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K versus potassium in report - kittendonna
Posted: Feb 04, 2013
When a physician dictates, "The patient was put on K supplements", or "The patient's K was", should these be expanded to potassium?
Thanks.
I guess it would depend on whether your account was strictly verbatim or not. - xyz (NM)
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K versus potassium in report - kittendonna
[ In Reply To ..]Thank you. That answers my query.
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