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Formatting questions

Posted By: sm on 2008-08-01
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Subject: Formatting questions

Which is correct?

MEDICATIONS: Rantidine 150 milligrams

OR

MEDICATIONS: ranitidine 150 milligrams

note: Ranitidine is a generic medication.


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Formatting
Subject: Formatting

I would separate this from the social history with a new heading unless you're typing an account that is absolute verbatim and no embellishment is allowed. 


I try to think of the record from the patient's standpoint - the easier the information is to locate quickly, the faster and more efficient their treatment will be in a pinch.  I know I'd want my record treated that way! 


cc: formatting help!!!
Subject: cc: formatting help!!!

I have never come across this before...  my cc line is "Karen Arndt at Buckley Mendleson & Criscione, Attorneys-at-Law"


Problems: It wraps to the second line and I don't know how to format/word that sentence into a cc line.


Helllllllllllllllllllp!!!!???? 


formatting help
Subject: formatting help


dictated: The patient was given Aminophylin, Lanoxin .25, Lasix 40 mg, Cardizem.


is it best to list and number? commas? periods? maybe a colon after given? Just wondering what others might have to say. Thank you. :)


 


Formatting
Subject: Formatting

I would type it as follows: aminophylline, Lanoxin, 25 mg, Lasix 40 mg, and Cardizem.


Hope this helps.


Re: formatting help
Subject: Re: formatting help

Thank you for the replies. The reason I ask is because it is different with every assignment; depending on who grades my paper. It ticks me off and confuses me.
Help with label formatting
Subject: Help with label formatting

Looking for any help on formatting transcription labels in Word to print to a laser printer.  We purchased labels (3 per page)...I have tried to change settings in Create New Label; however, if we need it to continue on the next label it doesn't seem to work, the text continues, but "underneath" the next label.  How can we set it up so that it continues on the next label?  Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!


Forum Formatting
Subject: Forum Formatting

This forum doesn't bring posts to the top when they get a reply. See your original post with replies.
Question on formatting
Subject: Question on formatting

After abdomen goes into examination of left torso.  Should create new heading or can I leave it in abdomen section.  Doc describing pain in the left torso area.
Formatting question
Subject: Formatting question

What is the correct way to type these:

Diabetes mellitus non-insulin requiring.

Hypertension well controlled.
I need opinions on formatting. SM
Subject: I need opinions on formatting. SM

The patient was seen by Dr. John Smith of the cardiology service.


OR


The patient was seen by Dr. John Smith of the Cardiology Service.


This always messes me up!  I've done it the second way for many moons, but I'm training a new girl who says according to the BOS, I'm wrong.  Just wondering how everyone else does it.


 


Need help with formatting a word...
Subject: Need help with formatting a word...

I can't remember anything these days!  Please jog the memory of a scatter-brained mother of 4 young children by telling her the answer to the following question:


Do you italicize the word monilia?  Does the word need to be capitalized when transcribed within a sentence?  


Thank you all you smart people out there for being wonderful, wonderful, wonderful to us "special" people like me! 


Grades and stages formatting
Subject: Grades and stages formatting

How should you format the following:


chronic hepatitis at grade 2 and portal fibrosis that is stage 1?


Need Help Formatting a Numbered List in MS Word
Subject: Need Help Formatting a Numbered List in MS Word

Can anyone help me do the following:


I want to do a numbered list (i.e. an IMPRESSION: section), so that:


The numbers are flush left again the margin; and -


Each entry is indented a few spaces (a few spaces to the right of the numbers in the list).  If one entry in the list goes for more than a single line, I want the second line of that entry to ALSO be indented -- so that it does not sit underneath a number and does not look good. Every time I try to use the MS Word numbering feature, it pushes the whole list (including the numbers) to the right, so that the numbers themselves are no longer flush agains the left margin.


Thank you very much. Willing to call someone too if they can help me. Very important.


David


Formatting when doctor dictates "question..."
Subject: Formatting when doctor dictates "question..."

Dictated: "Patient was prescribed question Pyridium"

How would I transcribe this? Would I type, "Patient was prescribed Pyridium?"

Thanks in advance!!!!!!
2 questions
Subject: 2 questions

Okay I have 2 questions.  I'll just go ahead and paste in the parts that I need help with:


1.  Chordee with pain and scrotal engulfment.  For this one just want to make sure that the word in bold is the correct spelling for this type of report. 


2Penoplasty with _____ flaps.  The blank s/l Bier's flap, but not sure of the spelling.


 


Any help will be greatly appreciated.


2 questions, sm.
Subject: 2 questions, sm.

 


 Two questions please: What is the proper way to type this?  Are my caps incorrect? 


 


The patient’s B-type Natriuretic Peptide was 312.


 


Also, how would you type half liter of normal saline?  Thanks so much


PE questions
Subject: PE questions

Skin exam: Some psoriatic s/l bliaksing.       bly-ack-sing


------------------------------------------------------------------------


GU exam: No prostate masses or colon masses.


How far up is he feeling???? Help!


