Home     Contact Us    
Main Board Job Seeker's Board Job Wanted Board Resume Bank Company Board Word Help Medquist New MTs Classifieds Offshore Concerns VR/Speech Recognition Tech Help Coding/Medical Billing
Gab Board Politics Comedy Stop Health Issues
ADVERTISEMENT




Serving Over 20,000 US Medical Transcriptionists

could she possibly be saying "Shingles, period. Dormant, period"?

Posted By: ltt on 2007-10-13
In Reply to: Shingles help with ESL please - Thanks!

Subject: could she possibly be saying "Shingles, period. Dormant, period"?




Complete Discussion Below: marks the location of current message within thread

The messages you are viewing are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select the boards given in left menu


Other related messages found in our database

that should be.....a 2- to 3-day period. nm
Subject: that should be.....a 2- to 3-day period. nm

xx
no period after the h......
Subject: no period after the h......

--
There should be a period after the h.
Subject: There should be a period after the h.


YES--there is a period after the "h" - q.6 h.
Subject: YES--there is a period after the "h" - q.6 h.

x
could he be saying period after Ddimer nmx
Subject: could he be saying period after Ddimer nmx

x
Is there definitely a period after the word less?
Subject: Is there definitely a period after the word less?

A lot of times radiologists will say interpretation is more difficult because of underpenetration but "interpretation is less" wouldn't make sense.


Another thought - if it's a chest film, could it be inspiration is less? As in, patient didn't breathe deeply?


H. pylori - I use the period
Subject: H. pylori - I use the period


BOS 1st edition has q.6h. with no period between, pg 116. nm
Subject: BOS 1st edition has q.6h. with no period between, pg 116. nm


period or comma?
Subject: period or comma?

Please help with this.  I get confused whether it should be a period or comma before "PT".


His WBC 11.0 and then 12.78 and 38.4.  PT, PTT were normal. 


thanks.


I would use a period as these labs
Subject: I would use a period as these labs

are not related to each other.
q as in q 4 hours, period or no?
Subject: q as in q 4 hours, period or no?


according to BOS 2, they put a space between 4 and h. and a period after h....sm
Subject: according to BOS 2, they put a space between 4 and h. and a period after h....sm

This is new:

BOS 2, page 146

q.h.

q.4 h. period after h.

q.i.d.
maybe go to school period if thinks that is right. nm
Subject: maybe go to school period if thinks that is right. nm

;
Well, there is a period at the end, but it's an incomplete sentence.
Subject: Well, there is a period at the end, but it's an incomplete sentence.

<>

What's the next part of the sentence? What happened when the ____ plugs were inserted?




You MUST get and USE a medical dictionary for this job. Period. nm
Subject: You MUST get and USE a medical dictionary for this job. Period. nm

x
C. difficile (period not comma, sorry)
Subject: C. difficile (period not comma, sorry)

x
Wenckebach period or cycle.
Subject: Wenckebach period or cycle.

 a sequence of cardiac cycles in the electrocardiogram ending in a dropped beat due to AV block, the preceding cycles showing progressively lengthening PR intervals; the PR interval following the dropped beat is again shortened
yes, comma or semicolon or period.
Subject: yes, comma or semicolon or period.

nm
normal in appearance (period)?
Subject: normal in appearance (period)?


Anyone doing MT should know if a period is required after postop.
Subject: Anyone doing MT should know if a period is required after postop.

Where did you get your education? If you don't know that much, you should not be in this field as you are a disgrace to the MT field.
just flex sig or flexible sigmoidoscopy. No period. nm
Subject: just flex sig or flexible sigmoidoscopy. No period. nm


Well if YOU type it, it must be right! BOS says no apostrophes on eponyms. Period. nm
Subject: Well if YOU type it, it must be right! BOS says no apostrophes on eponyms. Period. nm

x
Left fundal hemostatic period.
Subject: Left fundal hemostatic period.

