Then just write a memo and ask! That stuff will drive you crazy. nm

• I type for a surgeon and he is (sm) - Patrice Tate
  • I would just type as dictated. nm - Txczech
    • The problem is that I can never tell whether he is saying breast OR breasts. - Patrice Tate
      • Then just write a memo and ask! That stuff will drive you crazy. nm - Txczech
        • You're right about driving me crazy I - Patrice Tate
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It always used to be tendonitis, now the change.

And you say extend/extension so why not distend/distension?

When I first started transcribing again after a hiatus of about 15 years, I had to put "distension" in my AutoCorrect so that it would automatically change it to "distention" until I could get used to it.

I hate it when the doctors/PAs prounounce diabetes MELLitus as diabetes mellITUS like it's some kind of inflammation or something. 

From Dorland's.com:

diabetes mellitus (di″ә-be´tēs mel´ĭ-tәs)  

Good grief - you're a highly educated person.  You should know how to pronounce the medical terminology and medications.  Sorry.  Just tired and crabby todayd. 

Can someone tell me what a "pacing drive train" is?

"Atrial extrastimuli were introduced, beginning with pacing drive trains of 600."

.... sounds like rale or rail packs... for migraines?  Thanks.

Wet prep showed budding yeast and ....s/l hife.... 

Thanks.

I don't know who they got working there sometimes.  So much conflicting stuff it's unreal.  I call them on it every time though and send it to my super.   It's hard enough without the conflicting feedback.

Example:

Dictator said HPI (for a heading), so I typed it HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS.  I get QA feedback that says, "If the dictator dictates the header as HPI, type it in as HPI."  So I'm like okey dokey.Next time I get HPI I do just that.  Then I get a nasty note.  NEVER, EVER abbreviate in the headers, always spell it out.  I'm  like geeesh!

One told me to type out 2:00 O'clock (for position, i.e., cornea). 

Stage I breast cancer (T1B, sentinel N0, M0, ER positive, PR negative, grade 2, HER2/neu negative). 

I would put HER-2 neu, but the rest all looks good. 

CPK total was elevated at 483 with an MB  s/l fraction or infraction of 26.7

I know this is probably stupid BUT.... as a "newbie", I haven't encountered this before.

How do you write disc space height. 

ex:  doc says:  complete loss of disc space height at 5 1

Thanks.

If the patient's fever does not DEPRAVEST on antibiotics, then further assessment such as CT scan of the sinuses and thorax may be needed. 

I cannot find a word that fits, but it sounds clear as DEP-RA-VEST.  Any ideas? 

result can greatly affect the mean, but the median is not as affected.    Any clues?  This is a horrible dictation. 

Antepartum fetal surveillance using NST, CST, BPP, or modified BPP

maternal fetal surveillance?

Found this also:

http://quizlet.com/331657/antepartum-fetal-surveillance-flash-cards/

The company I work for does not want us to use numbers and numbers should never be used at the beginning of a sentence, but does anyone know the AAMT-true style that this should be transcribed?  I know this is a crazy question, but for some reason, I can't seem to categorize it.

Example: 

"School grade: 5th.