small-bowel when to hypen
Posted By: CO MT on 2009-01-06
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Subject: small-bowel when to hypen
I have been having trouble with hyphens lately. I usually have typed small-bowel disease. Now I get small bowel Crohn's disease and think that there should be no hyphen because it precedes an adjative and not a noun. Is this correct? Thanks all.
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small bowel ???
Subject: small bowel ???
Could anyone help me with this. Not sure what he is saying.
The small bowel s/l murals or better and appears normal throughout.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Small bowel ???
Subject: Small bowel ???
Yes, that would be helpful. Here is most of the paragraph:
A small bowel series was performed alternating AP and PA studies at 15-minute intervals for 2 hours. The small bowel {s/l murals or better} and appears normal throughout. There is no unsual dilatation, segmentation, or mass lesion.
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Subject: small bowel series
Is there such a thing as "small bowel murals"? thanks
Small bowel s/l interception
Subject: Small bowel s/l interception
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Thank you, had to add that to my book under small bowel!
Subject: Thank you, had to add that to my book under small bowel!
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maybe small bowel murals ARE
Subject: maybe small bowel murals ARE
better? has the patient had an endo exam before, or is this a followup x-ray? there are mural stratifications.
Please help - small bowel obstruction
Subject: Please help - small bowel obstruction
This entire one is kicking my butt, anyone have a clue what words could be filled in here?
HISTORY: Abdominal pain.
FINDINGS: (Gassy) (sounds like istiltation) is noted of the small bowel. Degenerative changes noted within the (sounds like rockel) lumbar spine and (sounds like isolate destruction) is noted of the left tip.
Could be small bowel if you are in the intestines/colon.
Subject: Could be small bowel if you are in the intestines/colon.
I meant small bowel murals are better.
Subject: I meant small bowel murals are better.
Small bowel is the anatomic term. It is
Subject: Small bowel is the anatomic term. It is
not small (like little) bowel obstruction but "small bowel" obstruction as opposed to "large bowel" obstruction.
Well he had a laparotomy with adhesiolysis, and enterotomy with small-bowel decompression...
Subject: Well he had a laparotomy with adhesiolysis, and enterotomy with small-bowel decompression...
His postoperative course was complicated by prolonged postoperative ileus. He has Small bowel obstruction secondary to adhesions.
Hypokalemia.
Anemia.
Hypertension.
Ankylosing spondylitis.
Left tibial plateau fracture.
"Gaseous" dilatation is noted in the small bowel.. does this sound correct?
Subject: "Gaseous" dilatation is noted in the small bowel.. does this sound correct?
status post subtotal gastrectomy and [s/l comp anastomosis] to the small bowel..
Subject: status post subtotal gastrectomy and [s/l comp anastomosis] to the small bowel..
I have always used hypen, but checked on-line at supply company - there is no hypen (nm)
Subject: I have always used hypen, but checked on-line at supply company - there is no hypen (nm)
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Long shot here... "outpouching or uniform dilatation along a short segment of small bowel." nm
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hypen use
Subject: hypen use
I personally would type it as re-tore...i think some docs just make up words as they go
If following BOS, there is no hypen in
Subject: If following BOS, there is no hypen in
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Subject: mid LAD, mid RCA hypen or not?
Per BOS - no hypen, but my client wants
Subject: Per BOS - no hypen, but my client wants
hypen, so per client's instructions.
hypen or no hyphen..
Subject: hypen or no hyphen..
That's what I was taught:
Most compounds made with the following prefixes are not hyphenated and no space:
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nonsmall is right.
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Subject: should A-1 ward be writtent as such with the hypen?
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In Stedman's breast feeding w/o hypen,
Subject: In Stedman's breast feeding w/o hypen,
and breast fed w/o hyphen, but breast-fed baby
In my spellcheck it is written as cardiac wise -- two words; no hypen.
Subject: In my spellcheck it is written as cardiac wise -- two words; no hypen.
AAMT has it capitalized and hypen if 5-French catheter, but not if size 5 French. (nm)
Subject: AAMT has it capitalized and hypen if 5-French catheter, but not if size 5 French. (nm)
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Compound modifiers (small to moderate amount vs. small-to-moderate amount...sm
Subject: Compound modifiers (small to moderate amount vs. small-to-moderate amount...sm
I'm stumped and probably should really know this, but can anyone tell me why small to moderate amount is not hyphenated? Why it does not meet the criteria for a compound modifier?
pro time, no hypen, two words, as if your typing prothrombin time
Subject: pro time, no hypen, two words, as if your typing prothrombin time
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Subject: Bowel
This is a CT result. Is it mild 'stranding' around loops of small bowel?
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Subject: Bowel Rest
I need to know what the protocal is for bowel rest. Does anyone have a clue? Thanks
Bowel loops? nm
Subject: Bowel loops? nm
bowel rest?
Subject: bowel rest?
Dictation states "Patient was started on an IV antibiotic with Flagyl and Zosyn and placed on bowel rest with IV fluids." Sounds something like bowarest - is there a medication similar to this? Not sure if bowel rest make sense? Thanks!
What is bowel obstruction??
Subject: What is bowel obstruction??
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Subject: Have NEVER seen "small bowel"
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bowel rest, maybe?
Subject: bowel rest, maybe?
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Subject: Bowel s/l "apne"
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Subject: bowel atony?
bowel apne
Subject: bowel apne
That's it!!! Thank you soooo much...
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The pt is moving his bowels twice a day s/l foreign bowel movements.
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Subject: Tinjum bowel habits?
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Subject: could it be "changing" bowel habits???
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could it be "changing" bowel habits???
Subject: could it be "changing" bowel habits???
Thank you so much! After seeing your reply I went back to hear the dictation and I was trying to hear "changing" and instead I heard "change in" bowel habits. Again, Thank you!
bowel sounds with scaling...
Subject: bowel sounds with scaling...
Normal active bowel sounds with scaling over anterior abdominal wall. Is scaling correct?
normoactive bowel sounds. nm
Subject: normoactive bowel sounds. nm
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s/l metal schmertz bowel ?...sm
Subject: s/l metal schmertz bowel ?...sm
I think she may have a splenic flexure syndrome. We are going to continue with observation. It may have been an element of s/l "metal schmertz bowel". Flate plate showed a large amount of gas.
TIA 
"mittelschmerz" but not related to bowel. sm
Subject: "mittelschmerz" but not related to bowel. sm
You might be missing a word or have heard an extra one? mittelschmerz is related to ovulation.
Would bowel make sense there?
Subject: Would bowel make sense there?
irritable bowel syndrome, sorry... nm
Subject: irritable bowel syndrome, sorry... nm
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Subject: you are correct...bowel rest
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Subject: S/L Davidson get grasper (for bowel)?
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Subject: maybe "visualized bowel loops" ? nm
Diplopia of large bowel?
Subject: Diplopia of large bowel?
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adequacy of her overall bowel prep???
Subject: adequacy of her overall bowel prep???
adequacy of overall bowel prep????
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