abbrev. acronym help - 2 questions - psychiatric

I cannot restart a Depakote due to increased LSTs.  I will recheck ACPK in a.m. -- Is this LST or LSP or other?  ACPK or ACBK or other?  Thanks!!!

• abbrev. acronym help - 2 questions - psychiatric - SG
  • is it increased LFTs and a CPK? nm - Always more difficult when you can't hear the a
    • Increased LFTs and recheck a CPK... - Hayseed
      • Wow, phenomenal help. - SG

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I've been confused over this lately - if, for example,"4 mg of Zofran" given, would it be "4 milligrams of Zofran" ??

also, I haven't used "t.i.d., b.i.d.," etc. for a wihle now, but what about "p.o." - is that considered unacceptable these days??  (I need to order the new BOS, but haven't yet)

I can't seem to locate this facility.  The pt is from Californiai and has been in Riverview Psychiatric Unit, St. Francis Psychiatric Unit, and Loma Linda Medical Center. 

Just can't find the "Enbalsta, Enbalston, anbolston, inbalston" place. 

Any help? 

Dictator says (sounds like) BTRA (?) with endometrial ablation.  I can't find that or anything similar to it and can't figure what it could be.  TIA for help!

Patient had recent prostatectomy.  Dr. says s/l ISC or IFC or IC is improving and to continue Kegels.  I'm sure she's referring to stress incontinence, but I can't figure out what the acronym should be. 

TIA!

I am trying to find out what exactly CHAD (as in the score for predicting stroke risk) stands for-anyone know??

Funny thing-l was checking Medilexicon for it and it also stands for "Chinese Hamsters with Spontaneous Diabetes" and "Chinese Hamsters of the Asahikawa Colony" although these do not match the letters in the acronym.  My son and I were just laughing it up over this one and wondering if some country funded a study somewhere to study hamsters in China who spontaneously develop Diabetes! 

Objective: Thought process within normal limits.  No s/l SIH or psychosis. 

Does anyone know of this (or a close) psychiatric abbreviation?

Thanks.

In an EKG you have QRS duration, ST-T changes.....these are not acronyms as I know it. 

Patient with nausea, vomiting, peripheral edema, essential thrombocytosis.

Had lower extremity coldness followed by 'PEEN" or "PEIN"

Any idea? 

I am working on a psychiatric progress note and he says ... "Our plan at this time is to increase the ~foquan or zoquan~ to 20 milligrams a day"  This doesn't sound familiar to me and didn't know if it may be new or if someone can offer any help.  Thanks in advance.

Tami

Individual, Group and Psychiatric Counseling Services

Psychological and psychiatric counseling services for Clergy ...

[10 years of social psychiatric counseling services in Hannover]

Capitalize verbal, performance, and full-scale?  Should I leave the subtest scores in a vertical list arrangement or use a different format?

On this administration of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III, Mr. ___ obtained a verbal IQ of 57 (range 53-63), a performance IQ of 64 (range 59-73), and a full-scale IQ of 56 (range 53-61). These scores fall within the mild range of mental deficiency.

The following scatter of subtest scores was obtained:
VERBAL:
Vocabulary: 2
Similarity: 3
Arithmetic: 2
Digit Span: 3
Information: 3
Comprehension: 2

PERFORMANCE:
Picture Completion: 4
Digit Symbol: 4
Block Design: 4
Matrix Reasoning: 5
Picture Arrangement: 4

All the scores above fall within the mentally deficient range and are relatively even.

Dictated as, "Her thought process was linear, logical, and goal directed," or should it be "Her thought process was linear logical and goal directed"?  Since I am unsure, I googled the key words and hit a dead end; that is, never figured out if it is "linear logical" or "linear, logical." 

TIA for advice!!!

It is listed in the Assessment portion of the dictation, and the preceeding text gives no indication as to what this could be.  Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

s/l "Fixed allusion (or illusion) s/l naparecytosis. 

TIA.

Mr... appears for this appointment neatly and appropriately dressed and groomed.  He is cooperative.  His speech is fully understandable to the examiner.  He smiles much of the time; he is cooperative.  ______ status revealed that he knew that George Bush was the current president and that Bill Clinton preceded him.  He denies hearing any voices.  He denies any other significant psychiatric problems.  He did not show any unusual or bizarre behaviors or manorisms.  He is not currently on any medication.

(Sorry, I posted this yesterday but am still unclear and think I may have been misleading in my wording)

Thanks!

DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT:
AXIS I: Psychosis NOS, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type versus bipolar I disorder versus a drug induced psychosis, also polysubstance abuse.     Should the word versus be transcribed as a slash or another format in this example?  Thanks!