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There is no pleural or pericardial effusion and axillae are stable. There is a slight fatty infi

Posted By: as on 2007-08-20
In Reply to: Can we have the sentence please. - ss

Subject: There is no pleural or pericardial effusion and axillae are stable. There is a slight fatty infi

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I think that's correct - axillae are stable
Subject: I think that's correct - axillae are stable

RadMT is right.
usually hear pericardial effusion
Subject: usually hear pericardial effusion

n.m
pleural effusion
Subject: pleural effusion

I keep hearing laryn- with L beginning
Pleural effusion?
Subject: Pleural effusion?


Right-sided pleural effusion
Subject: Right-sided pleural effusion

Evidence of old TBC. I'm thinking he means tuberculosis. Is that right. Also under discharge medications he has Rifamate, Theo-Dur and it sounds like he's saying prinsom or primson and taper down over two weeks. Any ideas? Thanks a bunch.
Loculated pleural effusion......
Subject: Loculated pleural effusion......

pleural fluid which has been loculated or encysted between layers of visceral pleural within the fissures or between partially fused visceral and parietal layers adjacent to the chest wall, diaphragm or mediastinum. 
never mind. i got it....pleural effusion..thanks anyways
Subject: never mind. i got it....pleural effusion..thanks anyways


malignant pleural effusion?
Subject: malignant pleural effusion?


ESL: pleural effusion phrases
Subject: ESL: pleural effusion phrases

Doctor with a fairly thick Indian accent dictates the following:


Large left pleural effusion with probable s/l "ectelectisis" or organization. Moderate to large right pleural effusion and s/l "side diesease" is noted.


Could be "pleurisy" causing a pleural effusion - nm
Subject: Could be "pleurisy" causing a pleural effusion - nm


Plexus tube for pleural effusion
Subject: Plexus tube for pleural effusion

Thanks!
Patient has s/l blig-a-ma-sy causing a pleural effusion.
Subject: Patient has s/l blig-a-ma-sy causing a pleural effusion.

Thanks so much!!!
Pt with history of pleural effusion and had s/l talc procedure
Subject: Pt with history of pleural effusion and had s/l talc procedure


Past medical history: Bilateral pleural effusion, then s/l
Subject: Past medical history: Bilateral pleural effusion, then s/l

chronic stasis - period.  Would that be right?
Pleural effusion. Status post drainage and s/l tophrodesis sm
Subject: Pleural effusion. Status post drainage and s/l tophrodesis sm

Malignant right-sided pleural effusion.  Status post drainage and s/l "tophrodesis"
pleural effusion is smaller but has significant amount of free flowing fluid on the s/l *cubulous*
Subject: pleural effusion is smaller but has significant amount of free flowing fluid on the s/l *cubulous*


scarification? or serous effusion, cloudy effusion?
Subject: scarification? or serous effusion, cloudy effusion?


If you hear stable, put stable. sm
Subject: If you hear stable, put stable. sm

They do say loose bodies are stable from previous film etc. Might be simply that. 


 


Best ortho link ever:


 


http://www.wheelessonline.com/ Just click on the joint etc. as below for Baker's cyst.


 


http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/knee_joint_menu


pericardial? nm
Subject: pericardial? nm

s
? pericardial
Subject: ? pericardial


pericardial.
Subject: pericardial.

x
pericardial bleed?
Subject: pericardial bleed?

The patient has had pericardial ?or percardial?  Bleed from a catheter. 
there is such thing as a pericardial infusion scan
Subject: there is such thing as a pericardial infusion scan

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fatty?
Subject: fatty?


How about fatty tumor?
Subject: How about fatty tumor?

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fibro-fatty or fibrofatty?
Subject: fibro-fatty or fibrofatty?

I have a microscopic autopsy of the pancreas.

Doctor says: "Pancreas shows a normal lobular pattern with interlobular fibro-fatty tissue"

Can anyone confirm if it should be hyphenated or not? Google gave me both ways in several journals.
Does volatile fatty acids (concentrations) fit?
Subject: Does volatile fatty acids (concentrations) fit?

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Nonalcoholic fatty liver (NASH syndrome). The second one could be
Subject: Nonalcoholic fatty liver (NASH syndrome). The second one could be

hemochromatosis.
liposuctioned with a #4 cannula, receiving 200-mL of fatty a/l aspirt
Subject: liposuctioned with a #4 cannula, receiving 200-mL of fatty a/l aspirt

:)


 


MaxEPA (omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids)???
Subject: MaxEPA (omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids)???


s/l *bilasis sequestions* for fatty liver infiltration? TIA
Subject: s/l *bilasis sequestions* for fatty liver infiltration? TIA

*nt*
Fatty retroperitoneal mass at s/l ritus inconjurotis fascia nm
Subject: Fatty retroperitoneal mass at s/l ritus inconjurotis fascia nm

nm


Large, firm, calcified/fatty s/l sulpification-like mass in the left chest
Subject: Large, firm, calcified/fatty s/l sulpification-like mass in the left chest

x


stable?
Subject: stable?


stable. nm
Subject: stable. nm

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Currently appears stable?
Subject: Currently appears stable?

  Where there are no other instructions after that sentence, i.e. ordering a test or medication, the word "stable" comes to my mind.
How about alveoli are stable? (nm)
Subject: How about alveoli are stable? (nm)

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? stable syrinx?
Subject: ? stable syrinx?


Stable affect maybe?
Subject: Stable affect maybe?

XX
slight?
Subject: slight?


could be slight
Subject: could be slight


Or...stable or clear gutters? nm
Subject: Or...stable or clear gutters? nm

s
stable spiculated density
Subject: stable spiculated density

stable spiculated density
s/l patient was pneumatically stable..
Subject: s/l patient was pneumatically stable..

s/l patient was pneumatically stable (this is a psychiatric discharge summary if that helps). 
stable angina pectoris
Subject: stable angina pectoris

Under FINAL DIAGNOSES he says ASA steva stable angina pectoris. Thanks for any ideas.
stable lung nodule please sm
Subject: stable lung nodule please sm

...stable lung nodule consistent with a s/l hemartoma.


Don't know of this is hamartoma or hematoma? TIA


A slight displacement, maybe? nm
Subject: A slight displacement, maybe? nm


Slight of frame
Subject: Slight of frame

"He looked petite and slight of frame."


 


Is it slight of frame or light of frame?  this makes no sense to me.


slight depletion?
Subject: slight depletion?


oops, it has been a long day... Medically stable..
Subject: oops, it has been a long day... Medically stable..


Afebrile, vital signs stable.
Subject: Afebrile, vital signs stable.

Good site for abbreviations.

http://mt911.com/site/search/abbreviation_search.asp