The punctuation mark dash, maybe to sm
Posted By: CL on 2006-01-12
In Reply to: Maybe she is saying DASH. - slewis
Subject: The punctuation mark dash, maybe to sm
separate the positive hx of heart murmur from the negatives following?
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Maybe she is saying DASH.
Subject: Maybe she is saying DASH.
Thank you both. He is saying dash
Subject: Thank you both. He is saying dash
meaning hyphen. Why didn't he just not say hypen instead. It would have made my life a bit easier. LOL.
He then says "utilizing Influence In-Dash Fast device bone anchors were placed. I did find Influence In-Fast Bone Anchor System. YIKES and DUH on my part.
There is no dash...
Subject: There is no dash...
There is no dash in the abbreviation. The "C" stands for continuous - continuous positive airway pressure. The MD probably just has a preference for his to look that way. Since it is a verbatim account, I would do as he requests - on his work only. Continue to use the correct CPAP elsewhere. You're right - he's wrong, but he's the doc! Sometimes we're damned if we do and damned if we don't. Sorry for your dilemma. Hope this was helpful. Have a good day :-)
I always use the dash n/m
Subject: I always use the dash n/m
dash
Subject: dash
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Just my opinion, but I would use a dash.
Subject: Just my opinion, but I would use a dash.
my manager says always with the dash
Subject: my manager says always with the dash
My QA says with dash, google has both. I go with QA.
Subject: My QA says with dash, google has both. I go with QA.
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s/l influence in-dash fast???
Subject: s/l influence in-dash fast???
technqiue. The procedure is a transvaginal sling, bladder neck suspension.
The sentence is: A loss of bladder neck support was noted to exist. A transvaginal sling, bladder neck suspension was performed utilizing s/l influence in-dash fast??? technique. He is stumbling a bit at the beginning of the influence part, so maybe that is not even right.
Could he perhaps be saying "tonic dash clonic?"
Subject: Could he perhaps be saying "tonic dash clonic?"
Pt on s/l "lovera dash 20 a one". Psychiatric pt with asthma. nm
Subject: Pt on s/l "lovera dash 20 a one". Psychiatric pt with asthma. nm
in my older Stedman Speller it shows a dash
Subject: in my older Stedman Speller it shows a dash
nm
question mark
patient who had a (?) of a pancreatic tale lesion
The doctor actually dicates the words.... had a question mark of a pancreatic
Is this the proper way to transcribe it?
Discharging mark?
Subject: Discharging mark?
Has anyone ever heard of this as a heading. Doc says:
discharging mark is john doe, MD.
I use the slash mark too
Subject: I use the slash mark too
Thank you! I'll put that with a ? mark around it. nm
Subject: Thank you! I'll put that with a ? mark around it. nm
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gonna mark that down
Subject: gonna mark that down
i've never typed that aphthous ulcers.. will have to remember that
s/l s mark bandage
Subject: s/l s mark bandage
Anyone know of a S mark bandage?
s/l mark-type pigmentation?
Subject: s/l mark-type pigmentation?
On the physical exam in the category of extremities, the doctor says "The patient has bilateral chronic stasis changes in the lower extremities. There is associated [s/l mark-type profigmentation] with no edema, erythema or warmth"
I'm assuming the "profigmentation" is maybe pigmentation that he just stumbled on but I'm not positive on that. The patient was being seen for bilateral lower extremity recurrent cellulitis.
Any ideas?
anyone heard of s mark exsanguination?
Subject: anyone heard of s mark exsanguination?
this is an operative report in the procedure part. diagnosis is hammertoe and Tailor's bunion? S/L (s mark exsanguination)
s/l mag mark films (ortho)
Subject: s/l mag mark films (ortho)
This is dealing with sizing of an allograft talus. I have looked everywhere.
I use the slash mark without a problem.
Subject: I use the slash mark without a problem.
Sitz mark study
Subject: Sitz mark study
I just need to know what to capitalize and if it is 2 words "sitz mark" or "sitzmark".
I have seen it different ways: Sitzmark, SitzMark, Sitz-Mark, and just plain sitz mark.
pen mark (as in skin marking pen)?
Subject: pen mark (as in skin marking pen)?
This is probably so off the mark, but could it be general mask?
Subject: This is probably so off the mark, but could it be general mask?
Straight quotes are just the " mark,
Subject: Straight quotes are just the " mark,
Smart quotes are where they look like commas, first is "upside" down and last "right side up"
Straight quotes are just the " mark,
Subject: Straight quotes are just the " mark,
Smart quotes are where they look like commas, first is "upside" down and last "right side up" You can sent them in Word in the autocorrect section under autoformat as you type.
but i WILL call you Pro-Exclamation Mark! nm
Subject: but i WILL call you Pro-Exclamation Mark! nm
nm
Using a question mark to indicate doubt or uncertainty sm
BOS says:
Use an ending question mark to indicate doubt or uncertainty.
