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4-year-old vaccinations given - DTaP, MMR, varicella, and s/l IPB

Posted By: Thanks on 2008-07-10
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what is diff between DTaP and dTap...This doc is confusing me!!!
Subject: what is diff between DTaP and dTap...This doc is confusing me!!!

I have been told by other doc he wants it DTaP


This new doc  is being very specific that she wants dTap.


What is difference?  Is it a whole different shot?


 


Thanks


DTap for tetanus.
Subject: DTap for tetanus.

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Tdap not DTap
Subject: Tdap not DTap

The new vaccine, called Tdap, is different from the DTaP vaccine currently given to babies and young children. Tdap contains lesser quantities of diphtheria and pertussis proteins; for this reason, Tdap is much less likely than DTaP to cause side effects such as pain, redness and tenderness in adolescents.
Varicella?
Subject: Varicella?

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varicella?
Subject: varicella?


Can it be varicella vaccine?
Subject: Can it be varicella vaccine?


how about varicella pneumonia - just a guess
Subject: how about varicella pneumonia - just a guess

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Maybe varicella or chickenpox vaccine? nm
Subject: Maybe varicella or chickenpox vaccine? nm

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HEENT unchanged x1 year (been the same since year ago)
Subject: HEENT unchanged x1 year (been the same since year ago)


25-pack/year would mean 25 packs per year, but
Subject: 25-pack/year would mean 25 packs per year, but

25-pack-year is the amount equal to packs smoked per day x number of years smoking, as per BOS and Vera Pyle.


Varicella zoster or Xanthium strumarius virus...nm
Subject: Varicella zoster or Xanthium strumarius virus...nm

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We thought he might have a viral s/l zanthum or a mild case of varicella TIA
Subject: We thought he might have a viral s/l zanthum or a mild case of varicella TIA


Is year old still hyphenated as in 74-year-old? nm
Subject: Is year old still hyphenated as in 74-year-old? nm


2 years' time because years is plural. One year's time because it is singular, only one year.
Subject: 2 years' time because years is plural. One year's time because it is singular, only one year.


No. It is an 8-year-old boy.
Subject: No. It is an 8-year-old boy.

Thanks anyway. Had to send it in. Not polio either.
73 year old who ...
Subject: 73 year old who ...

I had a 73-year-old lady who had not have a period in 3 years. Go figure. Fortunately, I can mark these things as questionable.
A 62-year-old WM? What's WM? nm
Subject: A 62-year-old WM? What's WM? nm

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year old or -year-old
Subject: year old or -year-old

Received this one back from QA and I think they are incorrect so thought I would pose the question here before possibly being wrong myself.  Which is correct? 


John is an 8 year old brought to this visit by mother.


John is an 8-year-old brought to this visit by mother.


8-year-old
Subject: 8-year-old

the noun is implied as in 8-year-old boy.


nm its year two
Subject: nm its year two


...Happy New Year!......nm
Subject: ...Happy New Year!......nm

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Looks okay to me. Happy New Year! nm
Subject: Looks okay to me. Happy New Year! nm

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I put 2-1/2 years... or 2-1/2-year-old. nm
Subject: I put 2-1/2 years... or 2-1/2-year-old. nm

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no. it's an angry 7 year old. thanks though
Subject: no. it's an angry 7 year old. thanks though

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AAMT changes this every year when they want to--sm
Subject: AAMT changes this every year when they want to--sm

sell another version of the BOS. I go with client preferance, which is still spelling out 1-10 and numerical above 10. Dates are spelled out within the body of the report...client preference. AAMT is not the know all end all, just another money grabbing gimic! JMO
I add an "A"....A 42-year-old woman....or
Subject: I add an "A"....A 42-year-old woman....or

However, for suturing, I do...... 4-0 Vicryl and I try to either use a semi colon before, if possible, to like add it onto the sentence prior IF possible.  


For ages - I put an "A" 42-year-old, or "An" 83-year-old male..... for beginnings of sentences. 


 


dr says: 26-year-old G4 P 0 to 1 SAB 3 female.sm.
Subject: dr says: 26-year-old G4 P 0 to 1 SAB 3 female.sm.

What is the correct way to transcribe this?


G4 P-0-1 SAB3


G4 P-0-1 sab3


Thank you so much in advance!


changed about a year ago
Subject: changed about a year ago


6 YEAR OLD EXAM
Subject: 6 YEAR OLD EXAM

Under PE

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Happy New Year to you too!
Subject: Happy New Year to you too!


Very Happy New Year to you too!
Subject: Very Happy New Year to you too!


1 year old child. Please sm
Subject: 1 year old child. Please sm

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This is a 2-8/12-year-old (just need one more hyphen between 2 and 8/12
Subject: This is a 2-8/12-year-old (just need one more hyphen between 2 and 8/12


52-year-old in a big girl bed???
Subject: 52-year-old in a big girl bed???

Never heard that one before...


In the year 2000...
Subject: In the year 2000...

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Do I seriously need to type "the year"?  It doesn't seem necessary, but is it?


9-year-old male
Subject: 9-year-old male


The second one. An Ŝ-year-old" (boy is assumed). nm
Subject: The second one. An Ŝ-year-old" (boy is assumed). nm

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20-pack-year vs. 20 pack-year
Subject: 20-pack-year vs. 20 pack-year

Which is correct?  20-pack-year history of smoking or 20 pack-year history of smoking.  I've seen it both ways.  TIA.


20-pack-year
Subject: 20-pack-year

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60 year old man. Any idea?
Subject: 60 year old man. Any idea?

60 year old man. Any idea?
63-year-3-month-old? nm
Subject: 63-year-3-month-old? nm

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7-year history.....
Subject: 7-year history.....

I get confused, too!  well-defined hypen; the hyphen is well defined.  That is how I think of the hyphens, but I'm no BOS guru - just been in the biz for a long time.
I'm used to hyphenating it, too, but last year (I think) = sm
Subject: I'm used to hyphenating it, too, but last year (I think) = sm

our QA told us to stop using the hyphenated form and, indeed, the BOS says not to hyphenate.
25-pack-year
Subject: 25-pack-year


25-pack-year
Subject: 25-pack-year

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1-year history
Subject: 1-year history

How would you type the patient has a 1-year history of pain....tia.
Had that drug dictated about a year ago, SM
Subject: Had that drug dictated about a year ago, SM

and I found it just listed in some chat groups, wrote it down in my Drake & Drake in case it came up again. This time I just looked it up on Google. 
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Subject: pleasant, 50-year-old male or pleasant 60-year-old male?

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I saw that, but this is an 11-year-old, so I really do not feel comfortable with that
Subject: I saw that, but this is an 11-year-old, so I really do not feel comfortable with that

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2 year old w/ s/l-posyarticular jerry??
Subject: 2 year old w/ s/l-posyarticular jerry??

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Yeah, I found that also. Looks like it's been used for a year or so. nm
Subject: Yeah, I found that also. Looks like it's been used for a year or so. nm

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