Doing a stent graft for aortic aneurysm. Dictator speaks of a cranial oblique orientation to try to resolve what s/l pure lags in the stent graft. Thanks for your help!
any other clues? Subject: any other clues?
Female patient? Are there other assessments or symptoms in report?
Nursing home patient. Diagnoses include pathologic left hip fracture, osteoporosis, Altzheimer's, NID diatetes, UTI, sacral decubitus and hyponatremia, dehydration and anemia or blood loss which he did not mention but she received 2 units of blood. She got Levaquin for the UTI while in the hospital. This enactoperon was not a discharge medication.
i've never heard ORIF refer to the abdomen either...did they mention any past surgical history? hip replacement? or femoral fracture? any other clues?
any clues in rest of report? sm Subject: any clues in rest of report? sm
if the patient had any major GI surgery in the past, like a Billroth II or Whipple? If so, stumpitis may be correct. Let me know! It's a long shot and it would be slang, but I need to know history to tell you for sure.
medication and I am hearing either CDM or sediem...anyone got any clues? Subject: medication and I am hearing either CDM or sediem...anyone got any clues?
maybe he's saying "pyelo" short for pyelonephritis
My guess sm Subject: My guess sm
My guess would be candida esophagitis.
just a guess Subject: just a guess
but i think he is abbreviating -- so i would just put it inside quotes as you have it -- as it could refer to too many different things, if that is what he is doing.
and guess what? Subject: and guess what?
depending on what lab you work in, all specs and values are different also. i worked in two different labs so I KNOW
Guess Subject: Guess
I'm guessing the "caphate tethose" is ______ TED hose. The word prior, I don't know.
Without more...this is only a guess.
just a guess here.... Subject: just a guess here....
I have never had a doc dictate it, but a list I obtained several years back from MT Desk that lists lots of "normal" physical exam phrases lists, under HEENT, flattening of the (left/right) nasolabial fold . . . maybe?
OA would be my guess too. nm Subject: OA would be my guess too. nm