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Good advice. I am finding things mispronounced quite often. Thanks for the help!

Posted By: LHMT on 2008-06-30
In Reply to: Correct spelling - LUVMT

Subject: Good advice. I am finding things mispronounced quite often. Thanks for the help!




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thank you; good advice
Subject: thank you; good advice


You're getting some very good advice here. sm
Subject: You're getting some very good advice here. sm

I've been using PRD for years and it allows me to use symbols as part of the shortcuts which really helps a lot. Because there can be the same abbreviation for different phrases, I will add a single hyphen for cardio, 2 hyphens for ortho, etc. Also, if the phrase needs to be hyphenated to precede a noun, such as in "up-to-date information," the short form here for a hyphenated "up to date" would be "-utd." When it doesn't need to be hyphenated, it would be "utd." This comes in handy for the phrase "too numerous to count." (You get the idea.)

This is really a personalized thing. My short forms may be a mystery for another MT.

For personal names that crop up a lot that I don't want to type out each time, I'll use the last name with either a hyphen after it or a "1." For instance, "George Washington, MD," I'd use "wash1." For "George Washington, PA-C" I'd use wash-.

Your "rrr" also could be "r3." My "alert and oriented x3" is "ao3."

Whatever floats your boat! Have fun!


does anyone have a good site for finding PTs?
Subject: does anyone have a good site for finding PTs?


anybody have any good websites for finding ethnic backgrounds? sm
Subject: anybody have any good websites for finding ethnic backgrounds? sm

i have a doc who is always dictating the family's ethnic backgrounds and some i have never ever heard of. 


anyone ever heard of s/l Ukrainian and Oschkanosine? 


Patient has a history of s/l hyperpotassiumemia. I'm not finding any good hits on google and sm
Subject: Patient has a history of s/l hyperpotassiumemia. I'm not finding any good hits on google and sm

doc is known for making up his own words.
It can be good if used as a tool, true, but I worry about some of the things I see coming out of,sm
Subject: It can be good if used as a tool, true, but I worry about some of the things I see coming out of,sm

Google.  I have seen more than a few MTs that tend to check s/l words with this search engine and some of the things that get linked together on there can be either frightening or funny at times, depending how you look at it!  Just an over-cautious old MT? 
Ohhhhhhh.... Yes, he probably just mispronounced it. Thank you so much!
Subject: Ohhhhhhh.... Yes, he probably just mispronounced it. Thank you so much!

xx


I blanked it. I think he mispronounced sm
Subject: I blanked it. I think he mispronounced sm

brand name for Spiracle. Maybe some sort of breathing apparatus. Close as I could get. Thanks for your help, though.
xanthelasma is often mispronounced
Subject: xanthelasma is often mispronounced


It is Maxalt. Goober just clearly mispronounced it but said it again at the end. THX so much!
Subject: It is Maxalt. Goober just clearly mispronounced it but said it again at the end. THX so much!


Could it be mispronounced and possibly ITP for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura?
Subject: Could it be mispronounced and possibly ITP for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura?


Do sports medicine and ortho, could it be "gauze wrap" being mispronounced???sm
Subject: Do sports medicine and ortho, could it be "gauze wrap" being mispronounced???sm

I am searching my references as we speak, nothing seems really close in sound, for contusion, usually they use an Ace wrap bandage and gauze (or some other elastic-type bandage), ice, and elevate, and rest.  I will keep looking, though!!
Thanks for the advice!
Subject: Thanks for the advice!

I just hate sending in a blank but sometimes there is no choice.
Need advice
Subject: Need advice

Has anyone ever had a dictator who said "He was unable to take p.o.s?"  As in he couldn't take anything by mouth.  I have one dictator who says this rather often, and I'm not sure how to transcribe it.  If he just said, "He was unable to take anything p.o", that would be different.  But he says p.o.(s).  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!


TIA!!


Any more advice?
Subject: Any more advice?