Sometimes, particularly with diagnoses, a question mark is placed before a
statement in order to indicate uncertainty.
Placement either before or after the questionable material is acceptable, but
do not place the question mark both before and after.
Ex:
His cholesterol levels were high normal (or minimally elevated?).
D: Diagnosis: Angina question mark
T: Diagnosis: Angina?
or Diagnosis: ?Angina.
not Diagnosis: ?Angina?
Note: There is no space after the question mark in ?Angina.
=)
Rennie
www.renesue.com
Thank you VERY MUCH!!! I'll mark this down for future reference. nm
Subject: Thank you VERY MUCH!!! I'll mark this down for future reference. nm
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s/l sher shar mark debrider
Subject: s/l sher shar mark debrider
Septal mucosa was removed using the 'sher shar mark debrider'.
Sounds like mark-glucophytosis ? Any ideas?
Subject: Sounds like mark-glucophytosis ? Any ideas?
I have come across a word I can't find.... Sounds like "mark-glucophytosis" ? Any ideas?
This could be way off the mark, but could it be a type of pinning procedure where they open up the l
Subject: This could be way off the mark, but could it be a type of pinning procedure where they open up the lacrimal ducts with pins?
Okay, I found Vio skin markers but ? admin mark?
Subject: Okay, I found Vio skin markers but ? admin mark?
any help is GREATLY appreciated!
It is volumes percent (but with no slash mark) and wbc of 8300 without the comma.
Subject: It is volumes percent (but with no slash mark) and wbc of 8300 without the comma.
arggh! that should read 4 and aft. Put a quotation mark in front the 4 and it messed up.
Subject: arggh! that should read 4 and aft. Put a quotation mark in front the 4 and it messed up.
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punctuation
Subject: punctuation
separate it, either a period or comma after cholecystectomy???
punctuation on this?
Subject: punctuation on this?
How would you punctuate this? Comma after esotropia? or more? ...........
Bob is a young boy who had an esotropia status post sixth nerve palsy secondary to hydrocephalus.
Punctuation help
Subject: Punctuation help
Have a question when typing 7 cm. Should there be a hyphen between 7 and cm or not have one. In the Book of style it shows it both ways.
Just wondering.
Thanks Carla
Punctuation
Subject: Punctuation
Thanks so much for the information. I can never remember when it comes to that. I will, hopefully, remember this time.
Carla
punctuation (sm)
Subject: punctuation (sm)
1. Fine as you have it.
2. She is doing that often, say in work situations and other situations, she is confirming that she is less passive.
OR
2. She is doing that often; in work situations and other situations she is confirming that she is less passive.
(notice I left the casual word "say" out.)
They actually are not fragments as they contain necessary parts, but punctuation shows how they are related to the other thought.
Punctuation help, please (sm)
Subject: Punctuation help, please (sm)
He has an eight-to-nine-year history of headaches.
Wondering about the "eight-to-nine-year history" part.
Thanks 
Punctuation!?
Subject: Punctuation!?
How would you correctly punctuate this sentence?
IMPRESSION: Healing fracture proximal phalanx third digit right foot.
punctuation
Subject: punctuation
I would leave out all the commas in sentence #1.
Sentence #2, take out the comma after atrial fibrillation and after sinus rhythm.
help with punctuation please
Subject: help with punctuation please
She had a right frontal temporal parietal craniotomy for evacuation.
do I need commas after frontal, temporal? ty so much!!
punctuation ?
Subject: punctuation ?
Help, it is late and I cannot think straight.
How would this sentence be punctuated correctly?
One, we are going to try to rule out a stress fracture and two, we are going to try to rule out any pathology secondary to the possible cam impingement.
Any help would be appreciated. TIA
PUNCTUATION, ETC.
Subject: PUNCTUATION, ETC.
Capitalize first letter after a colon. Forgot an apostrophe to indicate possessive case,as the cough belongs to a smoker. Forgot serial comma after nose.
As to format, if they let you get away with each system starting on a separate line it will be clearer and give you a higher line count.
Finally, to quote my medical editing instructor at Cornell Medical School, "The addition of "al" to an adjective does not make it any more "adjectival" -- I always got a laugh out of that line. I've been correcting docs and transcriptionists for years about neurologic and hematologic.
Rosie
Punctuation
Subject: Punctuation
At that juncture, she would, despite her young age, be a candidate for supportive care only.
Punctuation
Subject: Punctuation
I would get rid of the semicolon and replace it with a comma and get rid of the comma after time.
punctuation
Subject: punctuation
It is
anesthetic fulguration, as anestethic is an adjective.
punctuation help please
Subject: punctuation help please
Evaluation of the plantar right foot shows minimal callus formation, it was pared back, no ulcer noted.
also
Plantar left foot over the first ray shows minimal callus formation pared back, no ulcer noted.
Are these correctly punctuated? tia.
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