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I would say the dictator made up his/her own tense to the word bursitis, would flag it and have QA l

Posted By: MT50 on 2008-02-21
In Reply to: bursitic? change. Arthroscopic shoulder surgery. - ss

Subject: I would say the dictator made up his/her own tense to the word bursitis, would flag it and have QA let you know.




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I would think dictator is stumbling over the word bursitis, like beginning to say it and then restat
Subject: I would think dictator is stumbling over the word bursitis, like beginning to say it and then restating it.


I think it a doctor tense of tenodesis and have been typing that tense "tenodese" for years (s
Subject: I think it a doctor tense of tenodesis and have been typing that tense "tenodese" for years (sm)

There is an article from the Journal of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand that spells it that way too http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1531091404000981 -
to the best of my knowledge it is a word (past/versus present tense)
Subject: to the best of my knowledge it is a word (past/versus present tense)


past tense or present tense.sm.

in PE.  Doctors love to toggle back and forth between is, are, and was, and were!  On ASR we are told not to over edit!  What would you do.... anybody :)


another made up word?
Subject: another made up word?

I have a doc that keeps dictating "dermatomy" when referring to skin incision.  While this makes logical sense to me, I can't find this in any medical dictionary.  Not sure what to put or just flag and bring it to her attention.  Any ideas?
YES, a made up word...sm
Subject: YES, a made up word...sm

Syncope is a real word meaning a temporary loss of consciousness or faint. "Syncopized, syncopial, syncopizing" are NOT words; edit to had syncope, was syncopal or is experiencing syncope, respectively.
Sounds like a made-up word
Subject: Sounds like a made-up word

Sounds like he means small protein in the urine and is just making up his own word, as they frequently do :-)
?rale-y = another made-up word!
Subject: ?rale-y = another made-up word!


Could be a made up word for concha bullosa?
Subject: Could be a made up word for concha bullosa?

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ever heard of "problication" or is it a made up word
Subject: ever heard of "problication" or is it a made up word

nm
made-up word in hernia repair report?
Subject: made-up word in hernia repair report?

I'm doing an operative report for repair of an incarcerated umbilical hernia, and the doctor says the hernia was dissected free of investing tissues.  The s/l incarsum or incarserum appeared to be preperitoneal fat.  I'm not familiar with this term, and I've attempted to find this through my own research efforts but am coming up empty. 
Thanks. Yes, sounds like a made up word. Just needed a second opinion. nm
Subject: Thanks. Yes, sounds like a made up word. Just needed a second opinion. nm


Yes, sounds like a made up word, but I type it all of the time.
Subject: Yes, sounds like a made up word, but I type it all of the time.

nm
Made up word? Doctors don't make up no stinkin werdz.
Subject: Made up word? Doctors don't make up no stinkin werdz.

Don't you hate it when you're just sure a word is made up and you look it up only to find that it IS a real word? The other day a doc said conspicuity and I thought, man, if I was going to play with the word conspicuous, I'd go with conspicuosity. I Googled it and sho nuf, conspicuity is a word.
Thanks, must be a made up combination word, as not in any medical book or on onelook and only 195 sm
Subject: Thanks, must be a made up combination word, as not in any medical book or on onelook and only 195 sm

hits on google. Everything I found after you told me that was cytology fixative. Thanks!
YW - Txczech helped by posting the word wrapped, which made it come to my mind :) nm
Subject: YW - Txczech helped by posting the word wrapped, which made it come to my mind :) nm


It is a word, if that is what the dictator said
Subject: It is a word, if that is what the dictator said

then that is what I would put. Why spend time you could be transcribing with trying to find another word??
yes, I think you are right - dictator is stumbling over the word- Thanks!
Subject: yes, I think you are right - dictator is stumbling over the word- Thanks!


is the dictator making up a word as an sm
Subject: is the dictator making up a word as an sm

adjective for anomaly?
I'm sure doc meant smoking at least 2 blunts of marijuana. I'd flag the word drinking though.
Subject: I'm sure doc meant smoking at least 2 blunts of marijuana. I'd flag the word drinking though.


