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Is there a named procedure later in the dictation to help decide what's wrong

Posted By: with the toes? NM on 2007-07-06
In Reply to: ortho help please sm... - Thanks in advance!!

Subject: Is there a named procedure later in the dictation to help decide what's wrong

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Eli M. named a congenital syndrome - not a culdoplasty procedure nm
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Procedure to salvage whatever can be salvaged. Any hints in the rest of your dictation to tell you?
Subject: Procedure to salvage whatever can be salvaged. Any hints in the rest of your dictation to tell you?


Is this a repeat procedure? Might be salvage if something went wrong the 1st time.nm
Subject: Is this a repeat procedure? Might be salvage if something went wrong the 1st time.nm

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Did you just decide to do that or did a particular MD
Subject: Did you just decide to do that or did a particular MD

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Trying to decide
Subject: Trying to decide

When typing 0 degree should it be 0-degree or without the hyphen.


(example) 10 mm 0 degree telescope. Thanks


named after a man named Schmorl.....sm
Subject: named after a man named Schmorl.....sm

Schmorl's nodes

Also known as:
Schmorl's nodule

Associated persons:
Christian Georg Schmorl


Description:
Protrusion of the vertebral disc into the vertebra in adolescent kyphosis. They are usually asymptomatic and begin as a defect of the cortex or the vertebral body endplate of a vertebra, followed by fissures and protrusion of the nucleus pulposus.


http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2377.html


any help? Doc will decide to *desee* her Coumadin if there is improvement. thanks! nm
Subject: any help? Doc will decide to *desee* her Coumadin if there is improvement. thanks! nm


AAMT/BOS says not to use this form anymore, but I guess your QA will decide for you. nm
Subject: AAMT/BOS says not to use this form anymore, but I guess your QA will decide for you. nm

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You are correct, doc either gave wrong dosage or wrong drug, would "flag" this for your QA dep
Subject: You are correct, doc either gave wrong dosage or wrong drug, would "flag" this for your QA dept if you have one.


Was this in wrong spot before? We had a slew of responses, all wrong! nm
Subject: Was this in wrong spot before? We had a slew of responses, all wrong! nm

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No - not unless a company is named.
Subject: No - not unless a company is named.

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it's apostrophe s when named after anyone....sm
Subject: it's apostrophe s when named after anyone....sm

regardless of what the AAMT says......
I don't capitalize them ever unless they are named after someone
Subject: I don't capitalize them ever unless they are named after someone

i.e.

functional disorder
Gaucher disorder
gender identity disorders
generalized anxiety disorder
grandiose type of paranoid disorder
Hartnup disorder
Perhaps this, named after a doctor.
Subject: Perhaps this, named after a doctor.

copy & paste the link:


http://www.drhealth.net/therapies/rife.html


Lots of other stuff on the net.


Yes, gray was named in honor of....
Subject: Yes, gray was named in honor of....

scientist, but it is not capitalized -- like you do for most eponynms. There are lots of sites on the internet defining radiation terms if you really want to read up on them.

It is named after a gentleman with the last name of "Waller"
Subject: It is named after a gentleman with the last name of "Waller"

so, I am still thinking not capitalized.
see link inside for who it was named for....sm
Subject: see link inside for who it was named for....sm






Robert James Graves (1707-1853)
Irish physician, born March 27, 1797, Dublin; died March 20, 1853, Dublin.

from www.whonamedit.com


So, it would be Graves' disease since it's named after somebody.


 


There is a town named Genoa. Could this be it?
Subject: There is a town named Genoa. Could this be it?


named after John Homans.....
Subject: named after John Homans.....

Biography:
John Homans worked on experimental hypophysectomy with Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939) at Johns Hopkins. Homans, Cushing and Samuel James Crowe (1883-1955) in 1910 presented the first evidence of the relationship between the pituitary and the reproductive system. Homans later became interested in peripheral vascular disease.

His wife was Helen Perkins Homans. Their daughter Helen Homans died of pneumonia on November 22, 1916, while serving as a nurse with the Red Cross in France. Homans' three sons all graduated from Harvard.

from whonamedit.com
Anyone familiar with a medication named
Subject: Anyone familiar with a medication named


Bell's is possessive named for
Subject: Bell's is possessive named for

Sir Charles Bell who came up with the phenomenon.
just FYI, named after Frederick Mohs...
Subject: just FYI, named after Frederick Mohs...


Mohs surgery named after .......
Subject: Mohs surgery named after .......


no S - named after Virginia Apgar...nm
Subject: no S - named after Virginia Apgar...nm


Yes, named after Daniel Fahrenheit. nm
Subject: Yes, named after Daniel Fahrenheit. nm

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based on other meds named...
Subject: based on other meds named...

