RLSB? right lower sternal border
Posted By: shopaholic on 2008-01-09
In Reply to: Heart exam - PTS79
Subject: RLSB? right lower sternal border
maybe he just stuttered on the second L or drew it out a little?
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Subject: left sternal border
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Nope...not "left sternal border" I really hear "hard" or "heart". #@!! agh. nm
Subject: Nope...not "left sternal border" I really hear "hard" or "heart". #@!! agh. nm
Per Stedman's, LLB is left lower border, sm
Subject: Per Stedman's, LLB is left lower border, sm
as it lists LLBCD as left lower border of cardiac dullness, so LLB is probably okay for your doc's use. We usually hear LSB for left sternal border with regard to murmurs. Can you hear LSB?
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Subject: Maybe ASA = above sternal angle. Have heard above sternal notch before for JVP. (nm)
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.....up about the sternal (s/l) 'Louie'??? is there another
Subject: .....up about the sternal (s/l) 'Louie'??? is there another
.
The lower convex curve in the lumbar spine was to the right, and the lower convex thoracic region to
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Is how I would do it.
Sternal notch to nipple distance (no hyphens)..nm
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border
Subject: border
Any chance tripping over interosseous border?
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?? splenic border??
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I would think scaling border rather than
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Subject: I think "STERNAL border" is correct. (n/m)
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x
?? border ?? (not enough sentence provided -- nm)
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I think that's correct; sternal sutures are sutures in the sternum, makes sense
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x
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x
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