It might also mean, as MT gril suggested a sort of ear tubes....Google
Posted By: EvaEv on 2008-05-12
In Reply to: "Buttons in her ears" ?? - MTgirl
Subject: It might also mean, as MT gril suggested a sort of ear tubes....Google
Tympanostomy tubes resemble small collar buttons. ...
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eustachian! PE tubes? myringtomy tubes? Silastic tubes? Shepard?
Subject: eustachian! PE tubes? myringtomy tubes? Silastic tubes? Shepard?
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Cecum not close to anus. Google suggested
Subject: Cecum not close to anus. Google suggested
seton.
By periodic tightening around the tissue encircled by the fistula, the cutting seton ... Use of the seton in the treatment of extrasphincteric anal fistula. ...
PE tubes = pressure equalization tubes (nm)
Subject: PE tubes = pressure equalization tubes (nm)
:)
Maybe not what I suggested...
Subject: Maybe not what I suggested...
I don't know if it makes sense with the whole sentence. I posted your question on another board I use. I'll let you know if they come up with anything.
Spellchecker suggested either way and ...
Subject: Spellchecker suggested either way and ...
Stedman's GI/GU book said protooncogene. I thought I made the best choice! but you sound like you know more about it than I do!! Thanks!
that was what my former coworkers also suggested
Subject: that was what my former coworkers also suggested
It did sound more like levers, but I went with levels since it makes more sense. Thanks for your insight. I really appreciate it.
Doc suggested using it for the sinuses.............nm
Subject: Doc suggested using it for the sinuses.............nm
Glad you could hear it once I suggested it!
Subject: Glad you could hear it once I suggested it!
I used to like doing oncology.
Googling suggested polysplenia as a possibility.
Subject: Googling suggested polysplenia as a possibility.
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I put "arium" into Drugs dot com and it suggested samarium, which seems applicable. nm
Subject: I put "arium" into Drugs dot com and it suggested samarium, which seems applicable. nm
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Nah, "strug-glers-and" surely is drug-elud-ing as suggested -nm
Subject: Nah, "strug-glers-and" surely is drug-elud-ing as suggested -nm
Sirolimus-eluding stents? (a guess); division.. was "intervention x2", as suggested, yes? -nm
Subject: Sirolimus-eluding stents? (a guess); division.. was "intervention x2", as suggested, yes? -nm
P-tubes?
Subject: P-tubes?
The child had bilateral s/l P-tube insertion as well as an adenoidectomy. TIA.
T-tubes
Subject: T-tubes
nm
Could be saying PE tubes. nm
Subject: Could be saying PE tubes. nm
s/l PD tubes....
Subject: s/l PD tubes....
Doc dictates: "PROCEDURES & OPERATIONS: BTL, T&A, and s/l "PD tubes"....
TIA for your assistance!
~Tubified
corea C tubes.
Subject: corea C tubes.
No evidence of s/l corea C tubes.
this is on PE.
The pt has sinusitis, otitis media, and eustacean tube dysfunction.
Paparella tubes.
Subject: Paparella tubes.
s/l "pierced end PE tubes" TY. nm
Subject: s/l "pierced end PE tubes" TY. nm
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Cornuals of the tubes...nm
Subject: Cornuals of the tubes...nm
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It's possible. They need to pull on something to remove these tubes, so either could be okay. n
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Oh, figured it out! PE TUBES. Thx anyhoo... nm...
Subject: Oh, figured it out! PE TUBES. Thx anyhoo... nm...
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Coryza or rhinorrhea? Can "see" tubes? nm
Subject: Coryza or rhinorrhea? Can "see" tubes? nm
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Looks like pipelles on a search, teeny tubes. nm
Subject: Looks like pipelles on a search, teeny tubes. nm
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There are reuter bobbin tubes? see link.
Subject: There are reuter bobbin tubes? see link.
http://www.invotec.net/otology/ventilationtubes.htm
Thank you. Still couldn't make him say those tubes though but will put a blank.
Subject: Thank you. Still couldn't make him say those tubes though but will put a blank.
:)
Bard Medical decompression tubes?
Subject: Bard Medical decompression tubes?
myringotomy tubes or buttons, hear it often. nm
Subject: myringotomy tubes or buttons, hear it often. nm
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Clevinger... Fallopian tubes "cornuette"?
Subject: Clevinger... Fallopian tubes "cornuette"?
The clevinger was inserted, and it was noted at the time that the 2 puncture wounds at the fundus were hemostasic. The fallopian tubes again were identified, and the fallopian tubes were cauterized x3 from the cornuette down to 2-3 cm below the cornuette.
