Don't know if any update automatically. The Sted's you purchase once a year. Spellex offers 1/
Posted By: updates, or it did. nm on 2007-05-03
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Would you purchase a 2008 Saunders PWB this late in the year? I know it is not a bad investment..bu
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in a couple of more months they will be putting out a new edition for 2009.
Short time to deliberate on this issue....
purchase
Subject: purchase
That screw had great purchase at the time of placement. . .
good purchase was obtained
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My hands automatically changed it to
Subject: My hands automatically changed it to
electrocautery - handy of them.
That's why it wasn't under cautery - duh.
As long as you don't delete your cookies, your email should automatically appear
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And you shouldn't have to validate if it does automatically appear.
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MS Word will not automatically capitalize after a period that follows a number...sm
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This is to account for decimal signs.
You will just have to hit the shift key.
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.
Ooops I have ace inhbitior in my short cuts automatically capitalizes. No infection. Routine labs.
Subject: Ooops I have ace inhbitior in my short cuts automatically capitalizes. No infection. Routine labs.
Thanks for the update. nm
Subject: Thanks for the update. nm
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But there is an update on this sm
Subject: But there is an update on this sm
The update is this:
Follow up (2 words) is the verb usage. The pt will follow up in the office next week.
Followup (1 word) as in The pt is here for followup.
Follow-up is when it proceeds a noun, like the compound modifier rule. The pt is here for her follow-up appointment.
It was news to me yesterday, but there it is.
There have been a couple of AAMT BOS2 addendums. They want to do away with q.d. and q.4h. now has to have a space after the q. so it is q. 4h. Pain in the neck all of this...
Update
Subject: Update
I flagged this for QA, and they filled in multiple prostatic cystica.
Update on motalakian..
Subject: Update on motalakian..
I found these on further searches:
Tangent screen exam
Automated perimetry exam
Goldmann visual field exam
Humphrey visual field exam
This is not an ESL dictator but I just bet "tularakian" and "motalakian" are some forms of the above visual field testing names that he has said so often that he just runs it all together. The dictation is gone now but I've bookmarked the above, maybe they will help someone else who gets this same strange-sounding garble. Thanks!
Thanks, guess I had better update...nm
Subject: Thanks, guess I had better update...nm
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Drug Update
Subject: Drug Update
Drug Updates from MPR
sl Anacil update
Subject: sl Anacil update
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Thanks.
Is year old still hyphenated as in 74-year-old? nm
Subject: Is year old still hyphenated as in 74-year-old? nm
update - found out it was haemolyticus
Subject: update - found out it was haemolyticus
LOL - the attending had trouble figuring it out too so that made me feel a tad better. thanks for all the help.
Thanks for the update and the chance to learn something new! :) nm
Subject: Thanks for the update and the chance to learn something new! :) nm
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Thanks for the input--time to update anyway ;)
Subject: Thanks for the input--time to update anyway ;)
probably "Adacel" update (tetanus)
Subject: probably "Adacel" update (tetanus)
Update - "tighter" is the word - nm
Subject: Update - "tighter" is the word - nm
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update on phrase "coolum and strong"
Subject: update on phrase "coolum and strong"
FINALLY figured this one out. The doc got real slow for once and the phrase he uses all the time for ie: pulses are & it s/l coolum and strong???
BUT, alas...he is saying equivalent and strong....yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh thank's everybody for their previous help on this
Update - QA filled in dose radiation.
Subject: Update - QA filled in dose radiation.
I wish I could relisten now, but I can't!
Thanks for the update... makes your head spin doesn't it!
Subject: Thanks for the update... makes your head spin doesn't it!
I hope the QA person adds her initials to the report. Thanks for the update. nm
Subject: I hope the QA person adds her initials to the report. Thanks for the update. nm
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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
Graves as per my Sted's.
Subject: Graves as per my Sted's.
takedown as per Sted's GI/GU. nm
Subject: takedown as per Sted's GI/GU. nm
Looks like puerperal in the Sted's. nm
Subject: Looks like puerperal in the Sted's. nm
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My Sted's has jar as meaning sm
Subject: My Sted's has jar as meaning sm
-- a jolt or shaking. Might be what the doctor is saying. nm
See what Sted's Dictionary says about this.
Subject: See what Sted's Dictionary says about this.
benign prostatic hypertrophy
erroneous term that is often considered a synonym of nodular hyperplasia of prostate.
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benign prostatic hyperplasia
progressive enlargement of the prostate due to hyperplasia of both glandular and stromal components, typically beginning in the fifth decade and sometimes causing obstructive or irritative symptoms, or both; does not evolve into cancer.
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hernial sac as per Sted's. sm
Subject: hernial sac as per Sted's. sm
hernial sac
the protruding envelope of peritoneum in a hernia.
...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
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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
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