Figured it out... polycythemia vera.
Posted By: Thanks anyways. on 2005-09-28
In Reply to: Nephrotic range proteinuria and positive - s/l "hemo vera"??? Help!!!
Subject: Figured it out... polycythemia vera.
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polycythemia vera, maybe
Subject: polycythemia vera, maybe
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polycythemia vera or
Subject: polycythemia vera or
polycythemia rubra vera?
Polycythemia vera nm
Subject: Polycythemia vera nm
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Ha-never mind-polycythemia vera
Subject: Ha-never mind-polycythemia vera
was clearer later in the report
Drug for Polycythemia vera. s/l hydrouracil...
Subject: Drug for Polycythemia vera. s/l hydrouracil...
The patient has polycythemia vera. She has a right s/l * acolus * regional skin ulcer
Subject: The patient has polycythemia vera. She has a right s/l * acolus * regional skin ulcer
and left foot ulcer following s/l bone-ee-atomy. Also has leukocytosis and thrombocytosis and is getting a phlebotomy. This is an ESL, so not sure I'm hearing right. Thanks for any ideas!
polycythemia
Subject: polycythemia
s/l vera scott
Subject: s/l vera scott
The s/l vera scott irregular, but it is regular when I rechecked him
vera stress?
Subject: vera stress?
A vera stress caused a complaint of pain as well as distal bicep pain
as per Vera Pyle's CMT... sm
Subject: as per Vera Pyle's CMT... sm
Glidewire (one word) is the trade name of a guide wire (two words), so could be either!
drug (s/l) vera-clude
Subject: drug (s/l) vera-clude
Patient with HIV, hepatitis B, renal insufficiency with following medications.
lactulose, ? Veraclude, Epivir, Kaletra, Famvir, Valcyte, Diflucan, Bactrim
I cannot verify this but he sounds very clear. Any help appreciated. Thanks.
It's ostiomeatal. See Vera Pyle.
Subject: It's ostiomeatal. See Vera Pyle.
ostiomatal: denoting the opening of the auditory, nasal, or urinary meatus; does not have anything to do with osteo (bone). Vera Pyle, Current Medical Terminology, 5th Edition.
The root word is ostium, which is certainly a word! It's in my Dorland's, and means: a door or opening; used in anatomical nomenclature as a general term to designate an opening into a tubular organ, or between 2 distinct cavities within the body. Called also orificuium, orifice, and opening.
Stedman's Plastic Surgery/ENT/Dentistry Words, 3rd Edition, specifically lists ostiomeatal complex, stent, and unit.
I checked my old Vera Pyle, and
Subject: I checked my old Vera Pyle, and
I have written in a note under Garden classification of femoral neck fractures that it is roman numerals we use.
Is it possibly aloe vera? NM
Subject: Is it possibly aloe vera? NM
It's per primam (per Dorland's and Vera Pyle). nm
Subject: It's per primam (per Dorland's and Vera Pyle). nm
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Also, in Vera Pyle Medical Terminology it has
Subject: Also, in Vera Pyle Medical Terminology it has
Endo Clip applier - laparoscopic clip applier.
End point as in Vera Pyle Medical Terminology
Subject: End point as in Vera Pyle Medical Terminology
it says - "the point in an an analysis at which the chemical reaction is complete, or at which the reading or intrepretation of test results is feasible".
also Google has it as: Lachman's test of the right knee. The examiner used the right hand to place anterior force on the lower leg while simultaneously using the left hand to place posterior force on the distal thigh. A good end point should be felt. Hands are reversed to test the left knee.
per Vera Pyle's Current Medical Terminology
Subject: per Vera Pyle's Current Medical Terminology
It is not capitalized. Have to say it again, there is no substitute for good reference books!
also known as Dextrostix, which I found in my Vera Pyle Terminology book
Subject: also known as Dextrostix, which I found in my Vera Pyle Terminology book
Blood Glucose Measurement with Dextrostix - found this on Google. So, if all you need is the dexi part then dexi, not dexy.
I do not type Radiology, but in my Vera Pyle Medical Terminology
Subject: I do not type Radiology, but in my Vera Pyle Medical Terminology
and Saunders Pharmaceutical Drug Book,2008 Entero Vu is shown. There is no Enteroview. So I would say QA is wrong here.
As for the cm/s or cm/sec, I cannot comment because I have never used that.
