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Muscle rents? - EDSfam
Posted: Sep 26, 2012
Doc says patient has "no obvious s/l rents or deficits in muscle ability." Does that make sense?
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Rent is multiple of rend, "rend verb Ă‹ˆrend
transitive verb
1
: to remove from place by violence : wrest
2
: to split or tear apart or in pieces by violence"
This is an orthopedic office note on a knee injury:
He does have some mild pain on the lateral aspect of his quad, but there is no rupture. No (s/l) rents are seen.
I have never heard of a "rent", I looked up rent and wrent and found nothing, but that is what it definitely sounds like. thanks for any help. ...
grade 1 to 2 or 1-2 muscle tear? tia.
There is a focal hemorrhage in the central portion of the distal rectus femoris, consistent with the grade 1-2 muscle tear.
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I'm having some trouble with this dictation...I think it must have been late in the day for this dr...this one was didn't make sense in many places where she'd use the wrong words, not finish a thought, dictate different med doses, etc. I've narrowed it down to 2 that I absolutely cannot get & I don't know if they are mistakes or not. The patient is being worked up for lumber pain, DDD, muscle weakness, and a positive ANA.
"The patient was having muscle ...
I can hardly understand this ortho resident.
Hx: Morbidly obese patient with severe osteo in both knees, failed steroid inj, next step Supartz. He is examining her legs and says that range of movement is restricted due to pain. He then goes on to say There is (s/l raising/racing/razing) of quadriceps muscle seen. She does have tenderness in her knees in both medial and patellofemoral joint lines.
Any ideas? I'm ready to buy this doc a plane ticket ...
I'm stumped on the name of this drug -- have looked it up in Google with every spelling I can think of with no luck.
The patient was prescribed s/l Celendec and Flexeril for muscle pain.
Thanks!!!
Lauren ...
We encouraged him to continue performing self-catheterization, as directed, to avoid further "ditchers" or muscle damage.
I can't hear strictures at all :/ ...
A new dictator to me is dictating an tracheostomy. He says, "Incision was carried down through the subcutaneous tissue and s/l platiso muscle using the Bovie." I have googled neck muscles. Maybe I'm not seeing the correct muscle group, but if someone know what this is, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
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