is planning on a lumbar epidural steroid injection. I am not sure of the level he is planning on. If it is at 4 5 or 5 6, I think he has a good chance of relief of arm pain ...
This is an epidural injection report. Doc says, "A total of 8 mg of Decadron diluted with 3 ml of s/l "preserved rophenol." I can't find anything. Anyone???? ...
I'm doing a report for an epidural steroid injection for a doctor who speaks extremely fast. I've done reports for him in the past but can't seem to find my sample reports for him - they seem to have disappeared into thin air! I really don't want to have to send it to QA. I'm hoping someone can help.
He says: "A timeout was performed. _____ monitoring _____ blood pressure and pulse oximetry were placed."
Any ideas?&nb ...
Doc is doing an MRI of the foot and says the technique is: "Long axis inversion recovery, sagittal T1, inversion recovery, and short axis fat suppressed proton density. " I have added the commas but I'm not confident about it AT ALL. Any help, please? Does anyone know of a web site that explains all this terminology? Thanks! ...
This is new to me - "axial diffusion weighted imaging with 3B values including b50, b500 and b1000."
In Googling this, I see both lower case (b50) and upper case (B50). Anyone familiar with this? Thanks. ...
I'm a high producer and self starter. I don't need hand-holding. But, geesh, it's just human nature to want to hear a sincere, individual compliment for a job well done sometimes, if for no other reason than it motivates me to do a better job and make the company more money. At some point, it seems most management has started to treat the worker bees as enemies instead of part of the team. It's short-sighted and lazy, and I know it has to be costin ...
I am wondering what method you all use for transcribing. Do you listen and type word for word, or do you listen to the complete thought before typing it? Has anyone who was formally trained been taught a certain way? Has anyone switched from technique to another and seen a difference one way or another? I am continually trying to find ways to improve speed without a lot of success. I am very frustrated and having difficulty paying my bills.
Also, in case it co ...
Has anyone ever done a "pneumograph tunnel technique" for operation entitled
Two-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting.
2-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting? Preop is left main coronary stenosis.
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Sounds like tenascin technique for infiltration of tissues during a procedure.
Thanks in advance, unable to locate in books, and my software has not been reinstalled yet.
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Percutaneous gastrostomy procedure, same word used twice:
"A good light reflex was noted on the anterior abdominal wall. A 1:1 (S/L boh-lowt-ment) was directly visualized."
and again
"A transverse incision slightly to the left of midline was made where a good 1:1 *** was visualized."
I know they use ballottement in obstetrics, and it sounds similar to that, but more like boh-lowt-ment.
Also the 1:1 is dictated "one to one" I am assuming it is typed as above, but not sure since I ...
Lesion has a pedunculated top, could be skin cancer. She may need a s/l mol/mal/maw surgery technique.there is
I've looked through the books I have, and tried with key words, but can't find anything that I trust fully. It doesn't sound like he's saying mole, but that's the only thing I can think of.
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The sentence reads: reconstruction of a 4 cm sq defect with bilateral tissue {s/l Dransman} techinue.
I am at a loss. Any suggestions?
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Procedure is exploratory laparotomy. More context below.
A Pfannenstiel skin incision was made sharply and carried down to the level of the fascia sharply. _____ technique was then used to bluntly enter the abdomen.
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I've typed this a bazillion times, but my brain just won't function tonight. Eye muscle surgery. Reattached using 'tic-bite' or 'tick-bite' technique? Thanks in advance. ...