
Subject: IMHO I would leave as dictated
many doc, at least mine, have used generic and then brand name when dictating within the same note. That has been my experience.
I would leave it as dictated, esp if verbatim account. nm
Subject: I would leave it as dictated, esp if verbatim account. nm
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Brand name is ACTOplus met - so guess should leave as dictated?
Subject: Brand name is ACTOplus met - so guess should leave as dictated?
I think what doc is intending is that pt had a vasovagal episode, so IMO I would leave as dictated.
Subject: I think what doc is intending is that pt had a vasovagal episode, so IMO I would leave as dictated. nm
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agree, leave as dictated, those are very elevated liver function tests. nm
Subject: agree, leave as dictated, those are very elevated liver function tests. nm
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Stitches????
Subject: Stitches????
Krachour/ krackower stitches or what is the correct term... s
Could it be three 4-0 stitches?
Subject: Could it be three 4-0 stitches?
*Broke* stitches
Subject: *Broke* stitches
Sounds like "three to four s/p broke stitches," part of an ostomy.
s/l crock-al stitches
Subject: s/l crock-al stitches
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Krakow stitches
Subject: Krakow stitches
I have always spelled it like this: "Krakow." They also use them with patella repairs.
FiberWire with locking s/ crackout stitches
Subject: FiberWire with locking s/ crackout stitches
Anyone ever heard of crackout stitches?
TIA
Just as you have it if that's what was dictated. If "one fourth" was dictated, sm
Subject: Just as you have it if that's what was dictated. If "one fourth" was dictated, sm
it would be 1/4 pill or one fourth of a pill.
Def an 'N' dictated - Diabetes unsure of - no PMH dictated
Subject: Def an 'N' dictated - Diabetes unsure of - no PMH dictated
deltoid was reattached with interrupted sutures of s/l "Tev-tek" stitches. nm
Subject: deltoid was reattached with interrupted sutures of s/l "Tev-tek" stitches. nm
couching? laying down a thread and fastening it with small stitches at regular intervals
Subject: couching? laying down a thread and fastening it with small stitches at regular intervals
We type it as dictated, if dictated
Subject: We type it as dictated, if dictated
c spine we transcribe C-spine, if cervical then cervical spine.
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
And, when I first started out so many years ago our motto was "when in doubt hyphenate" and it was so long ago it had to be incorrect.
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
My QA only allows 3- to 4-mm effusion. So I don't know what to tell her.
Hyphens
Subject: Hyphens
I am a QA specialist and I am starting to see a trend away from hyphenating African-American male/female, etc. Does anyone know if there is a new official rule for this that can be referenced? Just what we need, another change. 
Hyphens
Subject: Hyphens
We were told not to use hyphens with African-American, Latin-American, etc. any longer.
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
 African-American, 32-year-old, bright-red-blood, any hard and fast rules on these?
Hyphens
Subject: Hyphens
Thanks:)
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
It's a simple rule of English concerning compound adjectives. From The New St. Martin's Handbook (of English usage), "Often you will use adjectives made up of word combinations that are not listed in the dictationary. The guiding principle then is to hyphenate most compound adjectives that precede a noun but not those that follow a noun." Thus "5-French catheter" but "upsized to 5 French."
Hyphens
Subject: Hyphens
"Non-ill" is not a word. No hyphens necessary here. Change to: Not ill appearing.
Lilly
Don't know the med, but no hyphens in every other day. nm
Subject: Don't know the med, but no hyphens in every other day. nm
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no hyphens
Subject: no hyphens
That is funny because I was taught this by someone that had 15 years experience. I guess we learn all different ways to do things. Thanks for the word help.
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
post-arthroscopic surgery or post-arthroscopic-surgery? TIA?
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
The patient is 12 days post-arthroscopic surgery or the patient is 12 days post-arthroscopic-surgery. Thanks again!
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
Thanks, but I thought "post" in the medical realm is a prefix and should be attached with a hyphen I guess.
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
Thank. This helps a lot :)
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
This is great! What is it from?
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
In regards to "hyphens" below, it states words with prefixes such as non, mid, et cetera, do not need a hyphen. Is it still acceptable if my spellchecker redlines the word? For example: midarch or noncontact. These are terms that come up often for me. TIA.
no hyphens necessary...nm
Subject: no hyphens necessary...nm
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hyphens
Subject: hyphens
I agree with Michelle. The rule is that any time there are two adjectives describing a noun or three adjectives describing the noun. Example: She was a super-terrific transcription. LOL.
hyphens........sm
Subject: hyphens........sm
I would type it like that:
The patient is a 40-week, appropriate for gestational- age female.
hyphens... sm
Subject: hyphens... sm
I am not completely sure if my version is right, but I am definitely sure that mine is better than that of RockinMT, that looks really weird, 4 hyphens in a row? That can't be right.
And I think that this comment
comes from Cyndiee, or whatever her name is.
Hyphens
Subject: Hyphens
Hey all, I just wanted to check on this in the notes that I am editing right now.
I know that "53-year-old" is hyphenated, but is "53 years old."
I am fairly certain that is isn't, but I want to be sure before I correct the note.
Thanks for any help that is offered. I'm still in school so I haven't learned enough yet. :)
hyphens - none
Subject: hyphens - none
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
thanks!
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
Does anyone know of a good place/website to look up hyphenated words .. I get so confused as to when to put a hyphen in or not. I know when it is two adjectives together describing a noun a hyphen goes in but sometimes it's hard to tell .. like in the sentence ... Adjacent soft-tissue swelling is seen and diagnosis of left-deep neck abscess.
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