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Expander DIVA on 2008-11-12
In Reply to: Thanks, but - Courtney
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My shortcuts started with Mary Morkin's list 10 years ago. I have added a lot of things because she didn't do much cardio, ophtho or ENT, but she did do OPs, as I do.
You start with a root word, we'll use irritate as an example. The pattern states: The first 2 letters of the first word or part and the first 2 letters of the second word or part. Irritate is irta as the root on this scheme.
irtad=irritated
irtas=irritates
irtaj=irritation
irta-irritate
Just for an example.
J added gives you the -tion or -sion sound
S added is plural
D added is -d as in ed
N or C (depending on what fits) will give you -ance or -ence
Y will give you -ly
x=expanded anything
C=C as in dx=diagnosis dxs=diagnoses dxc=diagnotic dxd=diagnosed
bil becomes bilateral, but bily becomes bilaterally.
spta=spontaneous and sptay=spontaneously
You can add things like CAD and CHF
chf=CHF
chfx=congestive heart failure
cad=CAD
cadx=coronary artery disease
sst=since that time
phh=patient has had
hhh=he has had
shh=she has had
atp=at this point
awti=at which time (note an extra letter that prevents a crossover)
att=at this time
atht=at that time
You have to have exceptions because there are too many things that have similarities with the above. In mine, cardiac stuff is mostly an exception. hedis=heart disease hefai=heart failure depec=deltopectoral It is best if the exceptions fall within a body system.
I have lot of vascular words because I do a lot of vascular surgery and cardiac surgery. ica=internal carotid artery eca=external carotid artery sfa=superficial femoral artery and so on.
If you have to type headers, and I do, I have used a C for capped words. prdxc=PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS
I don't include punctuation at the end of my expansions because typing a colon, a period or a comma will expand things. I type prdxc than then : and I get PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Saves strokes.
You should be able to translate this easily enough given the above rules:
hpix:
tp is here WI atfx and chfx pri to cavej tomo. Tp wil hv a preop ec bf the proc. Tp wil be on plav for a yr afwa, and a rx ws gvn to tp tod.
OR:
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS:
The patient is here for atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure prior to cardioversion tomorrow. The patient will have a preoperative echocardiogram before the procedure. The patient will be on Plavix for a year afterward, and a prescription was given to the patient today.
I have plenty of doctor's names in there too, if I have to type them out all the time, like my cardiology fellows. bbmd becomes Benjamin Bratt, MD or M.D. depending on what account it pertains to.
The longest things are stuff like asap for as soon as possible and amap as much as possible. I don't have many of those.
Nw tht I hv inrud your train of thot wi my expar thots...you cn se what I mean here. Gvn what I do it works jus fin! |
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