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left sternal border

Posted By: nm on 2009-01-21
In Reply to: He has a whistling type 3/6 systolic ejection murmur best heard at the left *heart or hard* border. - Shasta

Subject: left sternal border

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RLSB? right lower sternal border
Subject: RLSB? right lower sternal border

maybe he just stuttered on the second L or drew it out a little?
Nope...not "left sternal border" I really hear "hard" or "heart". #@!! agh. nm
Subject: Nope...not "left sternal border" I really hear "hard" or "heart". #@!! agh. nm


Per Stedman's, LLB is left lower border, sm
Subject: Per Stedman's, LLB is left lower border, sm

as it lists LLBCD as left lower border of cardiac dullness, so LLB is probably okay for your doc's use. We usually hear LSB for left sternal border with regard to murmurs. Can you hear LSB?

He has a whistling type 3/6 systolic ejection murmur best heard at the left *heart or hard* border.
Subject: He has a whistling type 3/6 systolic ejection murmur best heard at the left *heart or hard* border.

He has a whistling type 3/6 systolic ejection murmur best heard at the left *heart or hard* border. nm


Maybe ASA = above sternal angle. Have heard above sternal notch before for JVP. (nm)
Subject: Maybe ASA = above sternal angle. Have heard above sternal notch before for JVP. (nm)

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.....up about the sternal (s/l) 'Louie'??? is there another
Subject: .....up about the sternal (s/l) 'Louie'??? is there another

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Sternal notch to nipple distance (no hyphens)..nm
Subject: Sternal notch to nipple distance (no hyphens)..nm


border
Subject: border

Any chance tripping over interosseous border? 


Edge of a bone to which a fibrous (interosseous) membrane is attached, by which the bone becomes attached to another bone.


?? splenic border??
Subject: ?? splenic border??

NM
I would think scaling border rather than
Subject: I would think scaling border rather than

scalene border, too.

There are a lot of mistakes in this one little entry!
I think "STERNAL border" is correct. (n/m)
Subject: I think "STERNAL border" is correct. (n/m)

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Ashuelot, NH, just over the MA/NH border on the west. nm
Subject: Ashuelot, NH, just over the MA/NH border on the west. nm

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?? border ?? (not enough sentence provided -- nm)
Subject: ?? border ?? (not enough sentence provided -- nm)


antimesenteric border is correct - nm
Subject: antimesenteric border is correct - nm


If you hear it again in the meantime, listen for border
Subject: If you hear it again in the meantime, listen for border


Funny thing, I had this yesterday and left 3 blanks that QA also left blank.
Subject: Funny thing, I had this yesterday and left 3 blanks that QA also left blank.

x
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Subject: pain over the left hip and a biopsy of the left s/l SA pablum showed adenocarcinom

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A small enterotomy was made on the s/l *anti-mesenteric" border???
Subject: A small enterotomy was made on the s/l *anti-mesenteric" border???


The lateral border of the mesh was then injected in a fanciet distribution using 6 cc of a combinati
Subject: The lateral border of the mesh was then injected in a fanciet distribution using 6 cc of a combinati


probably means left anterior descending. Instead of saying LAD, just saying left AD.
Subject: probably means left anterior descending. Instead of saying LAD, just saying left AD.

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Subject: Incision made from ulnar border of the transfer tendon from the ???epidical fold??


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Subject: I think that's correct; sternal sutures are sutures in the sternum, makes sense


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Subject: S/P left total knee reconstruction. On exam, has a palpable s/l clod defect on the left knee.

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Maybe, sternal sutures or mediastinal sutures?
Subject: Maybe, sternal sutures or mediastinal sutures?

x
Left AD
Subject: Left AD

Patient had stent placed in left AD.


I've heard Left Anterior Descending (LAD) but not left AD. 


Anyone else heard it like this.  Just making sure


 


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X-rays of the left hip including a plain film and ______ scan
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Subject: She is probably continuing on with left. nm

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just left shift key does it for me
Subject: just left shift key does it for me

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Subject: Well DUH. Maybe I should have left the "h" off when I googled


Thank you!


Thanks, I just left a blank. nm
Subject: Thanks, I just left a blank. nm

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Thanks all, not sure, left a blank. nm
Subject: Thanks all, not sure, left a blank. nm

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well, QA couldn't get this one either. We left it for the doc. Thanks again!
Subject: well, QA couldn't get this one either. We left it for the doc. Thanks again!

nm
ESL~~~S/L left t's were normal
Subject: ESL~~~S/L left t's were normal

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Subject: Left a blank

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Subject: Left a note for QA.

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Subject: not saying rx for left wrist x-ray? nm


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left and right s/l cruse?
Subject: left and right s/l cruse?

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Left this blank. Thanks to those who were looking, nm
Subject: Left this blank. Thanks to those who were looking, nm

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Subject: Thanks for trying, I just left a blank, new one on me! nm

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LCX? (left circumflex)
Subject: LCX? (left circumflex)


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Subject: left a blank

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Subject: left knee nm

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first ray of the left foot
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Subject: Put a blank and QA left it...

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? She had a stent placed in the left AD?
Subject: ? She had a stent placed in the left AD?

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Subject: I think doc left heading out sm

He dictates, "Skull does reveal evidence of hydrocephalus with enlarged cranium. Asymmetrical, moving equally with respiration. HEART: PMI could not be localized. S1 and S2, distant heart sounds. No S3 gallop. No murmur. LUNGS: Clinically clear.


What would be asymmetrical here?


 


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Subject: S/L ileoSICKTectomy...left out the T before

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