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Put under GENERAL looking at face and commenting on findings, flat affect. nm Ta

Posted By: CAMT on 2006-03-30
In Reply to: orthopedic help - sm please

Subject: Put under GENERAL looking at face and commenting on findings, flat affect. nm Ta

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sorry - typo - flat affect.....AFFECT *lol*...nm
Subject: sorry - typo - flat affect.....AFFECT *lol*...nm


somewhat flat in affect? sm
Subject: somewhat flat in affect? sm

many patients with prolonged pain syndromes are depressed and have flat affects.
Flat Affect
Subject: Flat Affect

It's not mood, that was first thought. I think he's making something up, he does that frequently, drives me crazy! Thanks, anyway.


flat affect? nm
Subject: flat affect? nm


Could it be just as you said 'somewhat flat affect" - sm
Subject: Could it be just as you said 'somewhat flat affect" - sm

this is talking about mood, usually in a mental status exam.
somewhat flat affect is correct.
Subject: somewhat flat affect is correct.

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flat affect, mood congruent.......nm
Subject: flat affect, mood congruent.......nm

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S/L Luke? Pt has flat affect, Luke congruent?
Subject: S/L Luke? Pt has flat affect, Luke congruent?

I'm coming up blank on this one.
Patty: I was only commenting on the 'upper' poster
Subject: Patty: I was only commenting on the 'upper' poster

who said, 'Don't let the negative people win.' She was referring to your posts on the Politcs and Gab Board which drew opposing comments. 'Opposing,' not 'negative.'
Here's a general ROS in general order : sm
Subject: Here's a general ROS in general order : sm

(they go from head to toe):

Constitutional, HEENT, Respiratory, (sometimes they give lymphatics before respiratory), Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary, Musculoskeletal (sometimes they say Neuromuscular),
Neurologic,
Endocrinologic, Hematologic,
Psychiatric,
Immunologic/Allergies.

What's missing in your review?
flat? nm
x
Could he be saying flat?
Subject: Could he be saying flat?


slightly flat
Subject: slightly flat


flat disks bilaterally
Subject: flat disks bilaterally

x
don't know but flat effect is also a cognitive....nm
Subject: don't know but flat effect is also a cognitive....nm


Doesn't fit but TY anyway. I'll just flat it. NM
Subject: Doesn't fit but TY anyway. I'll just flat it. NM

x
Pes Planus (flat footed)?
Subject: Pes Planus (flat footed)?


flat foot fusion?? sm
Subject: flat foot fusion?? sm

DIAGNOSIS: Left hallux valgus and flat foot.

STATUS: Post s/l flat foot or flapless fusion and Akin osteotomy with calcaneal bone graft on 12/17/08.

Got it . . . flat Kiwi cup vacuum
Subject: Got it . . . flat Kiwi cup vacuum


flat without firm nodularity ??? (nm)
Subject: flat without firm nodularity ??? (nm)


I think there are flat and "fluted" drains
Subject: I think there are flat and "fluted" drains


flat doesn't make sense
Subject: flat doesn't make sense

I never heard that term used. You can't hear "afebrile" ?
I would guess flat feet, but that isn't very close to your s/l, sorry.
Subject: I would guess flat feet, but that isn't very close to your s/l, sorry.


A penis is flaccid, a prostate is flat. nm
Subject: A penis is flaccid, a prostate is flat. nm

nm
En face
Subject: En face

nm
en face
Subject: en face

OneLook defines "enface" as "writing on the face of"


but...I remember researching this awhile ago and finding out it was French.  Babel Fish translate "en face" from French to English as "opposite".


Clear as mud now??? 


en face
Subject: en face

This means, "in front" or head on, in this case I am guessing "face up"
en face
Subject: en face

Vera Pyle's Current Medical Terminology Book states: en face ("ahn fahs") (Fr., in front, head on) - Usage: "X-rays revealed left chest wall and diaphragmatic pleural plaques, the former seen both in profile and en face"
I believe it's en face (nm)
Subject: I believe it's en face (nm)

(nm)
en face
Subject: en face

pronounced on fos.
en face
Subject: en face


en face
Subject: en face


en face
Subject: en face

The tumor bed was boosted with a 10 x 10 cm electron cone en face. 
en face
Subject: en face


en face
Subject: en face


en face
Subject: en face

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en face
Subject: en face

This means *on face* literally but refers to something being viewed straight on.
Maybe AFOF - anterior fontanel open and flat...?
Subject: Maybe AFOF - anterior fontanel open and flat...?

x
FRS is a brand name of screw in the Sted's. Is it said more than once? Could even be flat head,
Subject: FRS is a brand name of screw in the Sted's. Is it said more than once? Could even be flat head,

s
yes, I think it's like a flat piece of disk sticking out like a shelf
Subject: yes, I think it's like a flat piece of disk sticking out like a shelf

x
Help with general term...sm
Subject: Help with general term...sm

She says this in the past medical history - negative for any health problems or s/l "renal or anginal disease." But that doesn't make sense as a general term to say.


Thanks!


S/L general ways
Subject: S/L general ways

Patient is ready to be admitted for outpatient surgery tomorrow for right hemicolectomy.  When awakened this morning he felt this sharp pain in his right upper quadrant, started having some nausea *** to upper fever of way over 102.  (after nausea is sounds like he says general ways to upper fever..."can that be right)?  thanks
general malaise? nm
Subject: general malaise? nm


General anesthesia with the use of an s/l LME?
Subject: General anesthesia with the use of an s/l LME?


What is the general consensus on this....sm
Subject: What is the general consensus on this....sm

20-pack-year smoking history or ????


Thanks in advance.


ps: Tara, if your online, I've got the file you need.  I'll zip it and send......


general word help
Subject: general word help

On physical doc says slight s/l cog wheeling or something to that nature to explain upper extremities at the elbow.  Any ideas?? Cannot find word. 
GET - general endotracheal
Subject: GET - general endotracheal


Yes, that's right. It means in general.
Subject: Yes, that's right. It means in general.


Can a general anesthesia be..
Subject: Can a general anesthesia be..

given in "intravenous intubation"?  I thought intubation was only a tube in a hollow organ, like the stomach.  
General surgeon does, too. nm
Subject: General surgeon does, too. nm


it's two words en face nm
Subject: it's two words en face nm

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