| ABI, ankle-brachial index, maybe.Posted By: nm on 2006-02-08In Reply to: type of test - IndianaMT
 
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 There is an ABI test, (ankle/brachial index), ratio between brachial ....sm
 Subject: There is an ABI test, (ankle/brachial index), ratio between brachial ....sm
 
 (arm) blood pressure and ankle blood pressure, the ratio is supposed to measure heart attack risk, used once in a while in higher risk patients, sound like it could be??? :->
 ABI (ankle-brachial index) nm
 Subject: ABI (ankle-brachial index) nm
 
 
 There is an ankle-brachial index.
 Subject: There is an ankle-brachial index.
 
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 Ratio?  ABI (ankle-brachial index):  1 to 1 or 1:1 right, 1.1 to 1 or 1.1:1 left?
 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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 it is ankle-brachial index or ABI.  As in Current Med. Terminology Book
 Subject: it is ankle-brachial index or ABI.  As in Current Med. Terminology Book
 
 and also on Google.  Not indexes.
 Also found in Surgical Word Book ankle-brachial index, but
 Subject: Also found in Surgical Word Book ankle-brachial index, but
 
 they have the pleural of index as indexes or indices, so either would be right then.  So index, indexes or indices are all correct choices depending on how it is said, obviously.
 ankle brachial indices
 Subject: ankle brachial indices
 
 I don't think they check ABGs for claudication.  Claudication is a problem with the blood flowing through the legs.
 brachial ?
 Subject: brachial ?
 
 
 It's brachial plexus  .... two words.  nm
 Subject: It's brachial plexus  .... two words.  nm
 
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 Brachial plexus, not brachioplexus  sm
 Subject: Brachial plexus, not brachioplexus  sm
 
 
 "It's another one of those undocumentable words that are becoming commonly used."   
 The only reason these words make it into the medical language is because some people don't know how to research to find the correct word.  It is called the proliferation of a mistake and when gone unchecked (because of ignorance) words like these become "sanctioned."   
 Other proliferated mistakes that I have seen include neuroforamina and ostiomeatal to name just two more but there are many I cannot think of at the moment.   
 A good medical dictionary and reliable resources will help to stop this trend.   brachial plexy or brachioplexy?
 Subject: brachial plexy or brachioplexy?
 
 definitely not brachial plexopathy.  dealing with the shoulder.
 s/l reneurotisation of the brachial plexus. TIA
 Subject: s/l reneurotisation of the brachial plexus. TIA
 
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 brachial pulse pressure?
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 medial antecutaneous? brachial nerve
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 doing an epicondylectomy.  Just cannot think of what this is.  errr brachial venae comitantes  (nm)...
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 Per Wheeless Textbook of Orthopaedics, it is brachial plexus.
 Subject: Per Wheeless Textbook of Orthopaedics, it is brachial plexus.
 
 http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/brachial_plexus
 hard to guess...LB could be left brachial, R could be radial, RT could be s/l for arterial sm
 Subject: hard to guess...LB could be left brachial, R could be radial, RT could be s/l for arterial sm
 
 brachial arterial lines and radial arterial lines are commonly used...
 lab ?? - s/l MV index or MB index 1.1
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   MV index
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 It's MV index.  Stands for mean velocity.   FDF or SDF depression index?
 Subject: FDF or SDF depression index?
 
 
 "Her Zung depression scale reveals a raw score of 50.  (s/l FDF) index of 62, which reveals moderated to marked depression.    
   
   If cardiac, could be MB index
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 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
 Do you hear index
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 or does it sound like index?
 
 index upper endoscopy
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 esophageal varices seemed a lot less than on her index upper endoscopy 
 Is index correct? 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!
 
 
 Indices is plural for index  nm
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 There is SFI for sexual functioning index? nm
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 Duh. Might be performance index in this case. nm
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   pulsatile index (or indices)
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 apnea-hypopnea index
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 a little late, but maybe something index protocol? nm
 Subject: a little late, but maybe something index protocol? nm
 
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 isn't that the same word??  I hear index
 Subject: isn't that the same word??  I hear index
 
 
 There is femhrt (looks weird, bug in drug index)
 Subject: There is femhrt (looks weird, bug in drug index)
 
 
 This is a great example of how a Medical Phrase Index is handy..sm
 Subject: This is a great example of how a Medical Phrase Index is handy..sm
 
 I'm not in any way picking on you, but somebody below asked how to look up words when you're not sure what they are. Since you knew it was some kind of fork, you could have looked up "fork" in the MPI and it lists 7 different medical forks, and you would have been able to deduce 'tuning fork' from this since you had a soundalike. I learned more new words from this reference book than anything else.
 745 women whose index pregnancy ended in an induced ...
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 yes, it is index pregnancy
 
 We typed on index size cards back then. sm
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 Used to hope they said "normal chest" !!!! Typed on a little Elite typewriter.  My chair was a stool and the table was a hospital tray/table. The techs used to push my stool back because I traveled when I typed. !!!
 Don't know if there are other diagnoses involved, but this is what the drug index states it is us
 Subject: Don't know if there are other diagnoses involved, but this is what the drug index states it is used for:
 
 to treat chronic hives, premenstrual depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, and bedwetting.
 
 25 mg would be the proper dosage also.
 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)
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 Is there such thing as a s/l chub fracture of the left index finger?
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 can you hear BMI-body mass index regarding weight versus fat?
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 maybe BDI (baseline dyspnea index) a score of 1 would indicate severe impairment.  Just a guess.
 Subject: maybe BDI (baseline dyspnea index) a score of 1 would indicate severe impairment.  Just a guess.
 
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 You might try this site...http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijs/vol11n1/vacu
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 they give multiple examples and pictures
 Ankle x-ray.
 Subject: Ankle x-ray.
 
 Sentence is: No widening of the interosseous (s/l) synomosis) is noted.
 ankle
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 it was ANKLE!! lol
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 Ankle
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 All I can think of is ankle block?
 Subject: All I can think of is ankle block?
 
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