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ABI (ankle-brachial index) nm

Posted By: early riser on 2007-04-19
In Reply to: ABI or AVI negative for peripheral vascular disease. Thanks - debbie

Subject: ABI (ankle-brachial index) nm




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

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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?
Subject: brachial pulse pressure?


medial antecutaneous? brachial nerve
Subject: medial antecutaneous? brachial nerve

doing an epicondylectomy.  Just cannot think of what this is.


errr brachial venae comitantes (nm)...
Subject: 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
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?

"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
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
Do you hear index
Subject: Do you hear index

or does it sound like index?

index upper endoscopy
Subject: index upper endoscopy

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
Subject: Indices is plural for index nm

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There is SFI for sexual functioning index? nm
Subject: There is SFI for sexual functioning index? nm


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

 


pulsatile index (or indices)
Subject: pulsatile index (or indices)


apnea-hypopnea index
Subject: apnea-hypopnea index


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

yes, it is index pregnancy

We typed on index size cards back then. sm
Subject: We typed on index size cards back then. sm

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. !!!
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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:

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)
Subject: 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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Subject: maybe BDI (baseline dyspnea index) a score of 1 would indicate severe impairment. Just a guess.

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Subject: You might try this site...http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijs/vol11n1/vacuum.xml

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Ankle x-ray.
Subject: Ankle x-ray.

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ankle
Subject: ankle


it was ANKLE!! lol
Subject: it was ANKLE!! lol

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Ankle
Subject: Ankle


All I can think of is ankle block?
Subject: All I can think of is ankle block?

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