heroin tract or track marks?
Posted By: pam tia on 2006-01-02
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Ghost track (where screw marks are embedded in bone)
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tract or track
Subject: tract or track
This always gets me...is it screw tract or track? Thanks.
fistulous track or tract?
Subject: fistulous track or tract?
I hate these two words! The doctors always say tracT when it should be tracK and it confuses me!~
?? s/l track/tract sign
Subject: ?? s/l track/tract sign
Patient has wrist pain and some numbness - no finger pain. Full sentence: "track/or tract sign is positive, as is Finkelstein's. Diagnosis is de Quervain's. I appreciate any help.
tract/track signs
Subject: tract/track signs
long tract sign(s)
shunt track or tract?
Subject: shunt track or tract?
These 2 always confuse me. I'm leaning towards tract -- am I right?
Is it excision of ulcer and tract or track?....nm
Subject: Is it excision of ulcer and tract or track?....nm
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Ortho -- tract versus track
Subject: Ortho -- tract versus track
My ortho doc is saying the patient has pain over the posterior aspect of his hip along the *track* of the piriformis muscle and sciatic nerve. Should it be "track" or "tract"? I don't think I'll EVER know this.. Thanks..
"wound tract" or "wound track"
The patient is being treated with a wound vac, and is to return to the office after the "track" or "tract" is closed.
Anyone know? TIA
Sinus tract or sinus track?nm
Subject: Sinus tract or sinus track?nm
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Ghost Track or Ghost Tract?
Subject: Ghost Track or Ghost Tract?
I believe I've never heard of this one before!
Doctor dictates clearly: "There is heterogeneous marrow signal with ghost track related to prior intramedullary nail."
Anyone ever heard of ghost track or ghost tract?
sinus tract or sinus track (sm)
Subject: sinus tract or sinus track (sm)
An elliptical excision was made of the skin with an open sinus tract that was draining in the center.
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
HELP-- pt has history of heroin and
Subject: HELP-- pt has history of heroin and
s/l aniculary drug use???????
I have a Brit that says this for quotation marks. sm
Subject: I have a Brit that says this for quotation marks. sm
"Open inverted commas, I feel terrible doctor, close inverted commas."
At first I had no clue what he was talking about. :)
striae (stretch marks)
Subject: striae (stretch marks)
Maybe you are looking for striae, or stretch marks.
Subject: Maybe you are looking for striae, or stretch marks.
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The period goes inside the quotation marks.
Subject: The period goes inside the quotation marks.
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s/l striata -- is referring to stretch marks
Subject: s/l striata -- is referring to stretch marks
I can't find any reference to this word and am just wondering if she's just not pronouncing it correctly and it should be striae?
I would probably go with turbinator but put it in quotation marks - I think this is another case of
Subject: I would probably go with turbinator but put it in quotation marks - I think this is another case of
doctors making up words
track...........nm
Subject: track...........nm
I was way off track.. Thank you so much!
Subject: I was way off track.. Thank you so much!
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track trauma
Subject: track trauma
I am not sure if he stumbles or if he actually says track trauma. The entire line is ...No track trauma.
The patient has hamstring pain from injuring himself playing a baseball.
s/l track and pack
Subject: s/l track and pack
ESL, dictating a problem list in a patient with respiratory failure, anemia and hip fracture: It's just a numbered list of problems.
Status post s/l "track and pack". ?????
I would use track, as in path etc. nm
Subject: I would use track, as in path etc. nm
Well, I was on the right track, just the wrong word. LOL!
Subject: Well, I was on the right track, just the wrong word. LOL!
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Thank you! you put me on the right track- crepitance is the word!
Subject: Thank you! you put me on the right track- crepitance is the word!
Sounds like you're on the right track nm
Subject: Sounds like you're on the right track nm
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lot as in lot number to track inventory
Subject: lot as in lot number to track inventory
s/l Bio-Track screw? (used in ortho surg) TIA
Subject: s/l Bio-Track screw? (used in ortho surg) TIA
He had numbness, no "long track" signs.
Subject: He had numbness, no "long track" signs.
Ortho reprot.
He had pain in his neck and left arm with mild numbness, no s/l "long track" signs.
Doesn't make sense to me
TYVM. Very helpful. Somehow I got off track and didn't see that info when I was searching.
Subject: TYVM. Very helpful. Somehow I got off track and didn't see that info when I was searching.
The first poster was obviously correct too. I don't know why it didn't come up with that when I searched it. It has just been one of those days.
tract
tract
tract. nm
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tract
Subject: tract
Sorry, it is definitely tract. nm
Subject: Sorry, it is definitely tract. nm
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tract. nm
Subject: tract. nm
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Yes, tract. nm
Subject: Yes, tract. nm
Pyramidal tract?
Subject: Pyramidal tract?
 ...I think anyway.
It's fistulous tract - nm
Subject: It's fistulous tract - nm
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Is this for urinary tract? nm
Subject: Is this for urinary tract? nm
outflow tract
Subject: outflow tract
outflow tract gradient?
sinus tract nm
Subject: sinus tract nm
any chance he's saying GI tract suspects?
Subject: any chance he's saying GI tract suspects?
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fistulous tract in Stedman GI nm
Subject: fistulous tract in Stedman GI nm
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Urinary tract infection
Subject: Urinary tract infection
urinary tract infection
Subject: urinary tract infection
I know that everyone says "a urinary tract infection," but should it not be "an urinary tract infection?"
just to clarify...as in sinus tract
Subject: just to clarify...as in sinus tract
Sinus tract
A narrow, elongated channel in the body that allows the escape of fluid.
long tract signs
Subject: long tract signs
Type of urinary tract infection (??)
Subject: Type of urinary tract infection (??)
Report is related to a resistant urinary tract infection. Doc says, "She was found to have a (s/l perodeus merabolis) that was resistant to Bactrim."
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fistula tract with placement of seton. sm
Subject: fistula tract with placement of seton. sm
Fistula tract. A seton is almost like a wick etc.
seton
A wisp of threads, a strip of gauze, a length of wire, or other foreign material passed through the subcutaneous tissues or a cyst to form a sinus or fistula.
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