Hi all,
I am dictating an oncology note and the doctor says: " Blood work shows a normal hemoglobin. s/l either Lymphocytes or lymphocytosis is 17.1 which has gone up since last August at 14.7."
My question is what word works in this sentence? Is it lymphcytes or lymphcytosis? Do they essentially mean the same thing? thanks ...
One of the absolute WORST dictators from my accounts had a gazillion jobs in the queue this morning, all about the same time stamp (must have been downloaded all at once). I started slogging through them, and after a couple hour,s noticed that his backlog was moving a lot faster. Soon, no more jobs from him were coming into my queue, and I was getting jobs from other doctors. I went to lunch, came back, and lo and behold, a couple of jobs from this doctor, now about 3 or 4 hours older.&nbs ...
Patient is being treated for a brown recluse bite on calf. Cultures were done that grew Bacteroides as well as Staphylococcus aureus. She is on Bactrim and applying (s/l Draw Tech) to the wound. ...
Nonhealing ulcer of the left foot. The patient will still be nonweightbearing to the foot. In the front of the part, I advised the patient to use s/l alcosolatee. ...
The patient has cancer of the prostate. He is status post s/l Vansus placement and on antiandrogens.
Cannot find a references. Help if you can please. Thanks! ...
DIAGNOSES: Left femoral fracture-supracondylar. Advanced Parkinson’s disease. Probable cerebrovascular accident with right facial weakness. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with possible recent aspiration.
Recheck patient's chem next week due to elevated BUN. Speech therapy is to reasses swallowing fucntion.
Here is the part I have the question about:
"We will make her (s/l) maxium S treatments routine for this next week and obtain a chest x- ...
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I am transcribing a note where the doctor indicated the patient had verrucous lesions on her finger and said, "because of this, I am treating her with ___________." When he pronounces the word, it sounds just like Dioflan. However, I cannot find a wart treatment that sounds anything like that. Do you guys have any idea what it could be? I appreciate your help! ...
"He was diagnosed with a COPD exacerbation and treated with s/l SCN of FCN and Solu-Medrol."
and
"He has a home s/l SCN or FCN machine and home O2." ...
Child is receiving a breathing Tx and it sounds like the doc is saying he is receiving a (sounds like) Y Yosemite, I Yosemite or a YA Yosemite breathing treatment. Any ideas?
Thank you so much! ...
The patient has a history of left lower leg injury and burst fracture with subsequent use of s/l *tettilers* as well as a cane to help stabilize himself. ...
In the emergency room he was found to have an elevated alcohol level. He was also found to have an elevated white blood cell count and was admitted for treatment of (lattice). ...
I work for 96 physicians who (rightfylly so) expect the best and fastest quality transciption. However, when seen as a patient, I get the most horrid treatment (and fradulent) treatment possible (most most by clients.) I not only receive "steroid" injections that obviously have no steroids (only receive a few hours of pain relief) to dental care with crowns falling off after 2 weeks (I have had temporary crowns on as long as 3-4 years). These temporary crowns are put in and appointments reschedu ...
Dictated: Continue physical therapy. They will try iontophoresis or phonophoresis. He should continue with anti-inflammatory medication, stretching exercises, use of orthotics or inserts, and comfortable shoes. Consider cortisone injection or E-wall treatment. [end of note]
He clearly says "E-wall" - I'm thinking maybe acronym ?
I do not have an exact diagnosis as this is a f/u note - just that it is the foot-heel-ankle region.
Any suggestions apprecia ...
patient with lumpectomy then double mastectomy. Medication s/l ven-mo-fax-ine or fem-mo-fax-ine HCL 25 mg q.i.d. times several months. She will be on this for 5 years total. Cannot find or figure. Googled "HCL 25 mg breast cancer" but didn't find anything too close. ...