I know I should know this but I can't get it to come to the front of my brain....
Under the PE the doc says: "Lungs clear. No s/l litigious breath sounds."
I know it isn't "litigious" but that's what it sounds like.
please please help ...
Sentences: "A CT scan of the chest was ordered by primary care provider for the complaint of pleurisy. A (s/l Beecher) scan was ordered thereafter."
I have a feeling I'm going to kick myself when I realize what this one was, but I am fried and just can't find it. Any thoughts? ...
Lung: Infarction with pneumonia. ---------- birefringent crystals.
sounds like ----intravulaur septic that filled---birefringent crystals..?? ANY help!?!
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Help! Is there something like inasipe or indasipe of the lung? My doctor says it three times and I can find no info on it. I have googled all possible spellings and came up with nothing.
Thanks in advance! ...
This is an ESL and can't get what he is saying about this patient with COPD and emphysema. Sentence is: The disease has progressed and he now has baseline shortness of breath and easy s/l sub-tic-a-bility. Any ideas would help!
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Doc says: "There was an obvious tumor mass just above the left upper lobe s/l pickoff." I cannot for the life of me figure out if this is a real term or slang or if I'm hearing it totally wrong. Anyone know? Thanks in advance. ...
So I'm typing away, minding my own business, and this doc says: "The lungs are clear and symmetrical without s/l domus/domis/or maybe domes." The only thing I was able to find was something about the domes of the diaphragm. Can anyone clue me in as to what this means? ...
Doc has performed bronchoscopy and then says: "Therapeutic bronchoscopy done with copious amount of secretions; will attempt s/l leaning." Later he says, "Unable to lean; will attempt each day." What is this? Is it "leaning" the patient so the secretions will drain? ...
QA changed CT scan to CAT scan on one of my reports. Also, in that same report, gram was changed to gm. I always thought it was CT scan and "gram." Have I been doing it wrong all this time??
Thanks. ...
This is for a melanoma surgery .. .
Doc says: The patient had been injected by radiology prior to the surgery with technetium sulfer colloid. s/l Metho-sintigraphy had shown suggestion of some uptake . . ...
He is flying through the sentence and cutting himself off but it sounds like he is saying ....
"Exam was performed in the body coil secondary to body habitus. **Dynex** study was performed."
I am not sure about the Dynex. Can someone please help me?
Thank you so much! ...
Anyone ever wonder why it's V/Q scan instead of VQ scan. And why the Q anyway? Maybe I'm having a brain fart, but for the life of me I can't remember a reason for this. ...