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Sats as in saturation? - NM

Posted By: LinK on 2007-12-27
In Reply to: s/l - newbie here

Subject: Sats as in saturation? - NM

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sats
Subject: sats

sats is slang shorthand for saturations, as in oxygen saturation levels. 
No. More probably O2 sats for saturations. nm
Subject: No. More probably O2 sats for saturations. nm

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sats or saturations.
Subject: sats or saturations.

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Iron sats? (saturations) nm
Subject: Iron sats? (saturations) nm


me again - pt with pulse and sats fluctuations - doc
Subject: me again - pt with pulse and sats fluctuations - doc

says pt was rechecked and was "normoxic" (says very clearly) at 94-95%.  These docs are driving me crazy today!
Patient with sleep apnea s/l d-sats to 87%
Subject: Patient with sleep apnea s/l d-sats to 87%


Sats 95% on room air with good s/l wave form? nm....tia
Subject: Sats 95% on room air with good s/l wave form? nm....tia

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fat sat = fat saturation
Subject: fat sat = fat saturation


sl low c saturation?
Subject: sl low c saturation?

24 central apneas with a low c saturation down to 81%.
saturation and Levaquin SM
Subject: saturation and Levaquin SM

There is probably something before saturation, like iron or transferrin if it's lumped in with bili labs, IMO. Levaquin is a common med for pneumonia.
Correct on all, but it's O2 saturation.
Subject: Correct on all, but it's O2 saturation.

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only know oxygen saturation and that does NOT fit
Subject: only know oxygen saturation and that does NOT fit


unless he said while ON oxygen saturation....lol...
Subject: unless he said while ON oxygen saturation....lol...


oxygen saturation
Subject: oxygen saturation


O2 saturation--post dose?
Subject: O2 saturation--post dose?

Patient with COPD. exam--O2 sat at rest is 96% on 2 liters of sl--post or pulsed dose.


I know it means fat saturation but how do you type it exactly?
Subject: I know it means fat saturation but how do you type it exactly?

With caps?  Hyphen, no hyphen? 


 


biliary saturation is correct. nm
Subject: biliary saturation is correct. nm


I change to saturating/saturation, i.e.,
Subject: I change to saturating/saturation, i.e.,

the patient is saturating 99%. Saturation was 99%. Satting is slang for saturating, sat for saturation.
iron stores transferrin saturation
Subject: iron stores transferrin saturation


O2 sat, not stat. It stands for saturation as this poster stated.
Subject: O2 sat, not stat. It stands for saturation as this poster stated.


Her saturation is 100% on room air with a good "pleth and way form"
Subject: Her saturation is 100% on room air with a good "pleth and way form"


MVOS=Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation? nm
Subject: MVOS=Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation? nm


Ever hear of oxygen saturation on room air being dictated as s/l satting? TIA
Subject: Ever hear of oxygen saturation on room air being dictated as s/l satting? TIA


there is Sahlgren´s Saturation Test for detecting and grading acquired dyschromatopsia
Subject: there is Sahlgren´s Saturation Test for detecting and grading acquired dyschromatopsia

which is a test to check ability to perceive color?