We did go ahead and tap that small right pleural effusion. Negative s/l "asa-fast".

My account does not allow abbreviations in anything pertaining to medications. Dictators will always state milligrams, plural, even if it is 0.5 mg. When do I change it to singular, except obviously with 1 milligram? E.g.: 0.5 mg, 1.5 mg? Is anything over 1.0 pleural? ...

There was a large phlegmon mass and we broke up some locculation. Some s/l [pleural led] fluid then drained. ...

common term related to chest x-ray, but have been seeing it done differently lately - is it "pleuroparenchymal," "pleural parenchymal," or "pleural and parenchymal" ...

And is it hyphenated, or not? I find it both ways for both questions. Looking for input from the pros here, thank you. ...

pleural form of dorsalis pedis? nm ...

Pt. in plane, had ear problems, doctor said what s/l no "drift net effusion". Anyone ever heard of this? Thanks so much! TD ...

The diagnosis is....coalition left ankle with some persistent pain after (effusion or fusion).. Very hard to tell. tia. ...

Patient transferred after femoropopliteal bypass on the left lower extremity, and wound s/l effusion, full thickness, performed on the left foot. ...

Would tadpole make sense here? Thanks. He at no point had a large effusion or even a tadpole effusion. ...

thanks for any help! ...

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or am I just brain dead about now..tia. She was therefore fixed with an external fixator rather than internal fixation for the *fusion. The *fusion went on to heal and she has done reasonably well. ...

Anyone have any current info on Fast Chart, good, bad, ugly? Checked the Archives, not much recent info. Thanks! ...

OK..... It's an orthopedic chart note. Patient has a chief complaint of hip pain. Dictated: He has a negative [s/l fair, fairs, varus?] sign, a negative fabere sign. It doesn't sound like fadir; I'm not hearing that "d." I already had to leave two medication blanks and hate to leave another one for an orthopedic sign that I feel like I should know! Thank you in advance for your help and ideas! ...

I just wanted to know if it was possible! I am nit picked to death by our whatchamacallit person who audits (I think they changed their title again?) For the past 2 audits I only came in at 97%. I think we are suppose to be at 98.9%, but they are all stupid things... like a hyphen or a comma. I forget sometimes that standard grammar may not apply to MT, but if it was stated in the AAMT BOS or client profile I tend to do it! All 3 of the reports pulled were ...

this wonderful company is going to do for us this year?;) I still have my clock made in China! LOL What was that, 2005? ...

I've read in quite a few posts here that one of the ways to speed up your editing process is to read ahead of the highlighter. I've also read that some people read up to a whole sentence ahead. I cannot believe that people do this. What if the doctor says something that you didn't catch? Sometimes sentences make sense and you are not aware that the doctor said something because you were paying attention to correcting the draft. Can someone explain to me how you do this without mak ...

So my company is moving everyone from IC to employee on Jan 1. Pros: PTO days, insurance for FT, and they deal with taxes. Cons: I don't need their insurance. I want the "employer paid" portion in my check, which we won't get. Expected daily production went up. Level to reach incentive pay went up and not calculated daily. CPL rate went down 15%! And that's for standard transcription, not VR. Just in production pay alone, I'm losing $100-150 per pay period. Even wh ...

This particular doc is super-annoying. He word salads/mumbles/sputters/, says things he thinks are funny and then laughs at his own "joke" (as in "I told the patient not to set himself on fire again while smoking crack heh-heh-heh"), and tonight he clearly and deliberately enunciated a phrase and then said, "I thought you people would have gotten this by now." WTF??? Among other things, this guy could not key in the correct number of a report if there were only 1 button on hi ...

so tired of these "failed audit" emails. God forbid I get a 99.5. Please reply with how you are going to change this in the future. Slow down. Sorry I can't F'ing slow down i have kids to feed and you cut my pay over $5000 last year. so fire me and let me collect UE and foodstamps. OH WAIT you can't because you are constantly out of TAT and begging for people to work because they are all quitting or you fired them already. My bad ...

I have to say, I never really believed everyone on this board when they were saying they are trying to get rid of the high-producing employees, etc, but I am now seeing it in action. Believe every word you have read here. I NEVER thought it would happen to be me, been with Medquist (or some company snapped up by it) for over 10 years. I have now failed my second audit in a row. It is almost like they just searched and searched for reports until they found ones they could ...

Can you tell it has been about 5 years since I have done ortho surgery! I tried to hear volar, plantar, articular, raw, anything I knew, but just couldn't. Here is the whold sentence: The medial compartment has a complex tear of the meniscal root and the posterior horn. Otherwise, meniscus is normal s/l caratoid/caroid surface of grade 1 to 2 changes, but no significant thinning. Thanks! ...

....I wish all on this board success!! I've found a way out and I'M TAKING IT, PRONTO...NOT GONNA LOOK BACK!! An opportunity presented itself and I'm OUTTA HERE...My 'at will' time at Nuance is DONE!!! Happy days are forthcoming...SUCH A RELIEF!! Blessings and success to ALL MTs!!!!!! ...

We did go ahead and tap that small right pleural effusion. Negative s/l "asa-fast". - nm

sorry...negative stain for "asa-fast' - nm

acid fast - lala

acid-fast, as in bacteria. - Oracle n/m

Oracle, thanks so much! - nm

You're welcome!! - Oracle n/m

thank you also lala - :)

acid fast - Linda

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