first: right, in the 2nd I would also put after formation a comma...nm
Posted By: Jan on 2009-03-07
In Reply to: punctuation help please - tiredMT
Subject: first: right, in the 2nd I would also put after formation a comma...nm
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Okay, I am hearing ____ formation, maybe crack formation
Subject: Okay, I am hearing ____ formation, maybe crack formation
periosteal callus formation or periosteal callous formation?
Subject: periosteal callus formation or periosteal callous formation?
Could you all please tell me what the proper spelling of the above term is? I was under the impression it should be periosteal callus formation, but I got my report back with the correction that it should be periosteal callous formation?
I thought callus was hardened bone or skin and callous was when someone was being insensitive?
Thanks!
How about a venolymphatic formation?
Subject: How about a venolymphatic formation?
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The formation is in grams.
Subject: The formation is in grams.
This one has me really going. Thanks for your help.
How about "callus formation"? nm
Subject: How about "callus formation"? nm
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hepatojejunostomy with ???? formation
Subject: hepatojejunostomy with ???? formation
This is a lady who was admitted for a posterior ductal stricture. She underwent a hepatojejunostomy times four with a ___formation.
This sounds like Geisi or something like that. I can hear that beginning "g" sound so I don't think he is saying Roux-en-Y.
s/l bouley formation
Subject: s/l bouley formation
Dr. states "s/l boley formation after removal of postoperative dressing". Any help? Thanks.
callus formation? (nm)
Subject: callus formation? (nm)
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should be "rouleaux formation"
Subject: should be "rouleaux formation"
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osteophyte formation
Subject: osteophyte formation
Gordu formation?
Subject: Gordu formation?
on a cystoscopy report refers to s/l "gordu formation" or "in gradu formation" but cannot document anything close to this. Any ideas?
Stedman's has callus formation. nm
Subject: Stedman's has callus formation. nm
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s/l gangrion cyst formation
Subject: s/l gangrion cyst formation
thanks.. please help me
callus formation; second one I can only guess (sm)
Subject: callus formation; second one I can only guess (sm)
maybe ellipsed out, though that's just a guess.
it could be bullae formation (blisters)......nm
Subject: it could be bullae formation (blisters)......nm
Can you hear osteophyte formation? nm
Subject: Can you hear osteophyte formation? nm
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hemmorhoids and possible "evenof" formation?
Subject: hemmorhoids and possible "evenof" formation?
I am struggling with a doctor who really tends to slur his words. This is regarding an elderly woman whose colonoscopy showed hemorrhoids and possible "evenof" formation. Any ideas?
suppuration = formation or discharge of pus
Subject: suppuration = formation or discharge of pus
Talus formation in hand surgery?
Subject: Talus formation in hand surgery?
As far as I can find talus is only referred to in the foot/ankle, but this doctor is doing a cyst excision on the middle finger and says "The talus formation to the dorsal soft tissue was also s/l lipsed out." Can someone help with the talus formation part and also "lipsed out"? THanks 
stone "in gradu" formation...
Subject: stone "in gradu" formation...
That is the complete sentence if that helps any?
Hespan solution, used to reduce adhesion formation. nm
Subject: Hespan solution, used to reduce adhesion formation. nm
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tinea capitus with early s/l car-rion formation. nm
Subject: tinea capitus with early s/l car-rion formation. nm
cannot find confirmation of the correct spelling of carry-on formation.
s/l trimodal spike of blood clot formation
Subject: s/l trimodal spike of blood clot formation
Patient is on Coumadim
multiple myeloma with possible early renal ?cast formation?
Subject: multiple myeloma with possible early renal ?cast formation?
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Patient with heterotopic bone formation of the IP joint right thumb. please sm
Subject: Patient with heterotopic bone formation of the IP joint right thumb. please sm
Given the patient’s subjective complaints, findings on physical exam and failure with conservative treatment, surgical intervention was recommended. This comes in the form of excision of the bony fragment with 1) s/l capsular release and possible 2) s/l anchor repair versus pinning of the right thumb.