Anyone??
what is the surgery called when PE tubes are placed in the ears?
Subject: what is the surgery called when PE tubes are placed in the ears?
Double check, I thought it was Tiny Titan tubes sm
Subject: Double check, I thought it was Tiny Titan tubes sm
I googled and I don't get Tiny Tytan, so if you have a source for it, please post it so I know what I am doing! (Live and learn)
Reuter bobbin, Armstrong, Shepard, T-tube...been months since I have done much ENT.
Thank you, that was it. He just sort of
Subject: Thank you, that was it. He just sort of
mumbled through it.
I'd let him sort it out himself.
Subject: I'd let him sort it out himself.
Now if you had the chart in your hand, might be easy to figure out what he means, but we can't read minds. I know you'd love to fix it though.
Unless there has been some sort of
Subject: Unless there has been some sort of
trauma to the lung, it is probably not hematoma.
Sort of...
Subject: Sort of...
Untreated, chronic GERD can lead to Barrett esophagus, and that can progress on to esophageal cancer.
Possibly BMTT=bilateral myringotomy with tympanic tubes? With a history of allergies, quite SM
Subject: Possibly BMTT=bilateral myringotomy with tympanic tubes? With a history of allergies, quite SM
possibly he has had a problem with recurrent ear infections.
I wonder if it's some sort of abbreviation
Subject: I wonder if it's some sort of abbreviation
for 24-hour urine total protein test.
Yep - but at least we get a few laughs while we try and sort it all out with each other!
Subject: Yep - but at least we get a few laughs while we try and sort it all out with each other!
Word help -- sort of
Subject: Word help -- sort of
I have a doc stumbling over a blood pressure reading. He states 1, uh, uh, 205. Now, does he mean 125 or 205? 205 is extremely high, but he does state later in the report that the patient should follow up with his primary doc due to high blood pressure. Any help would be appreciated. TIA.
Some sort of aystole
Subject: Some sort of aystole
Acute coronary syndrome with "s/e teruclary" aystole.
Thanks!
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lab test of some sort
Subject: lab test of some sort
Here is the paragraph...any ideas for what the "fineroller" might be???
She has a normal CBC, normal platelet count. Platelet function studies are all normal. In fact, she has normal protime and PTT. Factor eight activity levels are normal. She has no evidence of reduced "fineroller", and she has no evidence of a coagulation inhibitor.
Thanks!
vaccine of some sort
Subject: vaccine of some sort
a vaccine called something like "myovax"???
"Treated with myovax vaccine on clinical trial"
Thanks!
It turned out to be some sort of walker but thanks anyway : ))
Subject: It turned out to be some sort of walker but thanks anyway : ))
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some sort of alcoholic drink?
Subject: some sort of alcoholic drink?
In the social history of this consult, the dictator states the patient drinks a glass of wine daily and an occasional s/l Bailey's with her coffee? No idea what this could be, and my Google search has proved fruitless thus far!
Guess he could say antibiose, just sort
Subject: Guess he could say antibiose, just sort
of a backwards way of saying that he was using a cephalexin to kill microorganisms. I googled it and it means "inhibits or kills" microorganisms. Just a funny way of saying it he is using that particular antibiotic???
? some sort of sump drain
Subject: ? some sort of sump drain
Okay, this surgeon is dealing with a very purulent abdomen and kind of said this in a weird way, like he was going to sneeze or cough when he said ?shriv? then port then sump drain. "Drains placed: ?Shriv? ?port? sump drain placed through the left abdominal wall into the liver abscess all the way to the base and sutured up against the diaphragm to secure its position with a Vicryl suture."
Would you provide some sort of context, please? nm
Subject: Would you provide some sort of context, please? nm
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actually, SL leukial ariosis (sort of) tks.
Subject: actually, SL leukial ariosis (sort of) tks.
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This is some sort of a patch for nausea....nm
Subject: This is some sort of a patch for nausea....nm
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Some sort of orthopedic drill guide
Subject: Some sort of orthopedic drill guide
This is dictated in an op note on a right knee arthroscopy and partial meniscectomy. The doc says a s/l Poodoo drill guide was inserted and the tibial tunnel placed in an anatomic position. I've tried various spellings on Google, including Peaudeau, Pudeau, Pudu, etc., and I'm not having any luck finding this. Any ideas, anyone?
Could it be a ___ % of some sort or a really butchered job on 'preservative free?' nm
Subject: Could it be a ___ % of some sort or a really butchered job on 'preservative free?' nm
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