The patient has sleep apnea and doc says probably have to come back for s/l refeeding and possible face mask and pressure use.
Could be repeat, but did not know if the term refeeding is relevant to sleep apnea ...
Doing a consultation in which the doctor is trying to figure out if the patient's has sleep apnea. He says a list of reasons:
"...history of elevated body mass index, snoring, large Mexican friends and hypertension."
I'm sure he can't actually be saying large Mexican friends, but I can't hear anything else! ...
There is no real lucency at the fracture site, but some lucency in the metatarsal head suggestive of either s/l distreus osteopenia or possibly avascular necrosis. tia.
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The dictator says ALLERGIES None. DRUG ALLERGIES---SOCIAL HISTORY He is a smoker. He works construction.
He says nothing after DRUG ALLERGIES. So do I combine ALLERGIES and DRUG ALLERGIES? Or do I put None even though he did not say it? ...
Doctor dictates "OB history" and "GYN history" on a Discharge Summary, under Past Medical history. Should I spell out Obstetric and Gynecological is it okay to leave as dictated. I forgot. jn ...
I just did that. I was just so tired that I just transcribed a whole 4 minute job while doing what I think was sleeping. If felt good so it must have been some kind of sleep. I was saved by the phone. My husband called and woke me up and I looked up at the screen and it was an utter mess! I repeated lines over and over and typed gibberish. I went even as far and complex to hold down the shift key for brackets. I don't know why I did that when I didn't even need them. I'm s ...
On a sleep study/pulmonary somnography report, under the heading "Paramaters Studied" the doctor says "MM8." Does anyone know if this is correct or should it be MM-VIII or other ? I can't find anything on this with googling. Thanks. ...
I had a discussion with a friend that paid like 400 dollars to clean a bug off her computer..I think she got scammed but thats a whole other topic...The person "fixing" her computer was Indian.. He told her we used to get paid terribly, but now I get paid real well. Hum, I wonder why? Maybe cause now that they have all our jobs and our information, they can demand higher wages and the companies must acquiesce or risk some major hacking scam? So here is my bet, IF and I say if, medical transcr ...
All literature, including internet, seems to use arabic numerals instead of Roman numerals. Cannot identify who originated sleep stage classification to definitively determine which. Anyone out there know? ...
AP and Y views of the shoulder show that there is improved alignment with the humeral head as far as the deltoid s/l "apnea" and pseudosubluxation that were reserved initially.
Thanks in advance felllow MTers! ...