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How about expected date

Posted By: anon on 2007-11-07
In Reply to: new to OB - anon for now

Subject: How about expected date

as in EDC, expected date of confinement.


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EDC - expected date of confinement -NM
Subject: EDC - expected date of confinement -NM


EDD = estimated date of delivery, EDC = estimated date of confinement sm
Subject: EDD = estimated date of delivery, EDC = estimated date of confinement sm

I have never heard "estimated time of delivery" but I assume that would be ETD.


Could he be giving a date? 8/15 maybe?
Subject: Could he be giving a date? 8/15 maybe?


it's post-date
Subject: it's post-date

or post-dates --- past due.
It is a date. You don't spell those out. Even
Subject: It is a date. You don't spell those out. Even

if it is a quote, it is a date, 10/30/2008.
In date of injury?
Subject: In date of injury?

Sounds like he is saying -- The patient is 6 weeks status post s/l in date of injury.  TIA.


I put a comma around the date:
Subject: I put a comma around the date:

LAD test, 11/20/08, etc.
post date
Subject: post date

if the patient delivered after due date.
Phyllis, look below, Jerson wants a date
Subject: Phyllis, look below, Jerson wants a date

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If the date, May 10th is the last of the sentence,
Subject: If the date, May 10th is the last of the sentence,

then use the "th."..such as, The patient was last seen on May 10th.  However, if the date falls within the sentence, such as, On May 10, the patient underwent reconstructive surgery.
sure that's not 10/2005 as in date of procedure?
Subject: sure that's not 10/2005 as in date of procedure?


Figured out she's giving the date of the PT/INR 01/18/08
Subject: Figured out she's giving the date of the PT/INR 01/18/08


Thinking along this line, too, with a procedure date of 1/10. nm
Subject: Thinking along this line, too, with a procedure date of 1/10. nm

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sounds like he could be referring to a specific date....
Subject: sounds like he could be referring to a specific date....

As in, last *episode of this headache* Maybe he meant last headache was on March 6, 2007 (3/6/07) ???
probably just status post date of injury? nm
Subject: probably just status post date of injury? nm

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put the date between commas and 1 comma after ' noted'...sm
Subject: put the date between commas and 1 comma after ' noted'...sm

X-rays available from an outside source, dated 02/20/2009, indicate (indicate, not indicates!) joint effusion of the elbow with a fracture of the left humerus lateral epicondyle noted, anterior and superior displacement of the fracture fragment. Proximal radius and ulna appear to be intact.