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Grammer - me

Posted: Jul 29, 2010

I think it's just one of those days....

IMPRESSION: Cor pulmonale with salt and water total body fluid overload, with cardiomegaly and pulmonary edema. Cor pulmonale secondary to obstructive lung disease with left ventricular dysfunction.

does it look right to you??? - me

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Grammar Answer - MT

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The best you can do with this without recasting sentence and/or adding words is this:

Cor pulmonale, with salt and water total body fluid overload, with cardiomegaly and pulmonary edema. Cor pulmonale secondary to obstructive lung disease, with left ventricular dysfunction.

Thanks - me

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It looks better than what I had. I'm just not with it today! Thanks! :)

Actually.. - deenibeeni

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..the comma in the second sentence is incorrect ("comma fault"), but I do this at times. I figure that if I'm working with doctors who dictate long, ungrammatical sentences & I'm only allowed limited editing, I do what I can to make the intended meaning clear (assuming it IS clear) even if it's technically not correct.

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