We did a CT scan of her abdomen which was showing status post partial colectomy with ileostomy in the right lower abdomen; postoperative changes within the anterior abdominal wall including a small amount of fluid with the area s/l descended upon the lateral aspect of the renal alba, postoperative versus early infection; and a periumbilical ventral hernia which is small. During the course of her stay here, she had a wound culture which was showing s/l tugulous Escherichia coli. ...
Dr. dictates: "The px has possible osteomyelitis and is being treated by IV antibiotics, nightly medicine, and s/l gerdins or veardins grow from one blood culture." If you need any more, let me know. Pleeeeease help!
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A patient with chronic stuffy nose had a culture taken that found 2+ *grandfather? gram finder* of *cox sion? coccion?* gram stain 2+ respiratory flora grew. Something along those lines.... ...
In the lab section, this doc says, "Sputum culture positive for s/l fenaturfamonas." Anyone here who can help a poor struggling MT out? (And, yes, I know we're *all* poor and struggling....) ...
We also are awaiting urine culture. Preliminary she has 2 organisms less than 10 to the 5th in quantity. Not sure how to type this. 10 and then 5 superscript?? ...
This is a patent with a high white cell count being seen by infectious disease doc. The sentence is: "Bacterial stool cultures have been done and pending. He will need a s/l rightsing of the stool." Any ideas? ...
Just starting on a new account that dictates lots of blood cultures/immunology. It sounds like "besoas". Also, can anybody give me a good recommendation for books/websites for this category? Thanks?! ...
It is obvious she is referring to the pulse ox, but I can not figure out what PT could mean in this context. Has anyone heard this before, and if so, what does it stand for?
Thanks! ...
It's a sad realization that while I was a fairly decent medical transcriptionist, I am not good at editing. I made 3 critical errors in one day. I don't really have an excuse. I caught a bazillion errors as I had some pretty bad dictations yesterday but missed a lab error 50.3 instead of 50.8, a diagnosis VR typed hemangioma and it was supposed to be meningioma. There was one other stupid one. I'm not too proud to admit, I am just not cut out for this. I'm not sure if ...
The patient had a bout of renal colic which _____ for an ER visit. I'm hearing "com___". I would imagine it means necessitating a visit to the ER, but I'm stumped on words that s/l com---- ...
Patient is having shoulder surgery. Doctor is VERY fast and mumbling -
"Under general endotracheal anesthesia and the patient supine on the ____ table,...."
Sounds like hen-nic or possibly even "head and neck" but I can't verify this in my books.
Thanks is advance for your time and your help!
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The following sentence was dictated:
"Patient brought to the operating room and __ placed supine on the operating table." The __ word sounds like it starts with "sw", but I'm not able to make it out. It makes since for the word to be "was" because it fits the sentence, but I'm not sure. Any ideas??
Thanks!
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Ok, I've been getting a lot of doctors saying this. That patients can go to/return to what s/l CPAP (see pap).
Is this correct? I'm not sure if it's a nickname for another local facility either. I have a list of commonly referred to places for this client and nothing like CPAP is on there.
Just curious. ...
They have put out the word that they are hiring more auditors. That is probably to ensure more mistakes are caught, thereby lowering our pay even more and turning us against one another.
I don't understand FIESA's role in this. Anyone?? ...
I recently moved into a small two bedroom house. It's an older house with a very creepy basement that is not finished, is damp, and just gross. Until I can afford to convert the garage or re-do the basement, my teenaged son has one bedroom and my 8yo daughter and I share the the master BR. Meanwhile my husband sleeps in the LR on the couch (our relationship is basically that of friends now who can't afford divorce). Anyway, my desk currently is in the LR. ...
So I just took a HIPAA course regarding the "new rules" regarding our liabilities and obligations under the law. I often get dictations by doctors who are obviously working at home with their kids running freely (and loudly) through the room, and perhaps a caretaker's voice now and then. If its a HIPAA violation for ME to have other people listening to dictation, isn't the doctor dictating in the presence of others who obviously have no business hearing that dictation a rep ...