Metric is based on units of 10, not 8. Saying 3/8 cm makes no sense. No metric ruler has eighths. nm
Posted By: foshizzle on 2008-01-30
In Reply to: I just re-read your question regarding "inch" and realized - sm
Subject: Metric is based on units of 10, not 8. Saying 3/8 cm makes no sense. No metric ruler has eighths. nm
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decimals for metric so the 1.25 way
Subject: decimals for metric so the 1.25 way
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No, 1/4 for English, 0.25 for metric
Subject: No, 1/4 for English, 0.25 for metric
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mcg and kg are metric measurements
Subject: mcg and kg are metric measurements
and should be typed like /min or /sec from my understanding, i.e. cm/sec, L/min, etc. So I would type it like 50/mcg/kg/min.
0.25, 0.5, etc. only used with metric measurements (cm, mm, etc.)
Subject: 0.25, 0.5, etc. only used with metric measurements (cm, mm, etc.)
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I would use 1-1/2 - 1.5 is metric measurement.
Subject: I would use 1-1/2 - 1.5 is metric measurement.
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metric abbreviations- sm
Subject: metric abbreviations- sm
Is one form correct over another when abbreviating the measurement 'microgram?' I know I've seen it abbreviated as mcg, but in my chemistry background, we always used the symbol that looks like a funny letter 'u.' I can type that symbol in Word, but I'm not sure if it's necessary or preferred. This is the first time I've had the term 'microgram' dictated.
Side note, do you use upper or lower case 'L' to represent a liter? I've seen both used.
Decimels are used with metric, 1/2 with
Subject: Decimels are used with metric, 1/2 with
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no - only abbreviate metric measurements
Subject: no - only abbreviate metric measurements
not pounds, ounces, etc.
You do not use fractions with metric system.
Subject: You do not use fractions with metric system.
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inch is NOT used with metric values. That
Subject: inch is NOT used with metric values. That
is what is being said above. 1/2 inch, not 0.5 inch. They might say 0.5 inch, but it is transcribed as 1/2 inch or 1/2".
Inches and feet are not metric--no decimels. nm
Subject: Inches and feet are not metric--no decimels. nm
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i use decimals for metric numbers: 0.25 kg but 1/4 pound NM
Subject: i use decimals for metric numbers: 0.25 kg but 1/4 pound NM
nm
I thought you used decimals for metric and fractions for standard...
Subject: I thought you used decimals for metric and fractions for standard...
and I think you need another decimal place
0.0038-inch-diameter
or
1/38,000-inch-diameter (but this = 0.0000263)
and now I really have a headache!
Haunted by the metric system--half-centimeter or 0.5 cm--which is correct?
Subject: Haunted by the metric system--half-centimeter or 0.5 cm--which is correct?
I am typing a procedure (verbatim) and the surgeon says that he left a "half centimeter flap." Does anyone know how this is correctly expressed? Should I leave it as half-centimeter or should I go all metric and use 0.5 cm?? Help!!
metric; 0.5+ (hypertrophy is measured using 0-10 cm Visual Analog Scale) nm
Subject: metric; 0.5+ (hypertrophy is measured using 0-10 cm Visual Analog Scale) nm
Makes sense, now that you say that! Thanks! nm
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Makes more sense to me now
Subject: Makes more sense to me now
nm
Aha! That makes sense!...thx! :)
Subject: Aha! That makes sense!...thx! :)
nm
thanks, that makes sense.
Subject: thanks, that makes sense.
coffee? looks like I need some java java too !
Makes no sense to me
Subject: Makes no sense to me
Under surgical history: Gynecological history: Menarche at age 11, birth control pills for the past five to six years of a normal **pass-bearing that was 6**
This last part makes no sense to me. Is there anyone that does OB/GYN that could help me? Thank you
none of this makes sense to me
Subject: none of this makes sense to me
This is a patient admitted for a hysterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy. Here is the sentence that makes no sense, this is an ESL, too.