It seems likely that the mystery name has something to do with doxorubicin. It will be interesting to see if you get a reply so that we all can learn something new!
s/l rucey procedure -- wondering if it is Ruiz procedure ...
Subject: s/l rucey procedure -- wondering if it is Ruiz procedure ...

The sentence reads "I advised the patient to undergo so-called s/l rucey procedure (i.e., bone graft repair of the nonunion)." This is an orthopaedic doctor dictating. TIA.
Gold's procedure or Gould's procedure..ortho? nm
Subject: Gold's procedure or Gould's procedure..ortho? nm

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same poster here - all iris scissors named after
Subject: same poster here - all iris scissors named after

I know it as all iris scissors have a proper name (named after someone) before them.....so iris would be lower case.  *S*  Hope that helps......
IS your patient named Ruby, or can we have the sentence with this in it? nm
Subject: IS your patient named Ruby, or can we have the sentence with this in it? nm

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Surgery named after Frederic Mohs, so
Subject: Surgery named after Frederic Mohs, so

no apostrophe after the h.
agree with chandelier sign...named so because pain could be
Subject: agree with chandelier sign...named so because pain could be

so bad, it would leave women hanging from the chandelier!
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fOur formerly named advocate, AAMT, doesn't give
Subject: fOur formerly named advocate, AAMT, doesn't give

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may be named after famous orthopedist Roger A. Mann, MD? nm
Subject: may be named after famous orthopedist Roger A. Mann, MD? nm


Drug named s/l centinal for heart condition.
Subject: Drug named s/l centinal for heart condition.

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Forgot to mention, named after Rene Le Fort in 1901. nm
Subject: Forgot to mention, named after Rene Le Fort in 1901. nm

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Try DePuy - they make "cat" named spinal devices
Subject: Try DePuy - they make "cat" named spinal devices

Bengal™ is a spinal implant made of radiolucent carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP), a material that has a modulus of elasticity approximating that of cortical bone. The result is an implant that meets the structural requirements of anterior column support, while optimizing the fusion environment through an open, load-sharing design.

DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
Customer Service: (800) 366-8143
Web site: http://www.jnjgateway.com/home.jhtml?loc=USENG&page=viewContent&contentId=09008b9880772d01

SIMES procedure or SIMS procedure maybe?
Subject: SIMES procedure or SIMS procedure maybe?

Has anyone every heard of the Simes or Sims procedure?  I never heard of it and I am having a hard time trying to verify.  Perhaps I am not spelling it correctly? 


Thanks!


EMG/NCV dictation
Subject: EMG/NCV dictation

I am transcribing an EMG report right now, and the MD is foreign, so I am having difficulty hearing some of her words.


Dictated:  Ulnar "inching" (?) studies across the elbows .....


Is "inching" the correct word?  I can't find it in my ref books.


Thanks to whomever is able to help.  Judy Harrison


 


Dictation help...
Subject: Dictation help...

Dictated as: She reports psoriasis, occasional oral orphoras and sicker symptoms.


Are the underlined terms correct.


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end of dictation
Subject: end of dictation

I know we normally do not type "end of dictation", but would I type the following sentence since it has patient info and a date?

End of dictation on the patient (name) for workers compensation on 6/8/2007.
It would help if we could get the dictation after this.... nm
Subject: It would help if we could get the dictation after this.... nm

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Subject: Help with dictation!!

On digital rectal examination the prostate is ?flat?/flas? without firm or snug ?valerity?.
Dictation on a patient who is to
Subject: Dictation on a patient who is to

Under recommendations, doc says...number one...s/l ty pen hole or hold. What is the 't' word.
Floridian here- with dictation a G................nm
Subject: Floridian here- with dictation a G................nm


Did dictation get clipped? Maybe this?
Subject: Did dictation get clipped? Maybe this?

Akin osteotomy ?
Have see it in dictation both ways.nm
Subject: Have see it in dictation both ways.nm


Yes, that's it. She actually said it clearer later in dictation.
Subject: Yes, that's it. She actually said it clearer later in dictation.

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MAYBE IT IS SRI DICTATION??? ANYONE HEARD OF THAT?
Subject: MAYBE IT IS SRI DICTATION??? ANYONE HEARD OF THAT?


unclear dictation
Subject: unclear dictation

The sentence reads:  One bottle out of four bottles of blood culture came back Staph coag negative positive.  Does that make sense? 
Is there a clearer s/l later in the dictation? nm
Subject: Is there a clearer s/l later in the dictation? nm

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