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Guess I should say "should" be arabic..

Posted By: (sm) on 2005-11-16
In Reply to: Been typing rad for yrs and have never used roman.. - (sm)

Subject: Guess I should say "should" be arabic..

now "always"...before I offend someone else who has been told to type it with roman numerals.  Been doing this too long and have seen too many facilities/radiologists set their own rules on how they want it typed and it basically boils down to the fact that it's their report..they call the shots.


 




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I mean arabic 11 (not 2)
Subject: I mean arabic 11 (not 2)

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Arabic numbers ..
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Go to this website and click on About BI-RADS (just under the tutorial button in the middle of the page):

http://www.birads.at/

Hope this helps.
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Subject: Grades are arabic such as 1 or 2.

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Subject: grades are arabic.


Grades are arabic.
Subject: Grades are arabic.

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Arabic numerals.
Subject: Arabic numerals.

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We are supposed to type arabic now but SM
Subject: We are supposed to type arabic now but SM

I think it is account specific.  Many docs and hospitals still prefer the roman numerals, and I think it looks better too, IMO. 
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Subject: Grade 2 (arabic for grades)


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Subject: regarding class #, per client--we use arabic

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it is probably 2, usually Arabic numerals w/grades, but that is JMO NM
Subject: it is probably 2, usually Arabic numerals w/grades, but that is JMO NM


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Subject: roman versus arabic

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roman versus arabic
Subject: roman versus arabic

A good tip that I rcvd either here or on MTNetizens email group.....

In oncology at least:
Staging is in Roman numerals, and remember by reciting "The Romans are on the stage"....
Hence stage III breast cancer, etcetera...
Class, grade, etc, are with Arabic numerals...

I cannot speak, though, for other specialties..

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Subject: Use arabic numerals for all numbers.

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Subject: Use arabic numbers for grade, per BOS,,,,,,,,,nm

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BOS prefers arabic numbers unless for
Subject: BOS prefers arabic numbers unless for

certain diseases or stages of cancer.
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Subject: it's arabic numbers today, no spelling out....


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Subject: Stages = Roman; Grades = Arabic --- all per the

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Subject: grade would be arabic, type would be roman.

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Subject: grade 4. All grades are arabic. Fractures and

stages are Roman numerals.
Actually, they're broader than that, saying to use Arabic "except...." sm
Subject: Actually, they're broader than that, saying to use Arabic "except...." sm

...except when Roman numerals are used as part of the established nomenclature. (So things like cranial nerves and other scores/scales can be in either, or as dictated by standard practice.)
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Subject: i've always typed BI-RADS with arabic numbers

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jGrade is arabic such as grade 1, and stages are Roman numerals.
Subject: jGrade is arabic such as grade 1, and stages are Roman numerals.


III (stages and classes are Roman numerals, grades are Arabic) nm
Subject: III (stages and classes are Roman numerals, grades are Arabic) nm


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Subject: Grades are arabic numbers and classes and stages are roman numerals.


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Subject: I was always taught that types & grades are arabic and classes & stages are Roman numerals. nm


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Subject: All data that I can find on ECT leads (not EKG leads) are in arabic numerals.


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Subject: Avelox is a guess...might not be a good guess, though! nm

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Subject: My only other guess would be "anger burst." Just a guess.

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Subject: I'd guess

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Subject: My guess sm

My guess would be candida esophagitis. 
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Subject: and guess what?

depending on what lab you work in, all specs and values are different also. i worked in two different labs so I KNOW
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Subject: Guess

I'm guessing the "caphate tethose" is ______ TED hose. The word prior, I don't know.

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just a guess here....
Subject: just a guess here....

demonstrated increased L3-4
THAT was my next guess!!! lol nm
Subject: THAT was my next guess!!! lol nm

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my best guess...
Subject: my best guess...

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just a guess
Subject: just a guess

Decadron ?
This is a guess
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OA would be my guess too. nm
Subject: OA would be my guess too. nm

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not sure but my guess would be SM
Subject: not sure but my guess would be SM

that the doctor will use a dye or ink of some kind to mark a spot where they remove a polyp or see something, so that they can locate the area more readily on followup.

but thats just a guess. I do rad and pathology and never have done gastroenterology procedure stuff.
I guess you mean that SM
Subject: I guess you mean that SM

there must be two openings in the nasal cavity.  Ostium means opening.  Meatus means opening also.  So if it is as you say, then ostium (opening) meatal (opening) complex is what you are referring to.   Plus that, there is no such word as ostio. 


I was referring to the osteum (bone) and meatus (opening) or the osteomeatal complex of the nose.   


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482,000? GUESS
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Normal platelet counts range from 150000 to 400000 per cu/ml, so maybe he/she is saying 482000