I have been an MT for many years (mostly in office - recently with Heartland), but I am quite new to this site and still getting the hang of it. I just lost my current job to overseas, so I absolutely refuse to help anyone that takes jobs away from American MTs. However, I would like to help answer questions if I am able. Other than what you previously listed, are there any other ways of telling if the questions are posted by actual American MTs in need of help? Does anyone give the overseas people wrong answers? Do you catch flack for answering them by mistake? I would have unknowingly answered this one if nobody said anything. I appreciate your help!
thanks for the advice! nm
Subject: thanks for the advice! nm


thx 4 ur advice
Subject: thx 4 ur advice

im on training
thx 4 d advice
Subject: thx 4 d advice

m stil studying


Advice?
Subject: Advice?

I am currently transcribing from micro cassettes and transporting tapes back and forth.  I am looking into upgrading to digital and sending dictation via internet.  Is there anyone already doing this that could offer advice?  i.e. How does it work?  What equipment is needed?  (I'm assuming I need to purchase a new foot pedal?)  Any special software needed?  What is the sound quality like?  Any pros vs. cons?  Also, can you recommend certain equipment and where to purchase?  Any advice you could offer would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!


Lorrie


a word of advice - sm

In the spine, there are bones (vertebrae) and intervertebral discs.  The discs keep the vertebrae from touching one another, thus providing a "cushion" for the bones.   When the disc which is between the spinal bones ruptures it is called a herniated nucleus pulposus.  It could be a disc protrusion or a disc extrusion, which is not be a complete herniation but a partial disruption of the disc. 


Therefore, the answer to your question would not be "distal" as the other poster suggested, but rather discal herniation or a herniated disc or nucleus pulposus. 


A suggestion would be for you to get an atlas of the spine and read about the components which make up the human spine, canal and cord.  That way you would have a better understanding of what you are transcribing and also the correct terminology. 


Milton's advice
Subject: Milton's advice

No, Newbie, Milton is not trying to start anything. He is trying to save your very naive tuchas from trouble down the road. You may be a smary-pants, but you sure have a lot to learn, my friend.
"good advice"
Subject: "good advice"

Thanks guys ! :)
You know I meant advice LOL !!!
Subject: You know I meant advice LOL !!!

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slang advice please
Subject: slang advice please


Dictator says:  I recommended to her to hook up with a gastroenterologist.  (Sounds like a date!)


Should I leave this as is, or change to something like "I recommended to her to see a gastroenterologist?  Not a verbatim account.  Just looking for opinions, I am leaning towards changing it.


Need advice on how to type this
Subject: Need advice on how to type this

Dictated -
Peak flows today: 230, 240 and 290. Should they be separated by / ? Thanks.
Need advice on how to type this: sm
Subject: Need advice on how to type this: sm

Range of motion of the left knee is approximately +5 degrees to 2+15 degrees. Would this be correct, or 2 +15 degrees, or 2+ 15 degrees.

Thanks for your help!
Word of advice
Subject: Word of advice

Fix the grammatical errors. QA's job is to correct blanks that are pertinent to the report. Leaving something like that to QA to fix will only leave a red flag.
Thanks for your advice; it's greatly appreciated.
Subject: Thanks for your advice; it's greatly appreciated.

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Advice for transcribing lens
Subject: Advice for transcribing lens

I am new and have an ophthalmology account. I am not having much trouble with the terms, but I'm unsure how to punctuate and/or format the lens prescriptions.  Does anyone know of a good website that explains this or provides examples?  Thanks!


 


Advice - 'mickey button'?
Subject: Advice - 'mickey button'?

Just out of curiosity, how do you type 'mickey button'?  As it sounds, as it sounds but capitalized, the apparently patented way of MIC-KEY button (as on the product's website), or yet another way?  I keep seeing this typed all different ways and was wondering if there's some universally preferred method of which I'm not aware.


TIA


Please look at sentence and give advice on punctuation. Thanks.
Subject: Please look at sentence and give advice on punctuation. Thanks.

The patient does not eat or drink orally, but instead receives gastrostomy tube feedings, apparently usually between 5 p.m. and 5 a.m., which according to the caregiver, he has been tolerating well. 
advice about hyphenating *two and a half years ago* please
Subject: advice about hyphenating *two and a half years ago* please

I have tried looking this up on grammar sites and couldn't find anything.  I am always wondering if I should hyphenate * two-and-a-half years ago* or if the jury is out on that.  Same as *for the past three-and-a-half years...*


Thanks


Advice: Invest in MT terminology books. sm
Subject: Advice: Invest in MT terminology books. sm

It will make your life so much easier than trying to wing it with Google alone.

