Wierd, I can specifically remember being told that:
Posted By: Old and out of it on 2007-11-11
In Reply to: To be perfectly honest, I have never seen it with periods before and I have been transcribing for 34 - MT50
Subject: Wierd, I can specifically remember being told that:
CVA was cerebrovascular accident
c.v.a. was costovertebral angle.
Been doing that for 25 years. Maybe it was just my original employer hospital's preference. Interesting, isn't it, that you can do something for years and years and never know it was not correct. I won't forget now, that is for sure. hehe
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