? word begins with "vacu," that is, if dictator has an accent.
Subject: ? word begins with "vacu," that is, if dictator has an accent.

or ? "evacuator." Just a wild guess.
Dictator is just clarifying the word...abduction with a "b" and adduction with a "d". nm
Subject: Dictator is just clarifying the word...abduction with a "b" and adduction with a "d". nm


if anhedonia fits, maybe the dictator is mispronouncing the word? sm
Subject: if anhedonia fits, maybe the dictator is mispronouncing the word? sm

For example, I have one who always says "epitectasis" for epistaxis, and another one who always says "supp-tull" for supple. ??
Bursitis
Subject: Bursitis

The doctor keeps saying 8 mg of Dexoset??? was injected into the bursa.  Cannot find Dexoset.  Any clues??? Thanks in advance
how about sulindac - for OA and bursitis
Subject: how about sulindac - for OA and bursitis

comes in 200 mg bid
I think he's just stumbling on bursitis....
Subject: I think he's just stumbling on bursitis....

is what I'd do.......
also pes anserinus bursitis is two words, not one. nm
Subject: also pes anserinus bursitis is two words, not one. nm

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bursitis and rotator cuff tear meds
Subject: bursitis and rotator cuff tear meds

To end her sterile conditions, we injected right shoulder with 3 units of Celestone s/l "(J702)and 4 cc of Marcaine (J3490 a). Does this make sense?
Patient with plantar bursitis. We will fit her with visco-lescette heel cups.
Subject: Patient with plantar bursitis. We will fit her with visco-lescette heel cups.

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probably tense.............
Subject: probably tense.............

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s/l ice on tense?
Subject: s/l ice on tense?

fossa fluid collections surrounding the cerebellar hemispheres, which are also (ice on tense) to CSF
holiday...is the dictator an Arab dictator? nm
Subject: holiday...is the dictator an Arab dictator? nm

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type what dictator said, dictator is not incorrect.....
Subject: type what dictator said, dictator is not incorrect.....

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Cardiology word help....dictator is definately saying mitral gurgitation. I see mitral regurg...
Subject: Cardiology word help....dictator is definately saying mitral gurgitation. I see mitral regurg...

Is mitral gurgitation a d/o


She lay in bed, present tense....sm
Subject: She lay in bed, present tense....sm

she laid in bed all day Saturday (past tense).........
past tense of I & D (I & D'd?)
Subject: past tense of I & D (I & D'd?)

doc says ...four years ago. It was I & D'd at that time.
how about "a tense effusion"
Subject: how about "a tense effusion"


tense effusion
Subject: tense effusion

Rapid onset (within two hours) of a large, tense effusion suggests rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament or fracture of the tibial plateau

(www.aafp.org/afp/20030901/907.html)
Left wrist sprain with probable TFCC degenerative tear and s/l bore bursitis?
Subject: Left wrist sprain with probable TFCC degenerative tear and s/l bore bursitis?

could be volar, does that make sense????
since he "laid" down -- past tense (sm)
Subject: since he "laid" down -- past tense (sm)

lay is usually for inanimate objects

lie would be present tense
if its past tense... it would be laid
Subject: if its past tense... it would be laid

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it is laid if it is past tense
Subject: it is laid if it is past tense


Rules for tense in a report?
I always thought it was past tense.  I have a doc who started the first 2 sentences using past tense and then suddenly switched to present test.  IV sedation IS administered, Patient IS positioned.  Do you change present to past or type as is?  Nothing in the CP about it.
on all reps I try for present tense except
Subject: on all reps I try for present tense except


Biceps tense up well when he exerts
Subject: Biceps tense up well when he exerts

Does this make sense?  Here is the previous sentence. 


Tenderness over the anterior shoulder at the site of biceps insertion.  Biceps tense up well when he exerts. 


You are absolutely correct. It is lay...past tense has nothing to do with it in this case!
Subject: You are absolutely correct. It is lay...past tense has nothing to do with it in this case!

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is this dictator ESL (foreign dictator)?....
Subject: is this dictator ESL (foreign dictator)?....

if ESL, I would either blank him or give him that Avodart but the other one I haven't a clue and would have to blank there too.  Sorry :(
thanks, that's what I did, made it
Subject: thanks, that's what I did, made it

nitro paste. 
It just seemed like you also had made
Subject: It just seemed like you also had made

several posts to indicate the possibility this person was testing, which was exactly what you were singling her out for, making too many posts. Maybe she was not sure her post went through. gosh! talk about impatience.
LOL!!! That really made my day, too
Subject: LOL!!! That really made my day, too

Really needed a good laugh today, thanks for that one!!  Good Rx for a lot of men I've known...
LOL!!! Made my day!!! nm
Subject: LOL!!! Made my day!!! nm