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creatine kinase myocardial band

Posted By: tired in OH on 2008-09-07
In Reply to: abbreviation - jrr

Subject: creatine kinase myocardial band




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creatine kinase
Subject: creatine kinase

you use creatine kinase MB fraction. leave the MB as is per all abbreviation books I have (many!)
CPK MB (Creatine Kinase–MB ) normal values: 3-5%
Subject: CPK MB (Creatine Kinase–MB ) normal values: 3-5%


sorry should be serum kinase or serum creatine
Subject: sorry should be serum kinase or serum creatine


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Subject: Yep..."salvaged myocardial mass after emergent reperfusion therapy in acute myocardial infarction ... "


serum kinase or serum creatinine kinase
Subject: serum kinase or serum creatinine kinase


Sea-band if used for motion sickness, C-band if used for tennis elbow
Subject: Sea-band if used for motion sickness, C-band if used for tennis elbow


lap band - laparoscopic band surgery. It is not
Subject: lap band - laparoscopic band surgery. It is not

a "name" as such, so not capitalized.
A Kinase??
Subject: A Kinase??


Creatine Phosphokinase-MB (CPK-MB) are usually expressed as a percentage of the total value
Subject: Creatine Phosphokinase-MB (CPK-MB) are usually expressed as a percentage of the total value


sounds more like band endoscope, there is a narrow-band illumination endoscope...sm
Subject: sounds more like band endoscope, there is a narrow-band illumination endoscope...sm

that is used to see the contrasts of the mouth and throat more clearly.  Especially as this procedure started with a microlaryngoscope, which is used either in patients with narrow airways or to get a more clear picture, I would be more apt to say the doc said band endoscope. 
myocardial perfusion scan? nm
Subject: myocardial perfusion scan? nm

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Myocardial Perfusion Scan...
Subject: Myocardial Perfusion Scan...

Rotating sitting images:  Severe splanchnic activity with durolap.   Then he goes into SPECT imaging:  Splanchnic activity is evident.


Maybe overlap?


Thanks for your help


 


myocardial scan (as in perfusion)?
Subject: myocardial scan (as in perfusion)?


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Subject: s/l ukalemic without myocardial injury. TIA nm

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Subject: anterolateral myocardial infarction


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Subject: Inferior Myocardial Infarction - IMI


TMI? transmural myocardial infarction? nm
Subject: TMI? transmural myocardial infarction? nm


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Subject: Rule out myocardial infarction NM


non-STEMI..Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction
Subject: non-STEMI..Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction


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Subject: ....silent valvular or myocardial disease?

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how about STEMI?? ST elevation myocardial infarction.
Subject: how about STEMI?? ST elevation myocardial infarction.

that might fit in.
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Subject: non-STEMI (Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction )


Scarbosa criteria for myocardial infarction?
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Subject: yes sounds correct. i would myocardial ischemia

then the other test (EGD) was neg for erosive ischemia
adenosine stress myocardial perfusion
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Subject: Long shot, but often dictate myocardial ischemia. nm

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ST elevation myocardial infarction, not brain dead
Subject: ST elevation myocardial infarction, not brain dead

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Actually according to Stedmans if dictated -- non-STEMI = non-ST segment myocardial infarction ....
Subject: Actually according to Stedmans if dictated -- non-STEMI = non-ST segment myocardial infarction ....

and if dictated NSTEMI = non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction.
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Subject: a heart attack: ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI):


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lap band was placed
Subject: lap band was placed

Please help with the 'e' word.
something like Lap-Band ? sm
Subject: something like Lap-Band ? sm

ObesityHelp - Gastric Bypass, LAP-BAND® System, DS and Other ...



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Got cut off, but she is not saying Lap-Band. Thank you~!
Subject: Got cut off, but she is not saying Lap-Band. Thank you~!

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Lap band
Subject: Lap band

When I look it up, it is always upper case>> LAP-BAND


should it always be transcribed this way. If so, what about lap banding.


patient is doing well 2 weeks' status post lap-banding.


Any clues?


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Subject: band-aid, Band-Aid, Band-aid???

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LAP band
Subject: LAP band

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Subject: Sea-Band or C-Band

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Sea-Band
Subject: Sea-Band

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s/l eye-key band
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band
Subject: band

first thought is iliotibial band? If not, then would you give more sentences etc.


 


iliotibial tract



[TA]; a fibrous reinforcement of the fascia lata on the lateral surface of the thigh, extending from the crest of the ilium (especially the tuberculum of the crest) to the anterolateral aspect of the lateral condyle of the tibia (Gerdy tubercle). Syn: iliotibial band, Maissiat band, tractus iliotibialis [TA].


 


 


Lap-Band sm.
Subject: Lap-Band sm.

What is the correct way to type lap band procedure. Is Lap and Band capitalized and also is there a hyphen Lap-Band procedure. TIA.
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Subject: I believe it is Future Band.

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s/l band treatment
Subject: s/l band treatment

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Subject: anhime band around the toe.

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plica band nm
Subject: plica band nm

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So lap band is also "generic"? sm
Subject: So lap band is also "generic"? sm

Okay, thanks!  I'll look back at the dictation and see if I can tell which it should be.
So lap band is also "generic"? sm
Subject: So lap band is also "generic"? sm

Okay, thanks!  I'll look back at the dictation and see if I can tell which it should be.
It IS the LAP-BAND system....SM
Subject: It IS the LAP-BAND system....SM

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band width is what I think it might be
Subject: band width is what I think it might be


oligoclonal band
Subject: oligoclonal band

Could it be oligoclonal band?