calf pain with neg. ______ and Homan's sign s/l Platz or Pratts
Posted By: A-rod on 2007-04-23
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Homan's sign
Subject: Homan's sign
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you're right...sm Homan=sign vs Hohmann=retractor nm
Subject: you're right...sm Homan=sign vs Hohmann=retractor nm
Homans sign, Hohmann retractor (not Homan's retractor). nm
Subject: Homans sign, Hohmann retractor (not Homan's retractor). nm
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Some of his ribcage pain is better but he still has what seems to be a little s/l teachy sign.? nm
Subject: Some of his ribcage pain is better but he still has what seems to be a little s/l teachy sign.? nm
agree with chandelier sign...named so because pain could be
Subject: agree with chandelier sign...named so because pain could be
so bad, it would leave women hanging from the chandelier!
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Rovsing sign, pain over McBurney's point when looking for appendicitis. nm
Subject: Rovsing sign, pain over McBurney's point when looking for appendicitis. nm
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Patient complains of s/l Theater sign with left hip pain. Thanks! nm
Subject: Patient complains of s/l Theater sign with left hip pain. Thanks! nm
chandelier sign...pain so bad it makes you jump off the table and
Subject: chandelier sign...pain so bad it makes you jump off the table and
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Pt has shoulder pain. On exam has positive s/l scarf sign.
Subject: Pt has shoulder pain. On exam has positive s/l scarf sign.
There is a "grab sign" = worsening of pain with activities involving flexion - maybe that's
Subject: There is a "grab sign" = worsening of pain with activities involving flexion - maybe that's what he's talking about
sl/l positive bordel sign (from flexing neck and causes back pain)
Subject: sl/l positive bordel sign (from flexing neck and causes back pain)
There's a Gaenslen's sign for lumbar/sacroiliac inflammation pain by moving the hip, etc.
Subject: There's a Gaenslen's sign for lumbar/sacroiliac inflammation pain by moving the hip, etc.
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calf?
Subject: calf?
Homan's retractor
Subject: Homan's retractor
Yes, an orthopedic surgery term.
The Homan Saga
Subject: The Homan Saga
It is like this:
...negative Homans.
or, if they dictated sign after Homans, it is like this: ...Homans' sign. Tell that to your MTSO. The continuing saga of "HIPAA" is killing me. The Gotcha Police are killing me too. We need to publish a book called THE BOTTOM LINE and all use it to avoid all the petty conflicts and misinformation.
Homan retractor
Subject: Homan retractor
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There is tenderness above the calf....
Subject: There is tenderness above the calf....
and is s/l easing collapse of the remainder of the varicosities bilaterally.
or easily collapsed
maybe calf pains or
Subject: maybe calf pains or
creps? crepitus, crepitations?
Homan vs Hohmann retractor
Subject: Homan vs Hohmann retractor
Anybody know how to distinguish which retractor (Homan vs Hohmann) in ortho operative procedures? Both are listed in the Stedman's. Goggle is confusing me. This specific report is ORIF of medial malleolus fracture.
Could it be Homan's, looking for DVTs in the legs? nm
Subject: Could it be Homan's, looking for DVTs in the legs? nm
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Stedmans says "Homans" not Homan's. NM
Subject: Stedmans says "Homans" not Homan's. NM
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what about calf-high TED hose? does that fit? nm
Subject: what about calf-high TED hose? does that fit? nm
if I had to guess, I would say CALF PAINS
Subject: if I had to guess, I would say CALF PAINS
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could be, I suppose, referring to calf vessels
Subject: could be, I suppose, referring to calf vessels
skin....Right calf shows an erythematous..
Subject: skin....Right calf shows an erythematous..
s/l lie-can-a-thide
Thanks Deborah
Point well taken.. Back when I started, it was Homan's but now your right in that it has changed
Subject: Point well taken.. Back when I started, it was Homan's but now your right in that it has changed to Homans..
Thanks
I imagine it would as the usually use a brace from about knee or mid-calf down to the foot for
Subject: I imagine it would as the usually use a brace from about knee or mid-calf down to the foot for
footdrop.
Sometines hear calf tenderness, swelling, cords. nm
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Just a WAG, maybe ______ fluid (nm)
Subject: Just a WAG, maybe ______ fluid (nm)
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thanks..but he says "stridor *and* ?______" n/m
Subject: thanks..but he says "stridor *and* ?______" n/m
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Subject: maybe ______ prep?
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NDP or MDP ______ facilitation
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I'm thinking graded support as in firm at the ankle, medium over the calf, and
Subject: I'm thinking graded support as in firm at the ankle, medium over the calf, and
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...pH ______ esophageal manometry ??
Subject: ...pH ______ esophageal manometry ??
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______ port sleeve
Subject: ______ port sleeve
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iliotibial ______ syndrome
Subject: iliotibial ______ syndrome
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aortoiliac ______ adenopathy s/l chain*
Subject: aortoiliac ______ adenopathy s/l chain*
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s/l interpore ______ bone graft
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Subject: There are no palpable cords or calf tenderness, despite the patient’s complaint of diffuse body ache
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Subject: ejection fraction ______ (titer? hi duct?)
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Subject: now I can hear something like mono ______ acid chemocautery.
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on ______ (s/l NSCD?) to the left lower extremity for DVT prophylaxis
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Subject: In mean, listen to incision was made in ______ fascia and leave out the into.
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Subject: if it's in the spine, it could be "discogenic" pain versus "facet"-related pain
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Subject: could be TKA-total knee amputation. pain could be "ghost" pain --nm
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