Maybe syrinx? formation of a fluid-filled area within the spinal cord. nm
Subject: Maybe syrinx? formation of a fluid-filled area within the spinal cord. nm
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pressure callus and ulcer formation (all maladies of diabetic feet) nm
Subject: pressure callus and ulcer formation (all maladies of diabetic feet) nm
I would put tract, as in sinus tract (tunnel) formation. IMO. nm
Subject: I would put tract, as in sinus tract (tunnel) formation. IMO. nm
no comma
Subject: no comma
Newest info we got says no comma between 4-year 10-month-old
IMO just need a comma before which
Subject: IMO just need a comma before which
No comma.
Subject: No comma.
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I'd use a comma
Subject: I'd use a comma
"EMS confirmed that the patient was orthostatic, with a standing BP that could not be auscultated."
Now does it make sense to you?
i really am not sure. i would not use a comma.
Subject: i really am not sure. i would not use a comma.
too bad there isnt a english teacher online right now...
No comma, no and.
Subject: No comma, no and.
1:100,000 you need the comma nm
Subject: 1:100,000 you need the comma nm
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Want comma help?
Subject: Want comma help?
<< Looking at either margins tumor-size type of treatment, s/l-agiman treatment and a number of other factors given, this information, it seems the functional loss and cosmetic insult is not merited. >>
Looking at either margins, tumor size, type of treatment, adjuvant treatment, and a number of other factors, given this information, it seems the functional loss and cosmetic insult is not merited.
without comma
Subject: without comma
comma before but is used only if but is used to join two independent sentences otherwise not so I think this sentence should be without comma
Comma before Jr. or Sr., not before II, III, etc.
Subject: Comma before Jr. or Sr., not before II, III, etc.
From the BOS:
ordinals
Do not place a comma after a name and before an ordinal. The ordinal may be roman or arabic; follow the preferences of the named individuals.
John D. Rockefeller III
Don't know what BOS says but I put the comma nm
Subject: Don't know what BOS says but I put the comma nm
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I'd put comma.....
Subject: I'd put comma.....
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No, no comma. The comma here would take sm
Subject: No, no comma. The comma here would take sm
the place of "and." He's saying the patient is a pleasant elderly woman, not a pleasant and elderly woman. The elderly woman is pleasant.
In other words, would you put a comma here,
The child's new blue ball rolled into the street. No comma as "new" modifies "blue ball," not "new and blue ball."
that or a comma between the two, i.e.
Subject: that or a comma between the two, i.e.
mycophenolic acid, mofetil field
I am not sure where to put the comma here, please sm
Subject: I am not sure where to put the comma here, please sm
Hello. This is OB-GYN and I am not certain if the punctuation is correct. She says it all very fast together. Is the comma right?
A clean-catch UA is packed field, WBCs and RBCs with very short rods.
comma help
Subject: comma help
The part in question is in " ".
When I research this medication some of the research shows it the way I have it typed (with no commas), but some of the research shows it with a comma between hydrochloride and ophthalmic. Is anyone familiar with this medication that can help me out! Thanks!
The focused examination is performed using "tetracaine hydrochloride ophthalmic solution" 0.5% for anesthetics
yes if you put a comma between the
Subject: yes if you put a comma between the
B12, salicylate - 2 separate meds.
I would use a comma
Subject: I would use a comma
This patient presents to us status post left ring finger volar plate, ulnar collateral ligament avulsion fracture.
This patient presents to us status post left ring finger volar plate/ulnar collateral ligament avulsion fracture.
I do use a comma between but the
Subject: I do use a comma between but the
Comma help
Subject: Comma help
I think my brain is just fried, but do I need a comma here: I gave the patient four months' or months worth of Flexeril??? TIA.
comma....
Subject: comma....
Equally to:
The patient, however, denied treatment.
I use a comma the way you have it now.
Subject: I use a comma the way you have it now.
Per my account specifics, we don't use a numbered list. We separate the diagnoses with a comma between each one.
no comma there, where would you put it?????
Subject: no comma there, where would you put it?????
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