You are incorrect on the capitalization...
Posted By: see inside for correct way! on 2007-03-15
In Reply to: See Inside - Cushingoid - luv2type
Subject: You are incorrect on the capitalization...
capitalization
Capitalize eponyms but not the common nouns, adjectives, and prefixes that accompany them.
Do not capitalize words derived from eponyms.
ligament of Treitz
red Robinson catheter
non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Parkinson disease but parkinsonism
Cushing syndrome but cushingoid
Copyright (c) 2002 American Association for Medical Transcription
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Subject: Capitalization
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Subject: Capitalization help
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Subject: capitalization
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Subject: capitalization? Please see msg.
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Subject: capitalization ?
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Subject: Capitalization
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Capitalization
Subject: Capitalization
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RE: Capitalization of Chlamydia
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Subject: Capitalization question - sm
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Subject: ? regarding capitalization of name of departments
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Subject: capitalization of departments
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Subject: bougie - not sure on capitalization, though
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Subject: capitalization rule
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Subject: capitalization rule
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Subject: Per AAMT-BOS2 page 149 it states "Use of idiosyncratic capitalization is optional" so I would put Actoplus Met
No, that's incorrect - SM
Subject: No, that's incorrect - SM
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Subject: OP is incorrect. Please
TIMI system
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Copyright (c) 2002 American Association for Medical Transcription
Actually it is incorrect to
Subject: Actually it is incorrect to
type protime, even when they dictate it. Set your expander to expand protime to prothrombin time because that is truly the correct way to type this on a medical report. That way when they undergo audit it will not come back to transcription who didn't type it with HIPAA correctness. I wish they would educate doctors to dictate things correctly in the first place to avoid all this, but I think even if they did the dictator would still dictate things the way he "thinks" in his head. It is hard to teach old dogs new tricks unless they are transcriptionists. If we don't learn new tricks they will replace us, right?
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Subject: They are incorrect. There is certainly
not a comma before the which in the example you are given. It would make absolutely no sense with a comma there.
The majority are incorrect
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definitely incorrect and the national is right..nm
Subject: definitely incorrect and the national is right..nm
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definitely incorrect and national is right....NM
Subject: definitely incorrect and national is right....NM
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Subject: middleschmertz is incorrect
yes, internet can be wrong, so have to be careful. Need to invest in medical terminology books, but yet sometimes I find discrepancys in those also.
Sloan's Medical Word Book, under the section of ob/gyn, it has "middle-shmertz" Phonetic for mittelschmerz.
We all have to check and double check. Look in more than one source.
Yes, incorrect info indeed
Subject: Yes, incorrect info indeed
I came back on to read this post because I had given out the info on Lidoderm and wanted to see if the other word had been found. Then I saw LYDERM.
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That is too much guessing going on. If you don't
know, do not answer. Simple as that.
suit yourself but you are incorrect
Subject: suit yourself but you are incorrect
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I guess all these are incorrect then. SM
Subject: I guess all these are incorrect then. SM
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No - that is grammatically incorrect.
Subject: No - that is grammatically incorrect.
nm
Stedmans has been known to be incorrect.....nm
Subject: Stedmans has been known to be incorrect.....nm
you are 100% incorrect - it is all capped...SM
Subject: you are 100% incorrect - it is all capped...SM
http://www.lapband.com/lapband/portal.do
LAP-BAND®
some of us work for general surgeons/bariatric surgeons and they too insist it's LAP-BAND!!
please research!!
Something's incorrect there. I'd blank that value. nm
Subject: Something's incorrect there. I'd blank that value. nm
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abdominohysterectomy is incorrect. sm
Subject: abdominohysterectomy is incorrect. sm
abdominal hysterectomy.
Could it be baseline?
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Subject: This is incorrect, it is Capio
Be aware of improper internet searches. If you actually go to Boston Scientific website, it is Capio. Tessier Surgical Word also lists Capio.
That is what some say but it is incorrect. Expanded I's and O's would be
Subject: That is what some say but it is incorrect. Expanded I's and O's would be
.
No Anon - you would be incorrect on this one....
Subject: No Anon - you would be incorrect on this one....
the rule here at MTStars Word Board is nobody can ask TESTING questions.......and we are not to answer anybody testing.........
the other poster was not being rude...they were just following the rules here at MTStars....
Signed: Just another poster.......
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