heme positive. Might need to be capitalized though?
Posted By: Jan on 2005-11-07
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heme positive
Subject: heme positive
The hospital I have worked at for 15 years says no. So we don't hyphenate heme positive. Don't know what the BOS says though, we don't really use it.
Heme-positive
Subject: Heme-positive
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I have always typed heme-positive
Subject: I have always typed heme-positive
Get QA'd on it and has never been marked wrong. Checked a couple of other web sites they have a hyphen and also onelook does. Possible both ways are correct.
Here for heme-positive stool? nm
Subject: Here for heme-positive stool? nm
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Abdomen: Positive wave sign appreciated, "caps out" is positive as well. sm
Subject: Abdomen: Positive wave sign appreciated, "caps out" is positive as well. sm
Abdomen tympanic to percussion, diffuse tenderness, no point tenderness appreciated. Positive wave sign appreciated, "caps out" is positive as well.
Positive grasp response and positive s/l palmo mentonian on the right. TIA!!!
Subject: Positive grasp response and positive s/l palmo mentonian on the right. TIA!!!
estrogen-progesterone receptor positive (as in ER-positive),
Subject: estrogen-progesterone receptor positive (as in ER-positive),
In Ortho, positive s/l Meniere, positive Hawkins?
Subject: In Ortho, positive s/l Meniere, positive Hawkins?
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no just saying positive pH or KOH? Not exactly your S/L though. Or positive whiff test said fast? nm
Subject: no just saying positive pH or KOH? Not exactly your S/L though. Or positive whiff test said fast? nm
She has a positive Tinel's sign, positive Phalen's sign, and positive s/l Durkin's sign.
Subject: She has a positive Tinel's sign, positive Phalen's sign, and positive s/l Durkin's sign.
:-)
HEME
Subject: HEME
Review of the peripheral blood smear revealed s/l somonice on poikocytosis with lymphocytes and acanthocytes in some teardrop forms.
Can anyone decipher this dictation for me.
Thanks
HEME
Subject: HEME
Could this be "dominance of poikilocytes"? Poikilocytes = abnormally-shaped erythrocytes but the lymhpocytes and acanthocytes may also present a tear-drop shape. What are the differential diangoses?
definitely heme
Subject: definitely heme
I do a lot of pain clinic reports.
HEME HELP
Subject: HEME HELP
Patient has severe anemia. She is a Jevoah witness refuses transfusions
To try do a hemolytic work up and work up for s/l myoclinic_____opathy?
Thanks
Heme help
Subject: Heme help
 Patient is male with history of rectal cancer who on routine screening had (S/L) hemeposi stool. Is the doctor possibly saying heme positive stool?
heme malignancy
Subject: heme malignancy
I believe I have heard this before and it is heme.
Subject: I believe I have heard this before and it is heme.
Could be, heme just refers to blood. NM
Subject: Could be, heme just refers to blood. NM
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A positive, direct "Kums" positive
Subject: A positive, direct "Kums" positive
This is for a 3-day-old baby with hyperbilirubinemia. He is A positive and "Kums"positive. What is the Kums positive?
heme positve stool...hyphenate or not? TIA nm
Subject: heme positve stool...hyphenate or not? TIA nm
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brown heme-negative stool?
Subject: brown heme-negative stool?
She has a grayish, frothy discharge that is KOH ____ test positive. S/l 'with' test positive?
Subject: She has a grayish, frothy discharge that is KOH ____ test positive. S/l 'with' test positive? nm
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Sorry meant ER-positive or PR-positive) might also be HER-2/neu
Subject: Sorry meant ER-positive or PR-positive) might also be HER-2/neu
heme, means blood or the red part of blood. nm
Subject: heme, means blood or the red part of blood. nm
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The S, P, and P should be capitalized....nm
Subject: The S, P, and P should be capitalized....nm
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I would say not capitalized, but I have been known to be
Subject: I would say not capitalized, but I have been known to be
wrong before.
I have never capitalized these
Subject: I have never capitalized these
WOW! I have never capitalized these before. Hopefully someone will answer and we both will know! Did the QA person refer you to the place where they found this info?
Not capitalized.
Subject: Not capitalized.
Actually, no, not capitalized.
Subject: Actually, no, not capitalized.
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No, I don't think it should be capitalized.
Subject: No, I don't think it should be capitalized.
No - not capitalized. nm
Subject: No - not capitalized. nm
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with the 'R' capitalized?
Subject: with the 'R' capitalized?
Not QA, but some are ALWAYS capitalized.
Subject: Not QA, but some are ALWAYS capitalized.
I found it by itself and capitalized in Stedman's. Another example, Enterobacter standing along, but then enterococcus is not when standing alone.
Not capitalized.
Subject: Not capitalized.
Choice should be capitalized (nm)
Subject: Choice should be capitalized (nm)
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don't know - but lidocaine is not capitalized....nm
Subject: don't know - but lidocaine is not capitalized....nm
is Hibiclens capitalized?
Subject: is Hibiclens capitalized?
Hibiclens
not capitalized, lowercase. nm
Subject: not capitalized, lowercase. nm
Bard - should be capitalized as well.
Subject: Bard - should be capitalized as well.
Is pap (as in pap smear) capitalized?
Subject: Is pap (as in pap smear) capitalized?
When are disorders capitalized?
Subject: When are disorders capitalized?
I capitalize them when they are in the diagnosis, but if they are generally talking about it in the body of the report, like,
"I explained to Mom that obsessive-compulsive disorder would be difficult to assess."
Is it Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in that case?
Thanks
I think Split is capitalized also
Subject: I think Split is capitalized also
it is Alaphagan and is capitalized
Subject: it is Alaphagan and is capitalized
*I* would be capitalized because it's a trademarked
Subject: *I* would be capitalized because it's a trademarked
Per Stedman - no it is not capitalized
Subject: Per Stedman - no it is not capitalized
It was capitalized per Stedman
Subject: It was capitalized per Stedman
Not capitalized, per Stedman's
Subject: Not capitalized, per Stedman's
Per Stedman's Psychiatry/Neurology/Neurosurgery Words book, Appendix 2, page A54, ecstacy is not capitalized and is spelled ecstacy not ecstasy, otherwise known as MDMA.
I don't think in that case it would be capitalized. NM
Subject: I don't think in that case it would be capitalized. NM
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It is used and as you have it not capitalized i.e. like dopplerable
Subject: It is used and as you have it not capitalized i.e. like dopplerable
Velosef (capitalized)
Subject: Velosef (capitalized)
E:A -- Doppler is always capitalized. I would
Subject: E:A -- Doppler is always capitalized. I would
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