A focus was then placed ** after careful** level of the angle of the mandible, probably to presented dental disease or some mandible node.
The sentence before: A PET scan showed the primary FDG-Avid located probably in the cervix, and no evidence of regional metastatic disease, no evidence of distant metastatic disease.
Thank you for any help with this mess.
Makes sense now, thank you...nm
Subject: Makes sense now, thank you...nm
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SPD makes sense because
Subject: SPD makes sense because
In the hospital I use to work, the surgical department had many subdepartments three of which were called Supply, processing and distribution, These areas were labled within surgery, I never really knew what each departments responsibilities were because I had never seen it in a report.
yes that makes sense
Subject: yes that makes sense
Yes that makes sense. I really can't be sure, but I personally never use ...ankles bilaterally.. I use..ankle bilaterally.. because I only have one ankle on each side.
Kind of like .. The man examined the speakers on each side of the televison.(imagining there is on ly one on each side)
or The man examined the speaker on each side of the televison.
I could be wrong but haven't had a complaint.
yes, this makes sense - thank you !! nm
Subject: yes, this makes sense - thank you !! nm
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makes sense to me -- SM
Subject: makes sense to me -- SM
From onelook.com <medicine> Proud flesh, a fungous growth or excrescence of granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer.
that makes sense...
Subject: that makes sense...
as she was being seen for possible appendicitis. Now I feel stupid. Thanks so much! 
That makes sense. THANKS!
Subject: That makes sense. THANKS!
Well that makes more sense
Subject: Well that makes more sense
that anything else I've thought of. Thanks! Except that sounds like a procedure. Maybe injectable glucose ??One instance is in the plan, they'll say, "IGMO sliding scale". I blanked it about 20 times because I couldn't document it but never got any feedback, so now I just type IGMO and haven't had any feedback from that either.
Makes no sense.
Subject: Makes no sense.
I don't think that makes sense...sorry nm
Subject: I don't think that makes sense...sorry nm
That makes sense :)
Subject: That makes sense :)
Aha!! makes so much sense
Subject: Aha!! makes so much sense
thanks, that makes sense
Subject: thanks, that makes sense
ok, makes sense
Subject: ok, makes sense
thanks!!
This makes sense. Thank you very much!!!
Subject: This makes sense. Thank you very much!!!
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It makes sense but I think it is really a s - t - r - e - t - c - h
Subject: It makes sense but I think it is really a s - t - r - e - t - c - h
Some docs like to push the envelope! LOL
Yes, that makes sense with it being an
Subject: Yes, that makes sense with it being an
Sorry, makes no sense to me either.
Subject: Sorry, makes no sense to me either.
makes sense to me nm
Subject: makes sense to me nm
nm
Thanks and it makes sense for what
Subject: Thanks and it makes sense for what
the patient is in for. Will make a note of that one for future reference.
I think it makes sense.
Subject: I think it makes sense.
I think he is just saying she that she is more prone to this, as are others in her family.
Thanks to both. BSA makes sense. Just
Subject: Thanks to both. BSA makes sense. Just
was not sure if he was saying S or F here. Letters sound so close when docs slur them together.
That makes much more sense. Thanks
Subject: That makes much more sense. Thanks
might be, it makes sense anyway
Subject: might be, it makes sense anyway
Now that makes much better sense. Thanks!
Subject: Now that makes much better sense. Thanks!
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oh yes! that makes much more sense
Subject: oh yes! that makes much more sense
and they say it all the time. Sometimes I go back and relisten and something that I could not get before is suddenly obvious
makes sense to me! nm.
Subject: makes sense to me! nm.
nm.
Oh makes much more sense!
Subject: Oh makes much more sense!
Makes sense...
Subject: Makes sense...
Thank you... that makes sense!!!! duh.
Subject: Thank you... that makes sense!!!! duh.
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