So I'm not completely clear on this. I know liquid measurements are grammatically to be treated singly--"20 mL of normal saline was given." My question is whether this applies when it's not necessarily a liquid measurement but is currently applied to a liquid. The sentence is "Then, 4000 units of heparin [was/were] given." I want to pick 'were', mainly because 'was' sounds wrong and 'units' are not a solely liquid measurement like m ...
She was admitted for complaints of nausea and ("DTs") to gastrostomy tube (G-tube) intake for 5 days.
What does dt's (deetees) stand for? could they be saying something else?
PT Hx doesn't say anything about alcohol abuse.
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S/L *segwantive* tube.
It is in reference to a tubal ligation.
EX:
Hemostat was placed in a avascular plane of the mesosalpinx, and a seg*** tube was isolated and tied off using 2-0 Plain gut.
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I have a dictator who is stating the following:
Patient may not do well with a s/l On tube or GJ tube. Could this On tube be reference to a NG tube?
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This is a long-term use indwelling catheter for urinary incontinence. The doc says this word 5 times, and each time it sounds different. ? Swahili tube, Spot PE tube, Spapeve tube, Spa-TV tube. Any ideas? ...
Five grams of sterile talc mixed with 150 cc of normal saline wsa instilled via the s/l lava of the chest tube.
This is an ESL doctor, any suggestions? ...
Doc is talking about removing a PEG tube and says the patient has a s/l "Fisilus bag" connection to the stomach from the anterior ventral epigastric abdominal wall. Thanks. ...
Have an op note where dictator is removing a polyp in the anterior commissure of the larynx and uses a 'Huntsinger' tube. It sounds just like that and he even spells it as this, but cannot verify. Anyone heard of this? Thanks. ...
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replacement of the gastrostomy tube in a child (I am QA'ing this)
The tube was then flushed with 30 mL of contrast under direct fluoroscopic visualization with contrast noted to enter into the stomach, excellent demonstration of the ___1:23______and follow through into the duodenum
The blank sounds like "Morgan Strassa" -- I don't believe I've heard this. Any ideas. Sounds like a German street or something. Thanks in advance. ...