I made the mistake of choosing to read it while eating my dinner. Blecch. It just sounds SOOO fake, so sickeningly sweet. Notice how all the words are manipulated to make MQ sound so wonderful. And who the heck calls Benchmark "Benchmark KB"? KB? Come on. I have yet to see it even once referenced that way on this board by real MTs. Really smells like a suit to me. Watch them use that winning essay in some publication or MQ adver ...
Would you send a report to QA for a discrepancy if there is a major drug reaction indicated in the report? Patient had angioplasty and stenting less than 1 year ago and is on Plavix. Dictator states that he is going to place him on Protonix for GERD. This is a major drug reaction. I don't know if it would be overstepping my bounds as an MT to point this out to the dictator or if it would be appropriate as it is part of my job to look out for discrepancies. Any advice? TIA! ...
Patient developed a rash from Bactrim. Under physical exam the doc states.......
SKIN: The skin shows a diffuse erythematous urticarial rash that blanches under pressure. There is no __________ sign.
Blank sounds like NICKELOWSKI
Thanks for any help! ...
When listing drug allergies, it sounds like "codeine causes an (s/l anplastic or anaslastic) reaction." Anybody have any ideas? I don't think anaplastic is the right word, or does that make sense? ...
Under physical examination
Skin: Flushed, moist, s/l attached, clear, no rashes??? help please with the underlined.
also, under Neurology: Patient is l somewhat lethargic, but arousable and seems to be oriented most or s/l work? Please help with underlined. ...
In the physical exam under derm, the patient has s/l "malaz" on the face. Her only listed diagnosis is fibromyalgia and the rest of her physical exam is normal except she has a dry mouth and erythema around the nail beds. ...
Dr. dictates: "Breast exam shows right breast with a slightly mobile, but obvious, mass below the nipple area with retraction of the nipple inward, and appears to have S/L skin embola but no evidence of ulceration at present."
Please help! ...
Does anyone know what this might be?
It s/l ab-sins.
Thanks in advance.
"Attention was then turned to the left axilla which was prepped with Betadine. Each of the skin tags was grasped with an ___, excised using an 11 blade, and then the base was cauterized for hemostasis." ...
Anyone know this type of skin retractor for excising a lipoma from chest wall? It s/l sins or possibly a-sins.
Thank you!
The skin was retracted using ___ and then later with army-navy, and the lipoma was dissected free from the surrounding structures using blunt dissection and cautery. ...
I need help, please, with a word? Here it goes:
The anterior segment is remarkable for papilloma of the right lower lid as well as a lesion just temporal to the right eye that appears to be an old skin cancer lesion or a (sounds like "mevel.")
Thank you so much! ...
Vacuum-assisted closure. I can't find abbreviation in references, and online it's both ways. Wondering if anyone knows for sure if officially there are periods in it or not (when client preference not stated). ...
This is a Sistrunk procedure: excision of thyroglossal duct cyst. SOUNDS LIKE "skin righted"
sterile drapes were placed using a ____ just below the hyoid bone, which worked out to be a nice location. Incision was carried through the platysma and flaps elevated superiorly and inferiorly.
TIA ! ! ! ! ...
I have a quick question. The doctor is dictating "full skin survey". How would this be transcribed? would it be full-skin survey or what? Thanks for the help. ...
She was considered for protocol therapy, but she had been progressing rapidly and most recently she developed S/L CARTILOL skin involvement while on salvage chemotherapy. ...
In the derm part of this physical exam, the patient has "s/l mediastatious changes in the lower legs." This condition is not referred to anywhere else in the dictation. The patient has diabetes, OA, fibromyalgia, and she is obese. ...
Sentence: At the base of the neck there is s/l bazillious or vazillious hyperpigmented skin.
I feel like I've heard this years ago but can't put my finger on the word or how to spell it. Thanks for any help. ...
I can hear the "k" at the beginning (I think I can hear the "y" at the end) and s/l straight Kelly clamp
The skin tag is on the neck. They apparently use this clamp in plastic surgery procedures but not sure if there's another type that would be more fitting for a simple skin tag removal.
Thanks! ...