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so what if it's slang - if the dictator says *mets* - nm

Posted By: and it's a verbatim account, they get *mets* on 2006-05-12
In Reply to: there is no such word as "mets" -it is slang - ?

Subject: so what if it's slang - if the dictator says *mets* - nm

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Yes, trich is slang. Ask your QA person what to do with slang. nm
Subject: Yes, trich is slang. Ask your QA person what to do with slang. nm

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mets
Subject: mets

Yep...mets it is.
I was told to use METs
Subject: I was told to use METs

MET = maximum exercise tolerance.

Can't really document that at the moment, however...
mets greater than 4?
Subject: mets greater than 4?

The patient has not had any coronary revascularization or evaluation ever.  He does not have any clinical predictors.  He has good s/l  mets?????? greater than 4.  The patient can go to the operating room with minimal cardiac risk.  The doc is spelling the sounds like.  Thanks


mets (as in metastases)???
Subject: mets (as in metastases)???


brain mets? nm
Subject: brain mets? nm


Found a good ref for METs. sm
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drop mets from ependymoma.
Subject: drop mets from ependymoma.

mets as in metastasis.
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Subject: metabolic equivalents (METs). See if you agree. sm


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Subject: Any mets in his abdomen and chest (as in metastasis).


holiday...is the dictator an Arab dictator? nm
Subject: holiday...is the dictator an Arab dictator? nm

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type what dictator said, dictator is not incorrect.....
Subject: type what dictator said, dictator is not incorrect.....

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Doc says liver 'mets', which I believe means metastasis, and is ok to leave as mets? nm
Subject: Doc says liver 'mets', which I believe means metastasis, and is ok to leave as mets? nm

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Personally, I would spell out, but the correct abbreviation would be mets (metastases).
Subject: Personally, I would spell out, but the correct abbreviation would be mets (metastases).


Do you hear zoledronate? used for bone mets of solid tumors. nm
Subject: Do you hear zoledronate? used for bone mets of solid tumors. nm

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is this dictator ESL (foreign dictator)?....
Subject: is this dictator ESL (foreign dictator)?....

if ESL, I would either blank him or give him that Avodart but the other one I haven't a clue and would have to blank there too.  Sorry :(
no, don't think its slang
Subject: no, don't think its slang

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Because it's slang
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It get's used enough, that I think most of us type it, and it will end up in the dictionaries before long. But it is still slang. Somebody has taken the Latin ending and just slapped it onto an English slang word. Doesn't it sound better than "increased numbers of immature, unsegmented neutrophils"?


Slang
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He does nto say the trichomonas just trich is that a slang medical word?
Slang
Subject: Slang

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dip? (slang?) SM
Subject: dip? (slang?) SM

The dictator says "dip" in the social history (see sentence below). I think this is slang for something but I am so not cool and I'm not sure what it is. My DH thinks it might be chew tobacco?
 
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as far as I now, it is slang for
Subject: as far as I now, it is slang for

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slang
Subject: slang

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If you can use slang, like that other
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than changing the On to OF. or if you cannot use slang "X-rays taken OF bilateral tibias and fibulas.
Neb is slang for nebulizer. nm
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thank you ! that must be it - yea slang gets me every time !
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Ask your QA. When I get that slang I use "endoclipped." nm
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Thank you both. I was worried it was too slang.
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Dictator says:  I recommended to her to hook up with a gastroenterologist.  (Sounds like a date!)


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Sounds like slang to me.
Subject: Sounds like slang to me.


On my account we cannot use slang so
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34 weeker slang?
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Always have used the slang "satting".
Subject: Always have used the slang "satting".


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shorthand? incentive spirometry? and maybe frontal detail?
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Maybe slang for bronchoscoped. nm
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Slang Term
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I have to use slang - it drives me nuts!
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there is no such word as "mets" -it is slang
Subject: there is no such word as "mets" -it is slang


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Subject: You don't use slang in a diagnosis section

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WAG is slang for Wild a-- guess! nm
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