The current trend seems to be to do away with hyphens when possible
Posted By: Rad MT on 2007-07-09
In Reply to: hyphen - Peaches
Subject: The current trend seems to be to do away with hyphens when possible
That doesn't make it correct, but that's what I've been told to do on several accounts, including the last time I worked in-house.
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Yes wind up "a tendency or a trend"
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The trend has been to skip the apostrophe
Subject: The trend has been to skip the apostrophe
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It's really up to your client. The trend is to not capitalize depts. or entities
Subject: It's really up to your client. The trend is to not capitalize depts. or entities
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T current and T max?
Subject: T current and T max?
Can someone tell me the correct way to transcribe "T current and T max"? Thanks a bunch!
I was told by my QA T-current and T-max,
Subject: I was told by my QA T-current and T-max,
but someone else may have a different opinion. If the account I am doing is not verbatim then I transcribe current temperature and maximum temperature because I consider those terms to be slang. Again, others may have different opinions but I haven't had any complaints.
under current medications
Subject: under current medications
S/L: HYDRO-CO-LOR-OX 25 mg
hydrochlorics ??
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Subject: Current medications: s/l *en-do-said* 7.5/500 one b.i.d. p.r.n. tia/nm
URBY current?
Subject: URBY current?
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Subject: current not an issue?
That is my current guess.
Subject: That is my current guess.
About to turn it in blank.
States current medication..
Subject: States current medication..
she is being seen for left arm numbness. Does that help any? Nothing in history.
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Subject: current medication s/l mobaz nm tia
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Subject: thanks for the pick me up. I just had to quit my current job...sm
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On my current account we cannot use slang and
Subject: On my current account we cannot use slang and
were told to use saturating.
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Subject: it includes in his current medications
amlodipine, Budeprion, __(nephro-lite/-light)___, lorazepam, hydrocodone, alprazolam, and RenaGel.
I believe that current preference these days is
Subject: I believe that current preference these days is
followup, without the dash. Back in the old days it was follow-up or follow up. I would go with whatever the client wants, I have one that wants the dash, one that does not.
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Subject: The patient was given 5 medications by the s/l CD to take. Current Dr maybe??
NM found it! direct current
Subject: NM found it! direct current
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Subject: His current Rx includes (s/l Narnia) 700 mg q. day - nm
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Subject: AAMT BOS current edition prefers x2 (pg 428). nm
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Subject: Fourth Edition, gotta keep current! page A61 under CBC. nm
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Subject: per Vera Pyle's Current Medical Terminology
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hyphens
Subject: hyphens
And, when I first started out so many years ago our motto was "when in doubt hyphenate" and it was so long ago it had to be incorrect.
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
My QA only allows 3- to 4-mm effusion. So I don't know what to tell her.
Hyphens
Subject: Hyphens
I am a QA specialist and I am starting to see a trend away from hyphenating African-American male/female, etc. Does anyone know if there is a new official rule for this that can be referenced? Just what we need, another change.
Hyphens
Subject: Hyphens
We were told not to use hyphens with African-American, Latin-American, etc. any longer.
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
 African-American, 32-year-old, bright-red-blood, any hard and fast rules on these?
Hyphens
Subject: Hyphens
Thanks:)
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
It's a simple rule of English concerning compound adjectives. From The New St. Martin's Handbook (of English usage), "Often you will use adjectives made up of word combinations that are not listed in the dictationary. The guiding principle then is to hyphenate most compound adjectives that precede a noun but not those that follow a noun." Thus "5-French catheter" but "upsized to 5 French."
Hyphens
Subject: Hyphens
"Non-ill" is not a word. No hyphens necessary here. Change to: Not ill appearing.
Lilly
Don't know the med, but no hyphens in every other day. nm
Subject: Don't know the med, but no hyphens in every other day. nm
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no hyphens
Subject: no hyphens
That is funny because I was taught this by someone that had 15 years experience. I guess we learn all different ways to do things. Thanks for the word help.
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
post-arthroscopic surgery or post-arthroscopic-surgery? TIA?
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
The patient is 12 days post-arthroscopic surgery or the patient is 12 days post-arthroscopic-surgery. Thanks again!
hyphens
Subject: hyphens
Thanks, but I thought "post" in the medical realm is a prefix and should be attached with a hyphen I guess.
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