Also, research all responses you receive here, i.e., look up the definitions for "fulminate" and "fulminant" and you'll see what I mean. ;)


NWMNMT:Good grief, good grief, good grief..If this is the case, the doctor should also explain
Subject: NWMNMT:Good grief, good grief, good grief..If this is the case, the doctor should also explain

the meaning in an ADDENDUM.
How do you know what the doctor meant? GOOD GRIEF, are you the know-it-all (hyphens must be put here, as it is used as a noun!) on this board? Get over yourself!

Who understands what it means without an explanation?
The MOST obvious is apparently like I understood it:
5 packs in 1 year.

Maybe the doctor really meant this, 5 packs per year, so essentially a nonsmoker.

GOOD GRIEF, get over yourself!
Thank you both, still not finding my s/l though
Subject: Thank you both, still not finding my s/l though

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Not finding pes either. Sm
Subject: Not finding pes either. Sm

Stedmans: septooptic dysplasia (no hyphen).

abscence
EGD finding
Subject: EGD finding

Thanks for your help before, MT50. Here's a good one...
An EGD was done at the time which showed several (s/l) "hoontakes" also in the stomach..." Very thickly accented Doc. "Hoontakes???"
I am only finding XR. nm
Subject: I am only finding XR. nm


Help with an ENG finding
Subject: Help with an ENG finding

Patient has vertigo.  This doctor is dictating the results of an ENG performed years ago.   The doctor has a heavy mid-eastern accent.  Any help would be appreciated!!! Thanks!


" I reviewed his ENG, which showed bilateral (sounds like clor-o-qwueek-ness) and abnormal tracking of eye movement."


I am only finding pigmented
Subject: I am only finding pigmented

x
I'm not finding psoricystic, either
Subject: I'm not finding psoricystic, either

:-)
Chest x-ray finding
Subject: Chest x-ray finding

There is chronic blunting of the s/l pulsteriose fulci.



Well, since it's a positive finding,
Subject: Well, since it's a positive finding,

maybe there is a clue in the impression as to what the dictator thinks is going on, and with that diagnosis then you could google and add smooth red tongue and chelitis and maybe come up with something.

That's what I'd do
I'm just not finding this drug
Subject: I'm just not finding this drug

S/L: ZA-NOX-UHL


Just in the list of meds patient is taking. 


Thanks.


Fantastic -- thank you for finding that!!
Subject: Fantastic -- thank you for finding that!!

:)
I think it is Councill tip, but I'm finding
Subject: I think it is Councill tip, but I'm finding

conflicting spellings.  Stedman's has Councill retention catheter.  The Bard manufacturer's site has it spelled BOTH ways, Council and Councill. 
Not finding duo pattern but...
Subject: Not finding duo pattern but...

I did find this listing the different patterns (from labtestsonline.org):

ANA shows up on indirect immunofluorescence as fluorescent patterns in cells that are fixed to a slide that is evaluated under a microscope. Different patterns are associated with a variety of autoimmune disorders. Some of the more common patterns include:


Homogenous (diffuse) - associated with SLE and mixed connective tissue disease
Speckled - associated with SLE, Sjogren’s syndrome, scleroderma, polymyositis, rheumatoid arthritis, and mixed connective tissue disease
Nucleolar - associated with scleroderma and polymyositis
Outline pattern (peripheral) -associated with SLE
S/L obstenful finding
Subject: S/L obstenful finding

" One other obstenful finding that was seen..."


S/L "obstenful" Any thoughts?


Mammogram finding
Subject: Mammogram finding

This patient has breast pain and lumps that have been followed for 6 years.  He discusses her old mammograms showing what sounds like


Barret's category 2 findings, benign in nature.


I'm not familiar with it, but I'm finding...
Subject: I'm not familiar with it, but I'm finding...

HBeAg for hepatitis B e-antigen, so I would probably type it as "hepatitis B-e" - but again I've never come across it myself.
Glad to help. You give good me a good S/L and info. nm
Subject: Glad to help. You give good me a good S/L and info. nm