Posted By: are you saying (sm) on 2009-02-07 In Reply to:Word help please - Chris
Subject: More clues please. Phonetically
bow (as in bend at the waist) or bow (as in bow tie)? If it's the latter, could he be saying "low" phosphorus was 1.7 (normal serum phosphate levels values being 2.5 to 4.5). How about a diagnosis?
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Nursing home patient. Diagnoses include pathologic left hip fracture, osteoporosis, Altzheimer's, NID diatetes, UTI, sacral decubitus and hyponatremia, dehydration and anemia or blood loss which he did not mention but she received 2 units of blood. She got Levaquin for the UTI while in the hospital. This enactoperon was not a discharge medication.
i've never heard ORIF refer to the abdomen either...did they mention any past surgical history? hip replacement? or femoral fracture? any other clues?
pure guess (not enough clues) sm Subject: pure guess (not enough clues) sm
if the patient had any major GI surgery in the past, like a Billroth II or Whipple? If so, stumpitis may be correct. Let me know! It's a long shot and it would be slang, but I need to know history to tell you for sure.
medication and I am hearing either CDM or sediem...anyone got any clues? Subject: medication and I am hearing either CDM or sediem...anyone got any clues?