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should Infectous Disease Consult /Podiatry be capped?

Posted By: beNice on 2009-05-09
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Subject: should Infectous Disease Consult /Podiatry be capped?

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Podiatry consult.
Subject: Podiatry consult.

Patient has an ingrown toenail.


ASSESSMENT: This is a 75-year-old female with *s/l* onycocryptosis.


I'm lost, please help!


From the Centers for Disease Control - it is capped!
Subject: From the Centers for Disease Control - it is capped!

Gray (Gy): a unit of measurement for absorbed dose. It measures the amount of energy absorbed in a material. The unit Gy can be used for any type of radiation, but it does not describe the biological effects of the different radiations.
ID would be infectious disease, maybe consult? and urine culture? nm
Subject: ID would be infectious disease, maybe consult? and urine culture? nm

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neuro consult, neuroconsult, or neural consult?
Subject: neuro consult, neuroconsult, or neural consult?

Confused about which is correct, whether it should be one word or two. Thanks in advance. "Dr. Shanmugam has seen the patient for neuro consult."
Reason for consult: s/l Managed medical consult
Subject: Reason for consult: s/l Managed medical consult

Does this sound right?  The report didn't really help me much.  The person is there for vent weaning after a fracture. 
Set consult since it's a fracture? Or set up consult? NM
Subject: Set consult since it's a fracture? Or set up consult? NM

nm
Word help s/l clyde vox disease or clydevox disease or klinvox disease???? TIA.
Subject: Word help s/l clyde vox disease or clydevox disease or klinvox disease???? TIA.


one more question, does it need capped? Thank again.
Subject: one more question, does it need capped? Thank again.


"steinstrasse" sm (not capped)
Subject: "steinstrasse" sm (not capped)

Very large stones, those 3 centimeters (about one inch) or more in diameter, may require several ESWL treatments to break up completely or may produce such a large volume of fragments that they block the ureter. This condition is called "steinstrasse," (a German word meaning "street of stone")
I know it is supposed to be capped, but
Subject: I know it is supposed to be capped, but

this isn't a medical record and I was too lazy to hit the shift key...sooorrry. geez.
you are 100% incorrect - it is all capped...SM
Subject: you are 100% incorrect - it is all capped...SM

http://www.lapband.com/lapband/portal.do


LAP-BAND®


some of us work for general surgeons/bariatric surgeons and they too insist it's LAP-BAND!!


please research!! 


This is a trade name so would be capped.
Subject: This is a trade name so would be capped.

nm
She seemed to know that term, since she capped it right
Subject: She seemed to know that term, since she capped it right

I can't make "ecofine" sound like hemoglobin. Too bad though.
Stedman's has both capped. nm
Subject: Stedman's has both capped. nm

nm
Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. These are named after..
Subject: Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. These are named after..

Alzheimer's disease

Also known as:
Alzheimer's dementia
Alzheimer's sclerosis
Alzheimer's syndrome
Alzheimer-Perusini disease (misnomer)
Dementia of the Alzheimer type
Senile dementia of the Alzheimer type

Synonyms:
Presenile dementia, senile dementia.

Associated persons:
Alois Alzheimer

James Parkinson

English physician and paleontologist, born April 11, 1755, Hoxton Square, Shoreditch, London; died 1824, London.

Associated eponyms:
Parkinson's crisis
Exaggeration of the characteristics of parkinsonism associated with acute anxiety.

Parkinson's disease
A degenerative disorder of the nervous system characterized by masklike facies, a fine, slowly spreading tremor, cogwheel rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability with a peculiar gait.

Parkinson's facies
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probable osteoarthritic disease? osteoporotic disease? nm
Subject: probable osteoarthritic disease? osteoporotic disease? nm


Skin Disease S/L En Saint Reole Disease
Subject: Skin Disease S/L En Saint Reole Disease

Pt has has pink raised ciruclar lesions on trunk and distal extremities. 


Dx is S/L En Saint Reole disease.  Any body know what the heck this is?


