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can you hear BMI-body mass index regarding weight versus fat?

Posted By: RJ on 2008-11-05
In Reply to: on physical examination his BBI was greater than 1. Whats a BBI???? - nm - Sadie

Subject: can you hear BMI-body mass index regarding weight versus fat?




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exact sentence: "promote weight neutral versus weight loss with the Januvia,' but earlier sai
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mass affect versus mass effect?????? driving me crazy!
Subject: mass affect versus mass effect?????? driving me crazy!


Do you hear index
Subject: Do you hear index

or does it sound like index?

isn't that the same word?? I hear index
Subject: isn't that the same word?? I hear index


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Subject: Jen, can you hear right intestinal mass?


I think bore weight is correct. It is not beared weight. You can be weightbearing
Subject: I think bore weight is correct. It is not beared weight. You can be weightbearing

on an extremity, but weight beared is incorrect.  Bared is incorrect, too.  
so......which one is it?? mass effect or mass affect? grrr
Subject: so......which one is it?? mass effect or mass affect? grrr


I forget - is it mass effect or mass affect?
Subject: I forget - is it mass effect or mass affect?


dominant mass would be a mass that is prominent (sm)
Subject: dominant mass would be a mass that is prominent (sm)

your grammar checker may want you to add some more words, such as * there is no * to make a complete sentence. 


circumscribed mass ? circumferential mass? nm
Subject: circumscribed mass ? circumferential mass? nm


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Is it weightbearing or weight-bearing or weight bearing..as in exercise?
Subject: Is it weightbearing or weight-bearing or weight bearing..as in exercise?

I've seen this three different ways...which is correct? Or...could all three be correct?
brain freeze. Is it mass effect or mass affect (CT of brain) THANKS
Subject: brain freeze. Is it mass effect or mass affect (CT of brain) THANKS


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Subject: I've heard "limited due to body habitus" or "difficult due to body habitus." Not sure.

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Subject: lab ?? - s/l MV index or MB index 1.1


MV index
Subject: MV index

 


It's MV index.  Stands for mean velocity. 


FDF or SDF depression index?
Subject: FDF or SDF depression index?

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If cardiac, could be MB index
Subject: If cardiac, could be MB index

troponin, CK, MB....
There is the Barthel index. sm
Subject: There is the Barthel index. sm

Here is a link discussing all of these tests etc.


 


http://www.gwu.edu/~cicd/toolkit/function.htm


depression index UNG?
Subject: depression index UNG?

Hi everyone,


Is there an index to measure depression called UNG or something that sounds like that? At least that is what I am hearing--- "ung" at various speeds. Would he be saying "own"?


This dr has yawned so many times throughout this report he is making me sleepy too.


"with his UNG index score of 78"


 


Thanks!


s/l apneahypop index
Subject: s/l apneahypop index


index/indices (QA)
This is how QA put it. I stand corrected, but that's news to me.

ankle brachial pressure indexes
index upper endoscopy
Subject: index upper endoscopy

esophageal varices seemed a lot less than on her index upper endoscopy


Is index correct?


ABI, ankle-brachial index, maybe.
Subject: ABI, ankle-brachial index, maybe.

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Only thing I see is "voxel index"
Subject: Only thing I see is "voxel index"

But it seems to be more research or stage of disease than general medical terminology associated with sputum. (Densitometry and CT) See:

http://www.google.com/search?q=voxel+index&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

http://respiratory-research.com/content/7/1/136

Might be a wild goose chase, sorry!


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Subject: Duh. Might be performance index in this case. nm

 


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Subject: a little late, but maybe something index protocol? nm

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Subject: There is an ankle-brachial index.

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Weight
Subject: Weight

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weight
Subject: weight

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Subject: weight

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There is femhrt (looks weird, bug in drug index)
Subject: There is femhrt (looks weird, bug in drug index)


weight bearing
Subject: weight bearing

how about non weight-bearing?  How would you appropriately punctuate/hyphenate that one?
non weight bearing
Subject: non weight bearing

proper way would be nonweight-bearing but you can also type it as non-weight-bearing.  In the medical dictionary - weight-bearing, therefore, nonweight-bearing.
weight loss
Subject: weight loss

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how about 'bore' weight
Subject: how about 'bore' weight

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Weight swung might be what you are looking for. sm
Subject: Weight swung might be what you are looking for. sm

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Subject: This is a great example of how a Medical Phrase Index is handy..sm

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Subject: 745 women whose index pregnancy ended in an induced ...

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Subject: Don't know if there are other diagnoses involved, but this is what the drug index states it is used for:

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Subject: Ratio? ABI (ankle-brachial index): 1 to 1 or 1:1 right, 1.1 to 1 or 1.1:1 left?

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A cardiac index of 2.1 with an SVR of 1058 on the (s/l pretzers) as outlined above.
Subject: A cardiac index of 2.1 with an SVR of 1058 on the (s/l pretzers) as outlined above.

A cardiac index of 2.1 with an SVR of 1058 on the (s/l pretzers) as outlined above. 


Thanks!!


P.S. BOS-2 pg 98; JAMA; Medical Phrase Index; others. (nomsg)
Subject: P.S. BOS-2 pg 98; JAMA; Medical Phrase Index; others. (nomsg)

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is it weightbear or weight bear?
Subject: is it weightbear or weight bear?

It's the end of the day and I cannot remember if it is "weightbear" or "weight bear" as in "The patient may weightbear/weight bear as tolerated."


I tried to look it up online and found it both ways...  I know it is weightbearing...


My eyes are starting to cross and it looks funny either way!


I usually change this to bear weight
Subject: I usually change this to bear weight