Personally, I would spell out, but the correct abbreviation would be mets (metastases).
Posted By: having a brain fart on 2008-12-15
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Subject: Personally, I would spell out, but the correct abbreviation would be mets (metastases).
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mets (as in metastases)???
Subject: mets (as in metastases)???
If you mean the spelling... both are correct per Stedman, I personally use curette
Subject: If you mean the spelling... both are correct per Stedman, I personally use curette
Second is correct, you only spell out
Subject: Second is correct, you only spell out
numbers when they are side by side.
Spell check is not always correct. If the
Subject: Spell check is not always correct. If the
doc says Theo-Dur then that is what you type. We are not in the business of changing the dictation when it is correct. If you can verify your spelling through legitimate sources then use that and add the corrected word to the spellcheck.
I have found several misspellings in mine, and they were not ones I put in, came with the program, so what I do is put the correct one in the spellcheck and make an expander with the incorrect spelling so that in case I should spell it that way, the spellcheck will not just skip it, it will be automatically corrected.
correct abbreviation for millicuries please
Subject: correct abbreviation for millicuries please
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correct abbreviation for metastasis?
Subject: correct abbreviation for metastasis?
NP states "Mets to brain". Should this be mets, metz, or should I spell it out?
Byetta is correct - doctors usually can't spell. nm
Subject: Byetta is correct - doctors usually can't spell. nm
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Cap refill is correct. I usually spell out tib-fib, tibia and fibula.
Subject: Cap refill is correct. I usually spell out tib-fib, tibia and fibula.
Hip ASIS and "ISIS?" Is ISIS a correct abbreviation?
I know ASIS is correct, but I cannot find ISIS abbreviation for the hip anywhere. He is very clear with saying "ISIS" too. Thanks! 
As q. day is a dangerous abbreviation, the correct format is p.o. daily...:)...nm
Subject: As q. day is a dangerous abbreviation, the correct format is p.o. daily...:)...nm
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probably metastases - nm
Subject: probably metastases - nm
metastases - plural
Subject: metastases - plural
x
immunomodulator with hepatic metastases
Subject: immunomodulator with hepatic metastases
I cannot come up with the name of this med.
"discuss possible chemotherapeutic agents versus immunomodulators such as ___ zirapamid__. "
The patient has hepatic metastases.
metastasis versus metastases
Subject: metastasis versus metastases
Any advice will be appreciated.
In many reports, I have heard doctors dictate "mets," which I would like to expand when necessary but sometimes am just not sure if singular or pleural expansion applies, e.g., "He has mets to the pelvis," (and then later on dictates) "He is thought to have probable liver mets." So, would each example I gave be expanded as metastasis or metastases, since there's more than one location of spread but each area of the body is dictated separately?
maybe subtle rib metastases (pleural)
Subject: maybe subtle rib metastases (pleural)
oops it is metastasis.....not metastases
Subject: oops it is metastasis.....not metastases
mets
Subject: mets
Yep...mets it is.
I was told to use METs
Subject: I was told to use METs
MET = maximum exercise tolerance.
Can't really document that at the moment, however...
mets greater than 4?
Subject: mets greater than 4?
brain mets? nm
Subject: brain mets? nm
so what if it's slang - if the dictator says *mets* - nm
Subject: so what if it's slang - if the dictator says *mets* - nm
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Found a good ref for METs. sm
Subject: Found a good ref for METs. sm
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Treadmill exercise stress test initial assessment; Functional capacity assessment; Activity of daily living:. Lying quietly 1.0METS; Sitting: light activity ...
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The major use of exercise testing, however, is as a stress test in patients with ... Vo2 is not usually measured directly; energy expenditure in METS can be ...
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drop mets from ependymoma.
Subject: drop mets from ependymoma.
mets as in metastasis.
metabolic equivalents (METs). See if you agree. sm
Subject: metabolic equivalents (METs). See if you agree. sm
Expired air analysis was used to calculate energy expenditure and metabolic equivalents (METs). Descriptive statistics were calculated along with a ...
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Any mets in his abdomen and chest (as in metastasis).
Subject: Any mets in his abdomen and chest (as in metastasis).
