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Diabetes meds--Patient told to take 25/50 unites or 25 out of 50 units? - lg
Posted: Feb 12, 2011
I'm a new MT and am not sure if the doctor says "25 out of 50 units" which way it is to be written...I appreciate the help...getting my feet wet with acute care.
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I have no idea if I need to expand NPH or just put insulin and if I need to do 70/30 units or 30/70 units or just 30 units. Never di insulin before.... ...
Speaker says Lantus (U?) 150 units bid and then Humalog (U?) 120 units. I assume she is referring to the units somehow but I have never seen this before, what does she mean and how do I write it? Thank you! ...
Some questions regarding this rule:
for medications i know we shoud put in international units or just units
but for labs, we can't put in IU/L? should it be internationa units per liter
and for IU/mL, do we put in international units per mL or international units per milliliter?
Thanks. ...
Question...I've been looking all over trying to figure out the best way to transcribe number/number combinations with medications on a list of meds where using parentheses doesn't seem to be right. For example:
Vitamin D3 5000 units daily, vitamin B12 500 mg daily, etc.
Is there a way to transcribe this where it doesn't look so number-heavy and the dosage is clearly separate from the vitamin?
TIA! ...
Doctor is dictating a diabetes medication that sounds like guai-a-cet? (The "guai" in the first part like guaiac -- phonetic spelling sounds like Gwy-a-cet? Anybody? ...
Patient with diabetes with other meds including: amlodipine, carvedilol, Glucagon and hydrochlorothiazide. Patient also has chronic kidney disease. ...
It sounds like he is saying a dullance of diabetes mellitus for followup A1c.
Anyone heard of this or having any suggestions for what it could be??? ...
I know I've found this before, but i'm drawing a blank. It's a diabetes drug that sounds like Tragenda.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Cindy ...
If a doctor dictates
Glucotrol 10 mg p.o. a.c. and b.s. - i got the a.c. but what does the b.s mean? I thought maybe b.s. was before supper, but that would not make any sense. before meals and before supper?
AND
Metformin 1000 mg p.o. WBS - what is WBS and how is it correctly "written" w.b.s., WBS, wbs?? ...
This patient has gestational diabetes and the doc has put her on s/l "A Carbos" 25 mg t.i.d. The whole sentence is as follows:
I have gone ahead and started her on a carbos 25 mg three times a day to address her postprandial hyperglycemia.
Any help would be appreciated!! Thanks! ...
Patient presents today with ulceration secondary to Lisfranc amputation. He has tried bacitracin, Neosporin, and s/l: Asell and Asellous treatments. ...
Doc says: Patient's sliding scale insulin will be determined by blood sugar -150 divided by 75. Should I type this as is or is there a formulaic expression for this? I've never come across this type of thing before. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...