Docs make up words all the time.
Posted By: nm on 2008-12-01
In Reply to: how to type arthroscoped... - mt3
Subject: Docs make up words all the time.
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hate it when docs make up words: gel-ish
Subject: hate it when docs make up words: gel-ish
maybe my brain's just too frozen to wing it.
would it be gellish, gel-ish ??? he's talking about the consistency of myelomeningocele tissue. i'd rather go with gel-like, but with verbatim i don't feel comfortable ad libbing...
pro time, no hypen, two words, as if your typing prothrombin time
Subject: pro time, no hypen, two words, as if your typing prothrombin time
Thanks! That's what I thought. Docs like to use big words LOL
Subject: Thanks! That's what I thought. Docs like to use big words LOL
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I really think docs should use actual words sm
Subject: I really think docs should use actual words sm
Not these made up silly things. I had doctor who said clunky cough, yicky sputum, goopy eyes and goopy nose...and ackME for acne...gwyahnephrine for guaifenesin...metroprolol for metoprolol and the list went on. She was such a good doctor, born in the USA and still had command of the English language that was sadly lacking.
Docs do it all the time, though. I give them what they say. nm
Subject: Docs do it all the time, though. I give them what they say. nm
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my docs say 90 to 1-teens all the time
Subject: my docs say 90 to 1-teens all the time
nm
....pericolovesical, that is, if it's what you heard. Docs put words together all
Subject: ....pericolovesical, that is, if it's what you heard. Docs put words together all
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Thanks! Love docs that throw three words in one!
Subject: Thanks! Love docs that throw three words in one!
It was in there like six times so it was making my stomach hurt thinking about sending it to QA!
No such word. Docs make up their own. This is where the MT comes in. :) nm
Subject: No such word. Docs make up their own. This is where the MT comes in. :) nm
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Thanks for trying. This is one of those docs that likes to make up his own.
Subject: Thanks for trying. This is one of those docs that likes to make up his own.
I know there are malleable stays or retractors, but it gets flagged. Hopefully, the next time he will learn to enunciate (wishful thinking LOL).
No such word but again docs make up as they go.. sm
Subject: No such word but again docs make up as they go.. sm
pallor = pale
Docs say all the time "performance status", the
Subject: Docs say all the time "performance status", the
status goes with the performance.
I agree - we all do it from time to time - we try to make something else out of it
Subject: I agree - we all do it from time to time - we try to make something else out of it
nm
That could be. I know that some docs make patients sign care contracts. sm
Subject: That could be. I know that some docs make patients sign care contracts. sm
Compliance promise could very well be. Perhaps the patient had been noncompliant with his CPAP and the doc threatened him with something like being hospitalize, dying, etc.
A lot of PCPs make their drug-seeking patients sign what is called a Care Plan. It takes care of the "frequent flyers" to different docs and ED's. They are tailored to each patient. Perhaps Jane Doe can only get 4 pain shots a month. If she uses them all up in a week, then too bad, so sad. She will just have to tough it out. They are on file with all the hospitls here in case the frequent flying drug-seekers trh to hit different emergency departments, etc.
LOL, perhaps the patient feels very "negative" about females? These docs can make you smile,
Subject: LOL, perhaps the patient feels very "negative" about females? These docs can make you smile, huh? nm
nm
External/internal range of motion with tibiotarsal pain (TTP?) docs can make up abbreviations, ???n
Subject: External/internal range of motion with tibiotarsal pain (TTP?) docs can make up abbreviations, ???nm
nm
pro time - 2 words
Subject: pro time - 2 words
I believe it is one of those words that over time MDs have been using (I get it all the time) see be
Subject: I believe it is one of those words that over time MDs have been using (I get it all the time) see below:
From www.techortho.com
With the biceps tenodesis procedure, the biceps tendon is left attached to the fibular head and is then "tenodesed" to the anterior aspect of the ...
er, make that Words and Phrases
Subject: er, make that Words and Phrases
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I would think it is just the dr's wording. They make up words. If it is not verbatim I would pu
Subject: I would think it is just the dr's wording. They make up words. If it is not verbatim I would put cardiology eval, but if verbatim, leave his word if u are 100% that is what he is saying. nm
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These English words will get us all the time!! Glad you got it! Now I can relax. nm
Subject: These English words will get us all the time!! Glad you got it! Now I can relax. nm
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P. 337 of BOS states it should be typed "pro time" as 2 words; sm
Subject: P. 337 of BOS states it should be typed "pro time" as 2 words; sm
however, spelling out of both words is preferable.