Radionics s/l "mm of vera" for image-guided aspiration of clot.
Subject: Radionics s/l "mm of vera" for image-guided aspiration of clot.
The "millimeters of vera" were registered and accepted in radionics image-guided system. this is for an intracerebral hemorrage evacuation.
Per Vera Pyle--transcutaneous oxygen level is TcPO2 (the 2 is subscripted). nm
Subject: Per Vera Pyle--transcutaneous oxygen level is TcPO2 (the 2 is subscripted). nm
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Neurapraxia. My Sloane Medical Word Book and Vera Pyle's
Subject: Neurapraxia. My Sloane Medical Word Book and Vera Pyle's
Current Medical Terminology have neurapraxia. Neuropraxia is not even listed.
Current Medical Terminology has definition as "neurapraxia(not neuropraxia) a conduction block (either partial or total) of a segment of nerve fiber causing a temporary paralysis. Usage: "The patient has a right ulnar nerve neurapraxia."
Found Versaport in Vera Pyle Current Medical Terminology. See inside
Subject: Found Versaport in Vera Pyle Current Medical Terminology. See inside
a trocar system requiring a smaller incision site, reducing risk of hernation and improving cosmetic results. May be he is making up his own word. They do that a lot.
Lap_Band system as per Vera Pyle Current Medical Terminology book.
Subject: Lap_Band system as per Vera Pyle Current Medical Terminology book.
not sure about the other word. Is that a medication or a company for the Lap-Band?
Found Omni Flush shape in Vera Pyle's Current Medical Terminology Book
Subject: Found Omni Flush shape in Vera Pyle's Current Medical Terminology Book
Accu-Vu catheter design that allows opacification of the aorta from distal vessels without obscuring the image by superior mesenteric artery filling.
Figured it out.
Sorry, I hate it when I make it more difficult than it really is. I was thinking he was saying something more scientific, but he was actually just saying: As is his sister and parents.
figured it out DUH
Subject: figured it out DUH
figured it out, its parentheses. DUH
figured it out...
Subject: figured it out...
he is saying 'this is not increasing'. Duh! Thanks everyone.
Thanks all but I just figured it out...sm
Subject: Thanks all but I just figured it out...sm
It is Ticlid. She was pronouncing the "i" as a "y". Just went to snatch a cup of coffee and it came to me, lol. Have a good 4th.
I figured it out. It is EPS. Thanks.
Subject: I figured it out. It is EPS. Thanks.
Thanks I figured it out.
Subject: Thanks I figured it out.
Figured it out!
Subject: Figured it out!
She was saying "hyper - h-y-p-e-r- kalemia.
I just figured that out. Thank you:)
Subject: I just figured that out. Thank you:)
xx
figured it out!
Subject: figured it out!
multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN)
Yahoooo!
Ahh I figured it out..
Subject: Ahh I figured it out..
polyarticular JRA
I figured it out... DUH!
Subject: I figured it out... DUH!
It's tall kneeling! Jeez....I guess I'm too tired to be typing...every time I looked up about tall mewing I just got information about cats!
Thanks to both of you, I figured they were both used
Subject: Thanks to both of you, I figured they were both used
Thanks
Tx everybody figured it out
Subject: Tx everybody figured it out
figured it out. Thanks anyway. nm
Subject: figured it out. Thanks anyway. nm
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Figured it out. nm
Subject: Figured it out. nm
I figured it all out.
Subject: I figured it all out.
Okay, i figured this whole sentence out. 
I figured it out sm
Subject: I figured it out sm
HFN - high flow nebulizer
I think I figured it out sm
Subject: I think I figured it out sm
"watch ticks" !!!!
Thanks, I should have figured that out. nm
Subject: Thanks, I should have figured that out. nm
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Figured it out
Subject: Figured it out
Figured it out - IPV
Subject: Figured it out - IPV
Figured it out.
Subject: Figured it out.
Thanks. I figured it had to be something like that
Subject: Thanks. I figured it had to be something like that
Of course, she always says AVSS afebrile, which makes it kind of redundant, but why should that surprise me?
I figured it out - Ery-Tab 333 nm
Subject: I figured it out - Ery-Tab 333 nm
That's it. Should have figured that out when sm
Subject: That's it. Should have figured that out when sm
he went on to say the patient thought she had "patchitis" (pouchitis).
Thank you!!
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