Doc says liver 'mets', which I believe means metastasis, and is ok to leave as mets? nm
Subject: Doc says liver 'mets', which I believe means metastasis, and is ok to leave as mets? nm
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Do you hear zoledronate? used for bone mets of solid tumors. nm
Subject: Do you hear zoledronate? used for bone mets of solid tumors. nm
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Personally, I don't see that being the
Subject: Personally, I don't see that being the
word, and if it was the word, I would think it would be fistula, not fisular. Since it came back from QA that way, I guess it has to fly, but personally...nah! Sorry. But to me, fisula is not even a word.
Personally, I would--sm
Subject: Personally, I would--sm
take out the comma between nucleations and right; I would also take out the comma between right and x 3, I would place a comma between fifth and "and". This is really a confusing sentence, as I am not sure if it means "right times 3" or right third, second, and fifth DIP joints. that would make a difference in the punctuation.
Personally, I would use the --sm
Subject: Personally, I would use the --sm
heading of CHIEF COMPLAINT: New patient with arm pain. or new patient, arm pain.
JMO
I personally
Subject: I personally
would do 1/1,000,000
Personally 3+3
Subject: Personally 3+3
I don't have anything personally against them (sm)
Subject: I don't have anything personally against them (sm)
But you're right...I have a lot of CNPs and PA-Cs who are constantly saying the wrong things. For example, the CNP who keeps saying dilution instead of deciliter for the UA, when she does an eye exam she always says the lids were averted instead of everted. She SPELLS it for me and always sounds like she's disgusted because she keeps spelling it with an A and I keep typing it with an E. It has always been Everted. Averted means to look away. I type these things up for years and years and then someone comes along like her and I start questioning myself, and maybe I'm typing it wrong...it just drives me crazy.
It could go either way, personally most
Subject: It could go either way, personally most
of the time I have heard things similar to this, the distally would go with the sensation.
Personally -
Subject: Personally -
I change it to match the context of the sentence - another x-ray, x-rayed again, etc.
If it is verbatim I would type re-x-ray.
I, personally..
Subject: I, personally..
would type it 4 x 4s-no apostrophe. :-)
I personally would just separate
Subject: I personally would just separate
by a slash 500/500/250/500, but that's just me :)
Grammar help! Myself personally
Subject: Grammar help! Myself personally
Dr. states. "I myself personally use drug-X."
or is it myself, personally?
Or leave out one or the other?
This is a verbatim account.
TIA!! 
Personally, I would leave out the myself--sm
Subject: Personally, I would leave out the myself--sm
that would be like saying "I me personally use the drug." verbatim or not, it is not good grammar, but it is your call. JMO.
Personally, I'd change it to, I was able to
Subject: Personally, I'd change it to, I was able to
get in touch with the patient's daughter, as I am my own QA. My doc lets me spritz up his letters all the time.
I personally capitalize it.
Subject: I personally capitalize it.
Hi there! I personally would not hesitate
Subject: Hi there! I personally would not hesitate
to type cruciates, just as he dictated it. JMHO.
It can be spelled either way. Personally, I use
Subject: It can be spelled either way. Personally, I use
CT scan. Just be sure whichever you choose, you are consistent with the spelling.
Personally I would use DeLee, they say it all
Subject: Personally I would use DeLee, they say it all
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Personally, I type it as 10.4.
Subject: Personally, I type it as 10.4.
as in he personally has history of.... NM
Subject: as in he personally has history of.... NM
It is however your client wants. Personally,
Subject: It is however your client wants. Personally,
our client does not use slang, so we expand.
I personally always use "disk", but sometimes
Subject: I personally always use "disk", but sometimes
you have to go with the client's preference. Stedman's has it both ways. I have always asked what they prefer before starting an account - but that's me.
Personally, I do not use the hyphen because
Subject: Personally, I do not use the hyphen because
"white matter" goes together as it is a part of the brain.
I personally don't use "q" anymore at all, but from
Subject: I personally don't use "q" anymore at all, but from
what I understand it's okay to use it in a non-medication context.
Personally I would capitalize since it is a brand name
Subject: Personally I would capitalize since it is a brand name
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