This is common where I have transcribed.
Posted By: Me on 2007-01-19
In Reply to: Local MAC anesthesia? - rf
Subject: This is common where I have transcribed.
I have worked in the OR also, and local MAC is a common anesthesia term. Should be easy to check on by googling.
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Subject: MRI/MRA is that how it should be transcribed?
The doctor says MRI MRA--SHOULD IT HAVE A SLASH BETWEEN THE TWO? THANKS!
+/- how should it be transcribed?
Subject: +/- how should it be transcribed?
is there a rule in BOS on how it should be transcribed. Should it be +/- or plus/minus.
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I disagree. I've always transcribed SM
Subject: I disagree. I've always transcribed SM
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Subject: Transcribed NitroPaste, can't find it anywhere,
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I'd type is as it was transcribed; CT. alternatively,
Subject: I'd type is as it was transcribed; CT. alternatively,
some use CAT scan, especialy if the doctor dictates it as CAT scan.
Sorry, only have transcribed sharp in that instance.
Subject: Sorry, only have transcribed sharp in that instance.
Sorry that is the Latin, should be transcribed in toto
Subject: Sorry that is the Latin, should be transcribed in toto
I've always transcribed Augmentin 875 mg p.o. t.i.d. (or whatever) for,,,,sm
Subject: I've always transcribed Augmentin 875 mg p.o. t.i.d. (or whatever) for,,,,sm
ten days, #20. By putting the #sign modifier, it separates and makes clear the number of pills in prescrption, versus the mg or the times per day, etc. 
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Subject: Apparently during this test it is just transcribed as J-sign;
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Subject: I've always transcribed cranial nerves II-XII... nm
I transcribed cardiac caths for years
Subject: I transcribed cardiac caths for years
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Subject: I never said that I transcribed that word ~ I only mentioned that the doctor (sm)
spelled it that way (I always left a blank in the report ~ he would always "write" it in when he got the report back). This was many, many years ago when I worked in-house. I honestly thought it was a "made-up" word as he was the only doctor who used it (I have never heard it used since), so I was surprised to hear of somebody else stumbling onto the same word (or something similar). By no means did I intend to mean that that was the "correct" spelling or that I used that word ~ I apologize if that is how my message was read. :)
and articles online have been transcribed by transcriptionists initially, and probably
Subject: and articles online have been transcribed by transcriptionists initially, and probably
scanned by a scanner, so there's bound to be text/spelling inconsistencies.
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Subject: I have actually transcribed this myself along the way and found the site http://www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article1972.html awhile ago, so a dull bell rang in my head. So big you're welcome!
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Subject: Yes it is very common.
yes, because it is a common lab value
Subject: yes, because it is a common lab value
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Subject: i think "inplane" is more common nm
No and unfortunately very common in addicts. nm
Subject: No and unfortunately very common in addicts. nm
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Subject: Context is everything, and this is a very common
phrase in that spot. I completely agree with Michelle. Make a normal for this guy; he probably says the same thing every time. Poor pronounciation is a clue.
Okay. It's very common - you will hear it
Subject: Okay. It's very common - you will hear it
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Subject: Well, glycerin would be most common, I'd think.
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Subject: That is a very common phrase used to
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Subject: Could be common word
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Subject: maybe common duct exploration? nm
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Subject: it's "villotubular" (but "tubulovillous" is more common) :) nm
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Subject: Bet I have! It's a common literary term. nm
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Subject: common respiratory flora?.......nm
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Subject: Ŗ-0" is a very common suture size ... /sm
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Subject: tar soaks - very common for psoriasis
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Subject: Labile affect is common.
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Subject: Here is a link with common bacteria etc. sm
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Subject: BOS says in pronoun or common usage..sm
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Subject: most common: can you hear penicillin ???
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Subject: I would put "The" in there -- common sense they don't have.
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Subject: I think mixed Latin and English is becoming more common....see BOS pg 146. I am not sure if it is correct or now, but it does not seem to be discouraged.
I use it both ways and I have never had a response from QA on either.
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Subject: common sense and 20 years experience :o)
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Subject: I disagree - paravertebral (not peri) is common
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Subject: common phrase in English language, but
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