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Per BOS, trademarked all capped products can have
Subject: Per BOS, trademarked all capped products can have

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lap banding not capped but LAP-BAND
Subject: lap banding not capped but LAP-BAND


Only for a first capped letter. It's never hyphanted. nm
Subject: Only for a first capped letter. It's never hyphanted. nm

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Is the word hospice capped or not
Subject: Is the word hospice capped or not

in a sentence. I can't seem to get a correct answer regarding this. TIA
when doc states g-y-n, are all letters capped or only first? nm Thanks!
Subject: when doc states g-y-n, are all letters capped or only first? nm Thanks!


heparin and it is not initial capped either...
Subject: heparin and it is not initial capped either...


bowenoid in this case not capped. Sorry. nm
Subject: bowenoid in this case not capped. Sorry. nm


it's a consult
Subject: it's a consult

For GI bleed. Doing the impression, and doc is giving the possibilities.
s/l sep consult
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Dr. will do a s/l sep consult for preop clearance


. . . This is for a patient with a hip fracture 


Consult
Subject: Consult

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GI consult
Subject: GI consult

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s/l CDU consult
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s/l OMS consult
Subject: s/l OMS consult

"Patient has left facial cellulitis, most probably secondary to tooth abscess." What would OMS stand for?
consult please?
Subject: consult please?

I have always done cryo'd but I have always wondered if that is correct!


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The hospital I work for wants the departments Capped.
Subject: The hospital I work for wants the departments Capped.


in this instance they are being used as proper nouns and should be capped. NM
Subject: in this instance they are being used as proper nouns and should be capped. NM

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numeric and nylon is not capped initial.....nm
Subject: numeric and nylon is not capped initial.....nm


should primary care physician be capped?
Subject: should primary care physician be capped?

says patient should followup with primary care physician just exhausted at this point...very long day...........well I really don't know the answer to that regardless if it was a long day or not....
pneumo boots? Pneumoboots-capped?
Subject: pneumo boots? Pneumoboots-capped?

can't remember, is it pneumo boots? or pneumo-boots, or Pneumoboots? capped or not?


"MSM consult" - what is MSM?
Subject: "MSM consult" - what is MSM?

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Could he mean separate consult?
Subject: Could he mean separate consult?


s/l help please - oncology consult
Subject: s/l help please - oncology consult

Tru-Cut needle biopsy of the left breast mass, on 11/16/07, showed invasive ductal carcinoma, Nottingham grade 2, ER/PR positive; ER greater than 90%, PR 70%; HER-2/neu 2+ and __________ test is pending.
The blank sounds like "dean an blick sue-cation"...... anyone??


Doc says it again in the IMPRESSION... only this time is sounds different....

Invasive ductal carcinoma, grade II, ER/PR positive. HER-2/neu is still indeterminate and ____________ test is pending.
This time it sounds like "dean ab lou few ation"....
BU/slurry consult
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ID consult question
Subject: ID consult question

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Those standards have mistakes all the time. I don' t think it is supposed to be capped, but you a
Subject: Those standards have mistakes all the time. I don' t think it is supposed to be capped, but you are

not supposed to change anything in a standard. You would probably be better off flipping a coin! I would leave it, and if they ding you, just tell them that is how it was in standard.
wasted bandwidth - poster only capped LAP-BAND
Subject: wasted bandwidth - poster only capped LAP-BAND

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troponin doesn't need to be capped. Put period after cr=1.5. K=potassium. NM
Subject: troponin doesn't need to be capped. Put period after cr=1.5. K=potassium. NM


mittelschmerz -- means middle pain. Not capped. nm
Subject: mittelschmerz -- means middle pain. Not capped. nm


s/l skionbarres disease or gyonbarres disease
Subject: s/l skionbarres disease or gyonbarres disease

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Consult - I think you are right! It just sounds weird....TU
Subject: Consult - I think you are right! It just sounds weird....TU


According to my Griffith's 5-minute consult
Subject: According to my Griffith's 5-minute consult

one symptom is listed as purple "striae" on the skin. Since it appears your second word is grouped wiht labs he wants done, some lab tests listed are for urinary cortisol, plasma cortisol, neutrophilia, lymphopenia, hyperglycemia, hyperlipedemia, hypokalemia. Anything there ringing a bell?
GI consult, reason for consultation
Subject: GI consult, reason for consultation

All I know so far is that the patient is being seen in GI consultation and she is combative and age 90+.

REASON FOR CONSULTATION sounds like:
"Aerfo biddy bosdus stil."

I'm thinking

Here for _____ stool.

but still clueless. He is ESL, probably Indian.
No info to tell, just a consult of many things
Subject: No info to tell, just a consult of many things


The consult by the neurologist states that sm
Subject: The consult by the neurologist states that sm

the s/l partodyskinesia may be a slow progress. Also later in the diagnosis, doctor states "s/l Partodyskinesia secondary to anticholanergic drugs".  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks :)