can you hear BMI-body mass index regarding weight versus fat?
Posted By: RJ on 2008-11-05
In Reply to: on physical examination his BBI was greater than 1. Whats a BBI???? - nm - Sadie
Subject: can you hear BMI-body mass index regarding weight versus fat?
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exact sentence: "promote weight neutral versus weight loss with the Januvia,' but earlier sai
Subject: exact sentence: "promote weight neutral versus weight loss with the Januvia,' but earlier said was going to decrease dibetics with Januvia.
He dictates words kind of strange.
mass affect versus mass effect?????? driving me crazy!
Subject: mass affect versus mass effect?????? driving me crazy!
Do you hear index
Subject: Do you hear index
or does it sound like index?
isn't that the same word?? I hear index
Subject: isn't that the same word?? I hear index
Jen, can you hear right intestinal mass?
Subject: Jen, can you hear right intestinal mass?
I think bore weight is correct. It is not beared weight. You can be weightbearing
Subject: I think bore weight is correct. It is not beared weight. You can be weightbearing
on an extremity, but weight beared is incorrect. Bared is incorrect, too.
so......which one is it?? mass effect or mass affect? grrr
Subject: so......which one is it?? mass effect or mass affect? grrr
I forget - is it mass effect or mass affect?
Subject: I forget - is it mass effect or mass affect?
dominant mass would be a mass that is prominent (sm)
Subject: dominant mass would be a mass that is prominent (sm)
your grammar checker may want you to add some more words, such as * there is no * to make a complete sentence.
circumscribed mass ? circumferential mass? nm
Subject: circumscribed mass ? circumferential mass? nm
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Subject: 1 cm mass noncalcified mass lesion. nm
Is it weightbearing or weight-bearing or weight bearing..as in exercise?
Subject: Is it weightbearing or weight-bearing or weight bearing..as in exercise?
I've seen this three different ways...which is correct? Or...could all three be correct?
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Subject: brain freeze. Is it mass effect or mass affect (CT of brain) THANKS
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Subject: I've heard "limited due to body habitus" or "difficult due to body habitus." Not sure.
x
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Subject: lab ?? - s/l MV index or MB index 1.1
MV index
Subject: MV index
It's MV index. Stands for mean velocity.
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Subject: FDF or SDF depression index?
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Subject: If cardiac, could be MB index
troponin, CK, MB....
There is the Barthel index. sm
Subject: There is the Barthel index. sm
Here is a link discussing all of these tests etc.
http://www.gwu.edu/~cicd/toolkit/function.htm
depression index UNG?
Subject: depression index UNG?
Hi everyone,
Is there an index to measure depression called UNG or something that sounds like that? At least that is what I am hearing--- "ung" at various speeds. Would he be saying "own"?
This dr has yawned so many times throughout this report he is making me sleepy too.
"with his UNG index score of 78"
Thanks!
s/l apneahypop index
Subject: s/l apneahypop index
index/indices (QA)
This is how QA put it. I stand corrected, but that's news to me.
ankle brachial pressure indexes
index upper endoscopy
Subject: index upper endoscopy
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Is index correct?
ABI, ankle-brachial index, maybe.
Subject: ABI, ankle-brachial index, maybe.
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Only thing I see is "voxel index"
Subject: Only thing I see is "voxel index"
But it seems to be more research or stage of disease than general medical terminology associated with sputum. (Densitometry and CT) See:
http://www.google.com/search?q=voxel+index&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
http://respiratory-research.com/content/7/1/136
Might be a wild goose chase, sorry!
ABI (ankle-brachial index) nm
Subject: ABI (ankle-brachial index) nm
Indices is plural for index nm
Subject: Indices is plural for index nm
x
There is SFI for sexual functioning index? nm
Subject: There is SFI for sexual functioning index? nm
Duh. Might be performance index in this case. nm
Subject: Duh. Might be performance index in this case. nm
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Subject: pulsatile index (or indices)
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a little late, but maybe something index protocol? nm
Subject: a little late, but maybe something index protocol? nm
x
There is an ankle-brachial index.
Subject: There is an ankle-brachial index.
x
Weight
Subject: Weight
His weight is stable at 42 3/4 pounds or 42-3/4 pounds? I am not sure if there should be a hyphen.
weight
Subject: weight
If the weight is 7-1/2 pounds, should it be typed 7.5 pounds?
weight
Subject: weight
How do you write weight 61 1/4 kg? Is this right or 61.25 kg or 61-1/4 kg. Just not sure.
There is femhrt (looks weird, bug in drug index)
Subject: There is femhrt (looks weird, bug in drug index)
weight bearing
Subject: weight bearing
how about non weight-bearing? How would you appropriately punctuate/hyphenate that one?
non weight bearing
Subject: non weight bearing
proper way would be nonweight-bearing but you can also type it as non-weight-bearing. In the medical dictionary - weight-bearing, therefore, nonweight-bearing.
weight loss
Subject: weight loss
Weight loss. She is visibly __________s/l ti-kek-tic as compared to her last visit. I suspect she has lost at least 20 pounds
how about 'bore' weight
Subject: how about 'bore' weight
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Weight swung might be what you are looking for. sm
Subject: Weight swung might be what you are looking for. sm
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This is a great example of how a Medical Phrase Index is handy..sm
Subject: This is a great example of how a Medical Phrase Index is handy..sm
I'm not in any way picking on you, but somebody below asked how to look up words when you're not sure what they are. Since you knew it was some kind of fork, you could have looked up "fork" in the MPI and it lists 7 different medical forks, and you would have been able to deduce 'tuning fork' from this since you had a soundalike. I learned more new words from this reference book than anything else.
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Subject: 745 women whose index pregnancy ended in an induced ...
yes, it is index pregnancy
We typed on index size cards back then. sm
Subject: We typed on index size cards back then. sm
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Don't know if there are other diagnoses involved, but this is what the drug index states it is us
Subject: Don't know if there are other diagnoses involved, but this is what the drug index states it is used for:
to treat chronic hives, premenstrual depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, and bedwetting.
25 mg would be the proper dosage also.
Ratio? ABI (ankle-brachial index): 1 to 1 or 1:1 right, 1.1 to 1 or 1.1:1 left?
Subject: Ratio? ABI (ankle-brachial index): 1 to 1 or 1:1 right, 1.1 to 1 or 1.1:1 left?
x
A cardiac index of 2.1 with an SVR of 1058 on the (s/l pretzers) as outlined above.
Subject: A cardiac index of 2.1 with an SVR of 1058 on the (s/l pretzers) as outlined above.
A cardiac index of 2.1 with an SVR of 1058 on the (s/l pretzers) as outlined above.
Thanks!!
P.S. BOS-2 pg 98; JAMA; Medical Phrase Index; others. (nomsg)
Subject: P.S. BOS-2 pg 98; JAMA; Medical Phrase Index; others. (nomsg)
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is it weightbear or weight bear?
Subject: is it weightbear or weight bear?
It's the end of the day and I cannot remember if it is "weightbear" or "weight bear" as in "The patient may weightbear/weight bear as tolerated."
I tried to look it up online and found it both ways... I know it is weightbearing...
My eyes are starting to cross and it looks funny either way!
I usually change this to bear weight
Subject: I usually change this to bear weight
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