Books are always good. Dorland's is huge and expensive. The Taber's is cheaper and handy. nm
Posted By: passing thru on 2005-08-13
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Reference books come in handy for things like this.
Subject: Reference books come in handy for things like this.
Docs mispronounce words all the time. 99% of my docs say Perm-a-Cath, but it is PermCath. Docs spell things and spell them wrong all the time. One of our jobs as MTs is to know enough to know doc is saying/spelling something incorrectly and correct it.
Stedman's Ortho. Books do come in handy! nm
Subject: Stedman's Ortho. Books do come in handy! nm
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When sis comes to visit she always gets good laughs reading the phobia pages in my Dorland's.
Subject: When sis comes to visit she always gets good laughs reading the phobia pages in my Dorland's.
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in my old Taber's,
Subject: in my old Taber's,
there is proteuria, same thing as proteinuria.
According to Taber's, opposition is the ability to
Subject: According to Taber's, opposition is the ability to
move the thumb into contact with the other fingers. Apposition is the condition of being side by side or fitted together. 
According to my Taber's, it can be either scrota or scrotums. sm
Subject: According to my Taber's, it can be either scrota or scrotums. sm
Of course it is the 1989 edition, but I should think it still applicable.
The back of the Quick Look Drug Book has drugs by diagnosis. Cheaper
Subject: The back of the Quick Look Drug Book has drugs by diagnosis. Cheaper
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On a cheaper "SSRI" - selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, the type of drug
Subject: On a cheaper "SSRI" - selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, the type of drug
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wow thanks for that, how handy!
Subject: wow thanks for that, how handy!
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YW :) comes in handy - nm
Subject: YW :) comes in handy - nm
Huge thanks to both!!! nm
Subject: Huge thanks to both!!! nm
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Thanks, will come in handy in future :)
Subject: Thanks, will come in handy in future :)
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that's right and that's why there is a huge lack
Subject: that's right and that's why there is a huge lack
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Oh but you are such a huge help on this board and I am so
Subject: Oh but you are such a huge help on this board and I am so
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Thanks for the site. That'll come in handy.
Subject: Thanks for the site. That'll come in handy.
thanks for the website! I'm sure this will come in handy in the future!
Subject: thanks for the website! I'm sure this will come in handy in the future!
wow - lucky you...to have an ICU nurse handy!!
Subject: wow - lucky you...to have an ICU nurse handy!!
just a HUGE GUESS....probably wrong...LOL...nm
Subject: just a HUGE GUESS....probably wrong...LOL...nm
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I'm not sure...it's in a huge listing of medication
Subject: I'm not sure...it's in a huge listing of medication
This is a great example of how a Medical Phrase Index is handy..sm
Subject: This is a great example of how a Medical Phrase Index is handy..sm
I'm not in any way picking on you, but somebody below asked how to look up words when you're not sure what they are. Since you knew it was some kind of fork, you could have looked up "fork" in the MPI and it lists 7 different medical forks, and you would have been able to deduce 'tuning fork' from this since you had a soundalike. I learned more new words from this reference book than anything else.
Could it be individual as opposed to a huge single lesion? nm
Subject: Could it be individual as opposed to a huge single lesion? nm
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Please help..huge argument in background and hard to hear...sm
Subject: Please help..huge argument in background and hard to hear...sm
She doesnt recall an ____ (s/l inciting) injury.
Thank you. There is a huge argument going on so far straight through two dictations and they are going at it louder and louder !!!. 
HUGE stretch, but can you hear anything along the lines of Cruveilhier? nm
Subject: HUGE stretch, but can you hear anything along the lines of Cruveilhier? nm
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No, this patient has a huge past history that varies
Subject: No, this patient has a huge past history that varies
If you goggle bihemispheric, there is a huge amount of information on the subject.
Subject: If you goggle bihemispheric, there is a huge amount of information on the subject.
books...books....books....
Subject: books...books....books....
help yourself
NWMNMT:Good grief, good grief, good grief..If this is the case, the doctor should also explain
Subject: NWMNMT:Good grief, good grief, good grief..If this is the case, the doctor should also explain
the meaning in an ADDENDUM.
How do you know what the doctor meant? GOOD GRIEF, are you the know-it-all (hyphens must be put here, as it is used as a noun!) on this board? Get over yourself!
Who understands what it means without an explanation?
The MOST obvious is apparently like I understood it:
5 packs in 1 year.
Maybe the doctor really meant this, 5 packs per year, so essentially a nonsmoker.
GOOD GRIEF, get over yourself!
