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decreased auditory acuity s/l AS ?

Posted By: charlie on 2008-01-16
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Subject: Paternal auditory canal?

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Is there a such thing as paternal auditory canal?  Could not find this one.


EAC, maybe (external auditory canal)
Subject: EAC, maybe (external auditory canal)

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EAC, maybe (external auditory canal)
Subject: EAC, maybe (external auditory canal)

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Subject: isn't it usually EACs (external auditory canals)?(nm)


Maybe acuity??
Subject: Maybe acuity??


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Subject: acuity. nm


BAER - brainstem auditory evoked response
Subject: BAER - brainstem auditory evoked response

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Visual Acuity
Okay, I don't know if this is the right thread to post this, but Doc is saying Visual Acuity right eye 20/nothing, left eye 20/nothing.  How would that be transcribed??  Thanks.
Visual Acuity
Subject: Visual Acuity

Hearing dictator saying "visual acuity is NA"  Does he mean non-applicable? and if so should I type out non applicable.


 


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Visual acuity test - sm
Subject: Visual acuity test - sm

Second cranial nerve is intact with normal visual acuity by s/l snylan's test.


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s/l "worsened achilles or acuity"
Subject: s/l "worsened achilles or acuity"

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taste/smell acuity - nm
Subject: taste/smell acuity - nm


It is taste/smell acuity. Thanks.
Subject: It is taste/smell acuity. Thanks.


Could it be EDSS monocular acuity? Just a guess...
Subject: Could it be EDSS monocular acuity? Just a guess...


PE: Visual acuity and s/l gross/growth fields intact.
Subject: PE: Visual acuity and s/l gross/growth fields intact.

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LOVA means loss of visual acuity...sorry did not state that in other post.
Subject: LOVA means loss of visual acuity...sorry did not state that in other post.

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no, it s/l decreased
Subject: no, it s/l decreased

I have listened over and over. I know the term nuclear sclerotic, but he s/l he is saying decreased. Thanks for the help.
Duh by me - decreased rom!! thanks
Subject: Duh by me - decreased rom!! thanks


decreased? sm
Subject: decreased? sm

it's close to your s/l (IF you say it while yawning) and it fits with paresthesias... ?? =)
I also think it would be decreased, and
Subject: I also think it would be decreased, and

it sounds like the patient has meralgia paresthetica.

I was confused by the subject line because I thought the patient was having the problem while yawning, LOL.
decreased curves
Subject: decreased curves

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Subject: Neck: Decreased ROM in all "axies"


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Subject: first thought is decreased expiratory or sm

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Subject: Says...Reflexes were decreased at his ankles with... sm

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decreased sclerotic cataract
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Subject: decreased renal function. His *EFR* was 49 ml


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Subject: Doc says AC joint with decreased "scapitation" ?

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Subject: decreased voluntary movement?


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Subject: not to mention, decreased range of motion

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Subject: decreased air entry over the apices bilaterally. nm

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RUE has functional ROM but there is decreased s/l proprius synchronius sm
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Subject: Pt with MS, s/; "Tatense" is decreased over the right upper extremity.

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Subject: large areas of decreased attenuation


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Subject: decreased s/l flying femur movements?

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The patient has decreased skin s/l tuther. Help???
Subject: The patient has decreased skin s/l tuther. Help???


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Subject: Decreased visual field on the right s/l 2 threat or throughout?

I don't know if this makes sense. 


Decreased visual field on the right s/l 2 threat or 2 throughout.  Do either of these make sense, or something else?


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Subject: hypovolemia is a state of decreased blood volume


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Subject: decreased breath sounds at the bilateral s/l faces? nm


WILD GUESS maybe decreased vision, sclerotic cataract, although...
Subject: WILD GUESS maybe decreased vision, sclerotic cataract, although...

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Ortho help. Would this make sense: Posture s/l has decreased on the lordosis?
Subject: Ortho help. Would this make sense: Posture s/l has decreased on the lordosis?


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Subject: Aerodynia can relate to "swallowing" of excessive air, so flow decreased, less pressure. NM

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Decreased pinpric sensation to the bilateral lower extremities but areas of s/l passhiveness -sm-
Subject: Decreased pinpric sensation to the bilateral lower extremities but areas of s/l passhiveness -sm-

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Subject: STRESS: Images reveal decreased uptake of radioisotope in the inferior wall and BASAL septum.


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Subject: S/L * Rea * for peripheral smear shows slightly decreased platelets. No clumps. Normal white cells and red cells.

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I hear lumbar. So would it make sense as: Posture has decreased lumbar lordosis
Subject: I hear lumbar. So would it make sense as: Posture has decreased lumbar lordosis