Two questions
Subject: Two questions

1. Drug name is Zoloft. It is used for depression. 2. EE prime (supposed to use an umlaut but can spell it out) prime ratio is 16.

BOS-2 questions available on IM!
Subject: BOS-2 questions available on IM!

Just add me to your Yahoo IM and as long as I am online (and that's quite a bit), I'll help with BOS-2 questions!


No lengthy conversations, though, and no e-mails, please. 


BOS2-Lady


questions sm
Subject: questions sm

i found a med Cryselle. it is an oral contraceptive. is the patient female?
Sorry with all the questions but I need help again
Subject: Sorry with all the questions but I need help again

I have worked for 3 years for 2 ENT docs who no longer perform surgery.   They have just added a new doc to the practice and he does perform surgeries.  He is describing the tonsils as essentially "kissing" on examination.   Is this correct? Thanks
A lot of the questions you have been
Subject: A lot of the questions you have been

asking are very, very basic.  You might be getting in over your head if these terms are unfamiliar to you.  Maybe you are just nervous about taking a test and are struggling because of that.  I hope that is the case.  However, it is my opinion that asking for others for help on a test is cheating.  I'm sure you probably didn't think of it this way, otherwise you would not have shared at this point that you are testing.  Iknow you are desperate for help, but the company is testing YOU, not us on the word board.  You have to stand on your own skills when testing.  If you don't pass, then it means you are not ready.  Good luck to you.


a few questions please sm
Subject: a few questions please sm

I have a few questions:


1. Patient worked as a bartender in "Mike Dulin's". (The patient lives in NJ, if that helps.)


2. Regarding meds, doctor says Nasacort 8 q.  Is this supposed to mean q 8?


3. Under PE, eyes revealed s/l *archosenilis*.


4. The patient has severe COPD with PFTs severely reduced. Then doctor says "The patient was unable to *apiliprate* on nitrogen washout for lung volumes.


Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks! :)


2 questions
Subject: 2 questions

Intraoperative permanent films showed good position of the fracture and hardware, but when (discopiously) lavaged, the fascia was closed using 1 Vicryl.

2 questions:
1. disc-o-p-us-lee
2. The dictator just said 1 Vicryl, but should I change it to 1-0?
2 questions
Subject: 2 questions

PROCEDURE: Medial branch block of the L4-5 and L5-S1 facets on the right. Under fluoroscopic guide, the (scheduled procedured) patient was brought to (ob-suse)with operating room, placed in prim position.

Scheduled procedured patient I THINK is right, but I am not sure. It doesn't sound right.

The second one I am just lost on.
2 questions (sm)
Subject: 2 questions (sm)

Abdomen is soft with mild tenderness with negative s/l heel drop, no guarding, no rebound.  Does heel drop make sense on an abdominal exam?


an s/l auto diff revealed neutrophils 61.2%.


TIA


2 questions....please help
Subject: 2 questions....please help

Doc says CBC (plural) would that be CBC's or CBCs and also patient admitted to P-ward Acute Psychiatric Unit (should it be cap or lower case) TIA
Help with 2 questions please!
Subject: Help with 2 questions please!

Could someone help me out please!!   In this sentence, "No pain on palpation of the mediolateral joint lines.", is it "mediolateral or medial lateral" and would it be "line" or "lines" ------and another question, would "culture and sensitivity" be a subheading or part of the sentence if used like this--"No recognizable bacteria and a culture and sensitivity of the synovial fluid shows no growth at 48 hours. 
2 questions
Subject: 2 questions

Patient is a 3-month-old x 32 and 6/7th week preemie, who is here today for followup of reflux.

My question is regarding the "x". Is the above sentence right?

Medication: Farentil, Farenzil ...something like that. It is in regards to a preemie infant with reflux.

2 questions please... sm
Subject: 2 questions please... sm

"She is status post mitral valve replacement with 26-mm Cosgrove-*furtoro* annuloplasty ring and *suture plasty* of the anterior leaflet.


1 - s/l Furtoro or Futoro - all I could find was the Cosgrove-Edwards.


2.  I can't see where *suture plasty* is combined into 1 word. Is it ok as shown?


Thanks for any help!


Two questions - please sm
Subject: Two questions - please sm

1. She reports symptoms of crying spells which is s/l insefent.

2. I instructed her that steroid injections at this point would be unwise in terms of her s/l potensity to develop infections in the lower extremity including MRSA cellulitis of the lower extremity which she has had on two occasions

Thanks!
2 questions....HELP!
Subject: 2 questions....HELP!

This doctor is giving me a run for my money!!!


OK, first question:  Comprehensive fore or four? catheter EP study


Second question:  A 12-French Treo or Trio? sheath was then inserted into the left femoral vein. 


Two x-ray questions
Subject: Two x-ray questions

Sounds like doctor is saying "X-rays show an oblique line" but wouldn't it make more sense to say "opaque line?" or could oblique be correct?

Also, in another report he says "X-rays show a ______decompression of the shoulder.

This is either "Y" or "wide"
2 questions please, thanks.
Subject: 2 questions please, thanks.

