You won't find it in any reference books since it is slang for urine toxicity. I think the most common way to write it is as you have done - UTOX.
Old slang term for boil Subject: Old slang term for boil
Rison is a slang word for a boil. When I was a little girl growing up in Alabama, that's what my grandmother called a boil. I'm not sure how you would spell it since it isn't a real word.
Slang term for a boil. nm Subject: Slang term for a boil. nm
anybody ever heard of what i'm assuming is the slang term "callies?" It actually sound's like "ka-leez," like the short slang term for "california" in the plural. it was used in the context of a juvenile hall exercise in which people shout out/call out as a group. it was something that the patient enjoyed as a group exercise in releasing anger. i couldn't find this with an online search.
Pt had a Stamey procedure years ago and now it feels like a "bludget of Gortex has eroded through the vaginal mucosa." When I googled bludget, it comes up with an outdated word for prostitute/thief. Ha! He's an older guy who uses a lot of slang terms, so any ideas? (He's really clear, though.) Thanks!
then you don't. Could be a specific rule of a particular client. If you are told not to, then don't.
by mouth, the expanded form of po, yes, per os Subject: by mouth, the expanded form of po, yes, per os
probably is saying after his visit for congestion -- then ...bla bla bla
Because it's slang Subject: Because it's slang
It get's used enough, that I think most of us type it, and it will end up in the dictionaries before long. But it is still slang. Somebody has taken the Latin ending and just slapped it onto an English slang word. Doesn't it sound better than "increased numbers of immature, unsegmented neutrophils"?
He does nto say the trichomonas just trich is that a slang medical word?
Slang Subject: Slang
The account specifics for my hospital are that you must type what the doc says. I don't like it sometimes, but I do it - alk phos, A-fib, bicarb, crit . . .
dip? (slang?) SM Subject: dip? (slang?) SM
The dictator says "dip" in the social history (see sentence below). I think this is slang for something but I am so not cool and I'm not sure what it is. My DH thinks it might be chew tobacco?
"She quit smoking over 30 years ago. She did "dip" up until 1 year ago. There is no alcohol or drug use."
regurgitation, but you may be under verbatim rules, in which case it would regurge. I think it is slang, but that's just me.
slang Subject: slang
Dr. says "Penrose s/l dc'ed today."
Patient had his Penrose drain removed at the visit. I'm assuming she is using some kind of slang/shorthand (whatever you want to call it), but it's a new one for me. Any ideas?
than changing the On to OF. or if you cannot use slang "X-rays taken OF bilateral tibias and fibulas.
Neb is slang for nebulizer. nm Subject: Neb is slang for nebulizer. nm
I'd probably change it to "... and he received approximately 40 stitches" unless I was on verbatim. slang advice please Subject: slang advice please
Dictator says: I recommended to her to hook up with a gastroenterologist. (Sounds like a date!)
Should I leave this as is, or change to something like "I recommended to her to see a gastroenterologist? Not a verbatim account. Just looking for opinions, I am leaning towards changing it.
Doing C-section: "The patient underwent IVF with s/l ixy." The IVF I get (in vitro fertilization), but ixy beats me....
might be slang pip taz? see message Subject: might be slang pip taz? see message
Medication and Drugs question: What is Pip Taz? Pip taz is short for the antibiotic combination of piperacillin and tazobactam. In the US it is marketed as ... wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Pip_Taz - 44k - Cached - Similar pages -
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