Does this sound right?  It doesn't make sense to me.  Under complications:  left fundal hemostatic period.
The period goes inside the quotation marks.
Subject: The period goes inside the quotation marks.

nm
Ruminating: Thinking carefully and for a long period.
Subject: Ruminating: Thinking carefully and for a long period.

nm
Usually "over" a certain time period so it doesn't all get dumped in at once. nm
Subject: Usually "over" a certain time period so it doesn't all get dumped in at once. nm

s
Yes, gel or gelling effect, getting stiff after period of inactivity
Subject: Yes, gel or gelling effect, getting stiff after period of inactivity


troponin doesn't need to be capped. Put period after cr=1.5. K=potassium. NM
Subject: troponin doesn't need to be capped. Put period after cr=1.5. K=potassium. NM


interval is correct... an intervening period of time
Subject: interval is correct... an intervening period of time


By AAMT rules, need help with period with drug values. (sm)
Subject: By AAMT rules, need help with period with drug values. (sm)

Is this right?


1 gm


0.1 mg


1 mg


 


I was taught that it was 1.0 mg but doc wants it to be just 1 mg and 1 gm.


 


Help.  Thanks.


MS Word will not automatically capitalize after a period that follows a number...sm
Subject: MS Word will not automatically capitalize after a period that follows a number...sm

This is to account for decimal signs.


You will just have to hit the shift key.


Sorry, this is wrong unless it is client specific. BOS2 says period after h. nm
Subject: Sorry, this is wrong unless it is client specific. BOS2 says period after h. nm

nm
normal saline with 20 k/liter over approximately a 2-3 hour period.
Subject: normal saline with 20 k/liter over approximately a 2-3 hour period.

normal saline with 20 k/liter over approximately a 2-3 hour period.


dormant?
Subject: dormant?

x
possibly,...
b-natriuretic peptides? I have been steered wrong on numerous occasions by others -- keep trying to verify everything!!
Could this possibly be. . . . .
Subject: Could this possibly be. . . . .

an ESL or a mumbler and it might be morphine?


As an aside, for a laugh, I used to work for a neurologist who apparently had a patient pull a Rx paper off the top of his Rx pad when he wasn't looking.  The doc got a call a few hours later from a pharmacy trying to verify the Rx for "mo feen".


Possibly....
Subject: Possibly....

He's a mumbler, so who knows!!  I might have to leave a blank, as now I can't tell if it is Y or "wide".


Thanks!!


possibly
Subject: possibly

aztreonam, an antibiotic
Possibly
Subject: Possibly

Could be Absorbine (an antifungal, topical application). Does that fit in?
possibly
Subject: possibly

That might be it. There are Banda socks.


Thanks. 


Quite possibly ...
Subject: Quite possibly ...

I looked up Tisseal and it is a hemostatic so I put it in there along with a blank so QA can check it. I had not heard of it before. THX
Possibly
Subject: Possibly

Dilaudid HP which contains hydromorphone...  
possibly . . .
Subject: possibly . . .


Could that possibly be MSB
Subject: Could that possibly be MSB

It is hard to differentiate sometimes between certain letters. It is obviously a test of some sort, so maybe CBC, mid-small bowel stool for C-diff, gram stain, culture and sensitivity, ova and parasite? just a thought. trying to help out.
possibly CNS?
Subject: possibly CNS?


Possibly
Subject: Possibly

Pisces Z Quad Lead.... Oh wait looks like there is a Specify Lead


3998 Specify Lead
Contains two, four-electrode vertical arrays spaced 2 mm apart. Electrodes are 2 mm x 3 mm and are spaced vertically, 6 mm apart.    


could that possibly be--sm
Subject: could that possibly be--sm

round towel drape...as in a sterile field? just a thought.
possibly
Subject: possibly

TM?
Could it possibly be
Subject: Could it possibly be

"a liquid MVI q.d."???

or aliquots of something???

Or does it sound more like a test they are going to do?
Could it possibly be
Subject: Could it possibly be

acetaminophen.... Just curious b/c you said it was an ESL doc and sometimes they squish stuff together.  Just a thought.  Good luck! 


POSSIBLY
Subject: POSSIBLY

END-DIASTOLIC AND END-SYSTOLIC DIMENSION.