Please don't just quote ref. books
Please don't just quote reference books; I have my own, thank you, and they are all just as conflicted as yours. Stedman's, Tessier, Sloane, Google, etc., all list Moschowitz, Moschcowitz, Moskowitz and Moscowitz in roughly equal proportions. None gives an actual first name or cites the pioneering publication. Please, does anyone actually know who this procedure is named after? Is it hernia repair pioneer Alexis Moschcowitz of Mt. Sinai? Full doctor name and facility or publication title, please!!!!!
No terminology books....sm
Subject: No terminology books....sm
Don't spend too much for terminology books and be selective when doing such; you can look up just about everything online now and save it all to favorites.
actually, it is now pen VK per drug books
Subject: actually, it is now pen VK per drug books
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You NEED to buy reference books and USE them.
Subject: You NEED to buy reference books and USE them.
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So what is he saying? And did your books get up and walk away?! lol!
Subject: So what is he saying? And did your books get up and walk away?! lol!
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2 words according to my books.
Subject: 2 words according to my books.
video colonoscope, video gastroscope, video endoscope, etc.
Thank you both very much!! I will make a note of this in my books. nm
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I don't trust word books any more.
Subject: I don't trust word books any more.
Like you, I have been running into this situation more and more lately. The Internet may not solve much, but it sure points out how unreliable all those word books are that we've been trusting all these years.
It's gotten so I don't trust any eponym reference unless it gives me first & last name with bio (hey, why not shoe size and zodiac sign while we're at it!)
beg to difer about accuracy of books
Subject: beg to difer about accuracy of books
its spellchecker to take out all the errors that were in it and have extended this overhaul to books published since mid April 2004....SO, if your Stedman book was published before that date, you will find misspellings.
And as others here like to say that BOS is not the authority, neither is Stedman. If Vera were still alive, I would still swear by her Current Medical Terminology but since Claudia took it over, I question its continued purity.
All I can find also in 3 abbrev books. sm
Subject: All I can find also in 3 abbrev books. sm
how is this used?
I think it is CollaMend but I can't find it in my books.
Subject: I think it is CollaMend but I can't find it in my books.
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NO drug books?? :) ....It's Phenytek..nm
Subject: NO drug books?? :) ....It's Phenytek..nm
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All my reference books of every brand
Subject: All my reference books of every brand
agree it's 2 words. I plugged it into OneLook as one word, and look what this site says:
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=31082
How funny!
and cannot find in my reference books at all. Thanks. NM
Subject: and cannot find in my reference books at all. Thanks. NM
Heads up on Stedmans CD books
Subject: Heads up on Stedmans CD books
Hi all..
I have bought quite a few Stedmans CDs which are wonderful. Then came the Cardiology book and apparently all that will follow. They go on the ready reference bookshelf by LWW...It severely limits your abilities to search...for instance if you are looking for some kind of syndrome you can't hear what it is but you know it is a syndrome. where u can go into the books and look under syndrome and hope to hit pay dirt..The ready reference bookshelf doesn't allow you to search like that. Same thing with Quick Look Drug book 2008 same problem...The tech quy has said he has heard the same complaints...Just a heads up before you go wasting your money buy the books instead from here on out :-( Rots cause the CDs were 100 times easier. I complained and they don't seem to care what I think...Unless I am doing something wrong in my searches and anyone has an answer on how to fix the problem...We gotta stick together here...:-)
All my reference books are Stedman's.
Subject: All my reference books are Stedman's.
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Tylenol No. 3 per drug books.
Subject: Tylenol No. 3 per drug books.
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Go with our reference books. I see only diathesis, too. nm
Subject: Go with our reference books. I see only diathesis, too. nm
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I agree - I still use books, too. I actually trust my
Subject: I agree - I still use books, too. I actually trust my
books - if I can't find it in my books, I go to the internet, but not before. Sometimes the internet can just give a whole lot of inaccurate info that takes a long time to go through (not that it isn't helpful in a lot of cases - I just don't always trust it).
Dorland's on the Net
Merck is giving away Dorland's for free...at least for now: Go to http://www.mercksource.com, and click on "Resource Library" for Dorland's.
Dorland's too
Subject: Dorland's too
"F" capitalized in Dorland's, no hyphen. "6 French", abbreviation: F6
Can we get more confused?
Per Dorland's --
Subject: Per Dorland's --
tympany
From Dorland's
Subject: From Dorland's
deciliter(dL) (desLĭ-letәr) one tenth (10minus;1) of a liter; 100 milliliters
Lilly
I'm no where near my reference books, so check my spelling of sm
Subject: I'm no where near my reference books, so check my spelling of sm
Waldenstrom. That might be your s/l.
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