You're right, MT50, thanks for setting me straight!...nm
Posted By: OP MT on 2008-01-03
In Reply to: They are 3 separate things, sponge, lap and needle counts. Laps are not only sponges but also pads. - MT50
Subject: You're right, MT50, thanks for setting me straight!...nm
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thanks MT50 - you're not only the best
Subject: thanks MT50 - you're not only the best
it is my opinion you are also the most rapid to fire off the answers here!!! THANKS AGAIN!!
ahhh Thank you, MT50 - you're more right.....sm
Subject: ahhh Thank you, MT50 - you're more right.....sm
You and Txczech are the MOST CORRECT posters, I just shoot off my mouth (fingers) - and think I'm right and many times, I'm not right - but it's ALWAYS a learning experience....thanks for the British/American variant info...
I believe VDI is a pacemaker setting (nm)
Subject: I believe VDI is a pacemaker setting (nm)
Vent setting: 35% s/l T-bar
Subject: Vent setting: 35% s/l T-bar
thanks
ventilator setting
Subject: ventilator setting
The only abbreviation I can think of that may s/l MMB is MVV - maximal voluntary ventilation. Sorry, I have researched all sites I can think of and absolutely nothing shows up for MMB
True, it is a pacemaker setting...
Subject: True, it is a pacemaker setting...
Signifies how the pacer is set to fire. Don't bog your brain trying to remember them or what they stand for there are too many...AAI, AAT, VAT, VDD, VDI, VVI, VDD, DVI, VVI, DDT, and DDD etc, etc, etc,
not enuf to go on, but was this a surgical setting?
Subject: not enuf to go on, but was this a surgical setting?
Off the top of my head was EUA (examination under anesthesia).
assist control setting?
Subject: assist control setting?
He is on the ventilator at assist control of 14/500, PEEP of 5, FIO2 of 30%.
He says "assist control of fourteen five hundred". How should this be written? 14/500, 14,500?
cautery setting, 180 cut, 100 coag and s/l "Glen 1". TIA
Subject: cautery setting, 180 cut, 100 coag and s/l "Glen 1". TIA
nm
Would depend on the context. In the office setting, it could be. I don't
Subject: Would depend on the context. In the office setting, it could be. I don't
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Close - steinstrasse. Google it and see if it makes sense in your clinical setting.
Subject: Close - steinstrasse. Google it and see if it makes sense in your clinical setting.
club foot surg: status post s/l pound setting serial casting technique.
Subject: club foot surg: status post s/l pound setting serial casting technique.
how I keep it straight
Subject: how I keep it straight
neuro- is a combining form referring to a system of an anatomical part, be it the entire body or the system of specific an anatomical part,
neural -- Relating to any structure composed of nerve cells or their processes, or that on further development will evolve into nerve cells
Since the foramen (foramina-pl) is a specific structure, the combining form would be incorrect.
can someone please get me straight
Subject: can someone please get me straight
on CONN or KHAN catheter ???
How about straight leg raising
Subject: How about straight leg raising
does that sound like it now?
That is what they usually say.
Straight leg raising
Subject: Straight leg raising
STL STRAIGHT leg raising?
Subject: STL STRAIGHT leg raising?
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straight leg raise, maybe?
Subject: straight leg raise, maybe?
S/L Straight kokers?
Subject: S/L Straight kokers?
This OP report is killing me today! It is in regards to a C-section and I am not very firmiliar with OP reports..the dictator is saying "the lower edge of the fascia was _______ (masked?) with s/l straight kokers?????
Any ideas??
It's SLR = straight leg raising
Subject: It's SLR = straight leg raising
straight leg raising sign........
Subject: straight leg raising sign........
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Straight from the Bard site.
Subject: Straight from the Bard site.
are available in 4 and 5 French single-lumen and 5 and 7 French dual-lumen. Bard, RadPICC and RadSTIC are registered.
I have also seen it 7F, 8F pigtail catheter, etc. NO HYPHEN. 
straight leg raise test s/l
Subject: straight leg raise test s/l
Sag and flip tests are normal?
