and doc clearly says he suffers from PCOS. Is this an abbreviation for something other than polycystic ovary syndrome that I don't know about??? Thanks so much if you can help me here! ...
How do you handle it when Parkinson's is dictated instead of Parkinson's disease? We are not supposed to use the apostrophe; however, it looks funny to say - The patient has a history of Parkinson.
Would you add the word disease even though it wasn't actually dictated? ...
The doctor mentions "coria" multiple times in the report in conjunction with Parkinson's. He says "Significant coria"
I am unable to find coria/corea in a search. Any ideas? ...
Patient is in end stage renal disease, also with history of Parkinson like sydnrome secondary to s/l thenozianines, improved after dosage discontinued. ...
Today the doctor was listing the Impressions. When he came to about the third one, he suddenly gave a loud sneeze - "A-choo!" - and VR printed, "Possible passed stone." There was no similarity of sound at all. But it gave me a chuckle. Yesterday, a dictator said clearly, "This is a history and physical," and VR put "This is a discharge summary." At least we're needed for something. ...
Does anyone know how to create a keyboard stroke to "go to" a * in Word 2007? For example: Physical Exam: Respirations *, Weight *, etc. When you have a template or macro for the PE and you need to just go to the * and fill in............
Thanks so much!
Nana ...
This one is on the tip of my tongue, but I can't stare at it any longer. The patient is described as having "stroke-like symptoms with s/l 'cooping' of the left side of her face and eyes and slurred speech." ...
I'm transcribing a report and it s/l sicklean/sickleanian stroke. The patient has hemoglobin SC disease with possible OSA so I was thinking maybe he is saying sickle anemia stroke but it doesn't quite match what I am hearing. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! ...
Deposition of a neurologist on a stroke case. Here's the Question and Answer:
Q. But you're looking for symptoms, you're looking for condition of other vessels to see if you can find out where this is coming from, correct?
A. Well, I think that if you get an MRI scan and you see the basilar and proximal vertebral arteries, you're happy in your own mind that there is no disease in those vessels. And that's where most of the sub ...
Patient was admitted for s/l "playing of her words" and left-sided weakness...
I'm not familiar with the term, but fairly certain that's what he saying - help! ...
We will have the patient seen by anesthesia preop to make sure the pacemaker is properly cared for during the surgical procedure, which requires general anesthesia, and the use of the s/l **bovig** during the surgery. Thanks!! ...
PROBLEM LIST:
Chronic atrial fibrillation.
Anticoagulation per embolus prophylaxis.
History of embolic stroke to the *thrombus* and the hippocampus
I am hearing thrombus but this doesn'tmake sense? I believe the second word is hippocampus. All you can hear is im/po/cam/pus.
New doc, cardiology, East Coast, heavy accent and very, very fast......I'm struggling.
Thanks for any help! ...