__________ 22 mcg subcutaneously once Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  S/L Rebist?


A tracheostomy collar was to be started on 01/24/2009.  __________ (LPAC?) was consulted for an evaluation. 


 


questions
Subject: questions

Good possibility of the second blank being LTAC (long-term acute care). Hope this helps, now or in the future.
2 questions SM
Subject: 2 questions SM

1. It is recommended we proceed with S/L dynamizing the hardware. (This is regarding bone rodding)

2. X-rays s/l C/W callous formation. Is it C/W or C-W and what does that mean?

TIA!
2 questions...sm
Subject: 2 questions...sm

Patient has altered mental status.  MRI showed s/l *so-sigh or tho-sigh* and a "TE" is requested.....what is a TE?
2 questions...
Subject: 2 questions...

Does this sound correct for a diagnosis and if so is the comma in the right place?

CHRONIC PLANTER FASCIITIS MIDSUBSTANCE, LEFT FOOT


Does this sentence make sense?

Examination of her foot reveals tenderness maximally over the mildly enlarged plantar fascia at the midsubstance.
Questions
Subject: Questions

If dictator says: staph aureus, do I type it staph. or just staph.

If dictator says: postop course was uneventful, do I put a period after postop? (ex. postop. course)
Questions and jobs
I place a lot of blame on the companies and hospitals that hire untrained transcriptionists because they think anyone can do it, so why not hire people who work cheaply. A lot of these MTs have no medical knowledge and no idea how to do any kind of research. I have known on-site hospital MTs who did not even have reference books, either provided by the hospital or their own. You can't blame the MTs in this situation completely as they are expected to do work without the knowledge or tools.
Many of us think these one word questions.....nm
Subject: Many of us think these one word questions.....nm


Couple of lab questions... sm
Subject: Couple of lab questions... sm

Can't catch what Mr. Mush-mouth is saying. 


Postoperative serial white blood cell count demonstrated a stable white blood cell count at 11,900.  s/l *hemansa* hemoglobin stable at 28.9 and 9.4. 


Pathology questions
Subject: Pathology questions

The first s/l oral, but the 2nd is "in formalin" without a doubt -- that's a fancy way of saying formaldehyde.
2 questions about S/L words
Subject: 2 questions about S/L words

Oral mucosa shows a mild S/L tore-iz S/L pala-teen-is.


troponin's were normal, but s/l litning creatinine was 1.4.


I appreciate your help


Thanks a bunch Deborah


 


Test questions
Subject: Test questions

Why NOT post test questions here?  Wouldn't this be considered a valid resource if one were working at home?  When I took my test, they said go ahead and use the internet, use whatever you like, do whatever you have to.  All that matters in the long run is that the work you do is correct and of high quality.


neurology questions
Subject: neurology questions

In the neurologic part of the physical exam:  "Cranial nerves II-XII are grossly intact, with the exception that she does have a [s/l sarcotic/psychotic pursuit] as well as a decreased left [s/l seven central], which is mild." 
More questions about doc-isms
Subject: More questions about doc-isms

Here's one for you guys with years under your belts...I hear this one all the time: "A __ cm hardware was trialed."  To my knowledge, "trialed" is not a legit word.  Am I wrong here?  Is this another doc-ism?  I can Google it and find it but it's not in any of my surgical dictionaries.  What do you do in these situations? 
Shirl you are welcome to ask questions here
Subject: Shirl you are welcome to ask questions here

Some MT's on this board only like to respond if they can "cut-up" so to speak.  I wouldn't run if I were you as you are giving someone else the satisfaction.  You belong here just as much as everyone else.  You have to remember that we have all been new at this.  Don't feel like you are bothering anyone.  You just have to simply ignore the "meaners".  The fact that someone took the time to reply is actually in your favor even if it was a negative reply.  It is on them how they respond.  My advice would be to not feed into though because it just fuels the fire so to speak.  Good luck to you and keep sharing.  There are a lot of us on here that like to help because we have been helped.  It is not always in this profession you find such a good resource as this board.  Like with anything else in life you must take the good with the bad.  Take care!    Hope you stay.  It is not all bad, really it isn't. 
Thanks everyone....I may have many questions today
Subject: Thanks everyone....I may have many questions today

This is a new doctor in this clinic and he goes into a lot lot lot of detail and mumbles through most of it.
that could be it, but I had other questions on the report, so I sent to QA. Thank you though!
Subject: that could be it, but I had other questions on the report, so I sent to QA. Thank you though!


Questions while testing? sm
Subject: Questions while testing? sm

I guess I am slow but I saw a post where someone posted for a test they were taking and someone picked them up on it - I have seen this more than once. My question is, how can anyone possibly be testing and have the time to come on the board, ask for help, and wait for an answer while testing for a company? Perhaps I'm not savvy but I tested for a company once and I barely had time to finish properly, lest take the time to ask questions, I had to kind of know the answers or fail. I'm not trying to be nasty. If there were companies who gave this kind of time, I might not be leary of testing, as I have all the proper tools, I just didn't think I'd have time to even use all my expensive tools. Just curious, that's all. Thanks for any info.