TIA! 
straight vs smart quotes
Subject: straight vs smart quotes
Do you use straight quotes or smart quotes in Word?
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.
clamped with straight Kochers probably - nm
Subject: clamped with straight Kochers probably - nm
or could be - grasped with straight Kochers
Subject: or could be - grasped with straight Kochers
s/l 'R&N' clamps, uses both straight and curved during hysterectomy. Thanks! nm
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What's not helpful? Looks like the poster got it straight from a dictionary!
Subject: What's not helpful? Looks like the poster got it straight from a dictionary!
Got it! Lasegue's Sign (which is straight leg raising)
Subject: Got it! Lasegue's Sign (which is straight leg raising)
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for a straight consult rep and not real letter
Subject: for a straight consult rep and not real letter
but it DOES depend on the client profile/preference like the other poster said.....I get this format all the time in REAL consult reports (not letters) and I just type *Dear Dr. Smith* - I have just seen your patient....blah blah (can usually go under reason for consult or HPI) and then do my headings as dictated.
Good question, though!
SLRT (straight leg raising test)?? nm
Subject: SLRT (straight leg raising test)?? nm
nm
yep! Figure-4 and straight-leg-raise test.
Subject: yep! Figure-4 and straight-leg-raise test.
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can you hear straight leg raising if he's talking fast?
Subject: can you hear straight leg raising if he's talking fast?
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straight leg raise and Kram's (sp?) sign negative
Subject: straight leg raise and Kram's (sp?) sign negative
sentence is
Straight leg raising and s/l Cram/Kram sign are negative bilaterally.
thanks so much in advance
The dictation after just went straight into the impression, so I didn't include it. nm
Subject: The dictation after just went straight into the impression, so I didn't include it. nm
nm
Depends on your account specifics. If they allow you to expand, that's fine, but it is straight
Subject: Depends on your account specifics. If they allow you to expand, that's fine, but it is straight
hardcore verbatim you have to leave it as is, whether it looks ugly or not. I know, I really don't like it when they abbreviate left and right, leave words off sentence structures so they can speak faster and get it over with.
Pix of Joan of Arc show her with both arms straight overhead holding
Subject: Pix of Joan of Arc show her with both arms straight overhead holding
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The straight s/l "gold" reamers were used to ream the proximal femur. NM
Subject: The straight s/l "gold" reamers were used to ream the proximal femur. NM
nm
Objective: Head is held straight with no s/l "lift or lisp"
Subject: Objective: Head is held straight with no s/l "lift or lisp"
grafts are either straight or curved, so perhaps saying, "U-type" (describing the shape)? prob
Subject: grafts are either straight or curved, so perhaps saying, "U-type" (describing the shape)? probably not UTI... nm
waisting - or narrowing, like your waist is supposedly smaller (ha!) compared to straight up/down. N
Subject: waisting - or narrowing, like your waist is supposedly smaller (ha!) compared to straight up/down. NM
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I removed the posterior aspect of the skull outer table with a s/l pencio 1 and straight curette
Subject: I removed the posterior aspect of the skull outer table with a s/l pencio 1 and straight curette
s/l supermed The foot was held in neutral ankle dorsiflexion with the toes straight and the FDCFHL
Subject: s/l supermed The foot was held in neutral ankle dorsiflexion with the toes straight and the FDCFHL
were "pinned with supermed." Thanks again for your help.
Skin tag is clamped using a straight s/l Kelly (? Kelley). Cannot find in surgical word book.
Subject: Skin tag is clamped using a straight s/l Kelly (? Kelley). Cannot find in surgical word book.
Thanks, MT50
Subject: Thanks, MT50
I actually saw that in my Google search, but confirmation from another MT helps!
Thanks again MT50 for your help.
Subject: Thanks again MT50 for your help.
That has to be it. I will make a note of this one has I have never come across it before.
Thank you very much MT50!!
Subject: Thank you very much MT50!!
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That is it. Thank you MT50! nm
Subject: That is it. Thank you MT50! nm
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Yeh, probably go with MT50, did not
Subject: Yeh, probably go with MT50, did not
think of that one.
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