Definitely "sk" and not "tw". Doc likes to make up words but also very particular, so w
Subject: Definitely "sk" and not "tw". Doc likes to make up words but also very particular, so wanted a
second opinion. Thanks so much guys.
in all honesty, the words you "hear" and the questions you ask make it seem that s/m
Subject: in all honesty, the words you "hear" and the questions you ask make it seem that s/m
you would really struggle with this line of work and might be better suited to some other endeavor.
I swear I try to make words out harder than they are..I realized it was varix a few seconds ago and
Subject: I swear I try to make words out harder than they are..I realized it was varix a few seconds ago and thought man, how dumb was I!
nm
Sounds like you're Q/Aing my report I sent in today! Those were the words I couldn't make out!
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Patient is oriented to time, person and place with good *respondent* memory. Does this make sense?
Subject: Patient is oriented to time, person and place with good *respondent* memory. Does this make sense?
what time are we using here in mtStars? US time or India time?
Subject: what time are we using here in mtStars? US time or India time?
No links but the Stedman's GI & GU Words is great, and you'll need a Pathology/Lab Words book
Subject: No links but the Stedman's GI & GU Words is great, and you'll need a Pathology/Lab Words book or
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onelook.com, Tessier's Surgical Words, and Sted's Ortho and Rehab Words. Great stuff! nm
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is it protime, pro-time, or spelled out prothrombin time? also, where did you find it.. i've look
Subject: is it protime, pro-time, or spelled out prothrombin time? also, where did you find it.. i've looked.
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with time are you supposed to put the word hour after the time, i.e. 1600 hours
Subject: with time are you supposed to put the word hour after the time, i.e. 1600 hours
nm
The only thing I can find close is subtilise meaning to make senses more keen or make one's sense
Subject: The only thing I can find close is subtilise meaning to make senses more keen or make one's senses more acute?
that would be two weeks' time. 's is singular (one week's time) and s' is pleural (two
Subject: that would be two weeks' time. 's is singular (one week's time) and s' is pleural (two weeks' time)
nm
prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time
Subject: prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time
?? PTT is partial thromboplastin time, PT is prothrombin time
Subject: ?? PTT is partial thromboplastin time, PT is prothrombin time
so that didn't answer my question at all -- and in fact was incorrect info
2 years' time or 2 year's time- Which is correct?
I put 2 years' time and was marked off on QA.
I'm still listening and trying to fit it together to make any suggestions make sense.
Subject: I'm still listening and trying to fit it together to make any suggestions make sense.
One Weeks' Time or One Week's Time
Subject: One Weeks' Time or One Week's Time
Which one is correct?
Thanks! 
fourth time she has used this she is saying on-cora..each time in the..
Subject: fourth time she has used this she is saying on-cora..each time in the..
paragraph she talks about Omega 3 fatty acid maybe she means Omacor, but is saying Oncora instead of Omacor?? any ideas on this one?? thanks
PT or Pro time stands for prothrombin time
Subject: PT or Pro time stands for prothrombin time
Three month's time or three months' time? TIA!
Subject: Three month's time or three months' time? TIA!
I found Real-Time, Real-time, real-time ultrasound...
Subject: I found Real-Time, Real-time, real-time ultrasound...
nm
Yep, it's okay. Docs say that often. nm
Subject: Yep, it's okay. Docs say that often. nm
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Thanks...sometimes I think these docs should...
Subject: Thanks...sometimes I think these docs should...
type themselves for once and listen to some of the things they say. I bet they would think twice after that...:-)
Some docs
Subject: Some docs
actually dictate ABGs in this manner. They say a number then slash then another number then slash, etc. That is how they want it transcribed. Just make sure your numbers are correct and you are set to go!
should say *my* docs
Subject: should say *my* docs
like the docs who are always ...
Subject: like the docs who are always ...
... putting "metatarsal" in the hand dictations. Plantar may be technically okay, but it seems like if he were more careful he would say palmar.
Our docs
Subject: Our docs
usually say normocephalic.
I have docs that use it
Subject: I have docs that use it
but my account is not crazy weird picky, either. I haven't heard of it being unacceptable. If it's worth your time, I'd question QA about it and ask her why she changed it.
I have docs
Subject: I have docs
who add extra letters to lots of words, if it make them easier to pronounce. Kind of weird, but it happens.
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