I have entered "pama" as my shortcut for parotid mass; but also I transcribe the phrase "palpable mass", and would logically use "pama" for that. What is a good way in general to handle phrases that would use the same shortcut? Also, specifically for these two phrases, what would you use? I would like to be consistent so the shortcuts are easy to remember. Thanks for your input- ...
Doctor says, "There were some pre-masses within the liver which had the appearance of focal nodular hyperplasia."
Is the term "pre-masses" a correct term. I can't find it anywhere. ...
Should "2-cm" be hyphenated? I know if it was just 2-cm mass it would be. In this case, 4 x 2 x 2 is still describing "mass" but it does not look right this way 4 x 2 x 2-cm mass.
Ugh, it should still be hyphenated, huh? Anyone? ...
Look how "excited" we are Nuance. Transparent? Nope, not even to somebody with a calculus degree. Your insult to our intelligence is the final slap in the face. Let the Indians do it. OH WAIT, that was your intention all along. Good luck with that, karma's about to bite you good. ...
Anyone else feel this way??? They come up with this majorly confusing way of "compensation" for us and have known all along a) we would not like it and b) the majority of us would not be receiving it, so their wish is coming true. Pretty soon they will have all Indians doing their work. I am giving it to end of January and then I am outta here too. Can't handle the stress of this new plan. Honestly liked the old way better, at least if I got the incentive I knew it w ...
I need help! I have been trying to figure this out for a while now. Here is the sentence, "Neck is not stiff s/l as a tb to the stagnus" This is on an examination after patient hit his head. Any help would be great. Thanks ...
It was explained to the patient that if in the future this should become painful, bothersome or if it becomes s/l systetically unpleasing to him, we could resect the osteophyte. Definitely does not sound like cosmetically. Thanks for any help ...
The patient does have a past medical history pertinent for having a right aortic arch with an anomalous left subclavian artery and a possible ligamentum resulting in a possible vascular ring. This was initially picked up after upper GI endoscopy which noted a posterior esophageal (s/l) pul-sa-tom mass. ...
Doctor says, "It turned out to be a *s/l vircacious* mass." I have tried variations, such as vercacious, vrucatious, vircacious, etc, but I am drawing a blank. Any ideas? Thanks for the help. ...
Hi, coming across word I cannot get..doc is doing dissection on rt neck, lesion is posterior to the (sounds like) subneboric gland? He states hypoglossal nerve was superior if that helps.
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I am in the physical exam neck portion, but this statement could belong to another part following the neck exam, I just cannot get close enough on the word. Thank you!!
NECK: Jugular vein pressure and carotids normal. Patient does have a bilateral s/l ath-ro-SIT-a-lus. CARDIOVASCULAR: Apex beat not displaced. Heart sounds normal.
So the s/l word may be long to the cardiac exam that follows.
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anyone heard of a product that s/l 'Bingo'?
Implantation of B___________ PEEK spacer with 26 mm height, packed with local autogenous bone graft inserted between C5 to C7.
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Patient noticed bleeding from underneath her left breast. A large mass was noted, which she thought was secondary to s/l "hider-in-dias." Biopsy showed grade 3 infiltrating ductal carcinoma which was ER/PR negative.
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I am doing a report on a surveillance cystoscopy and bladder washings.
The doctor says: Bimanual exam shows no mass, (___), or fixation though she does have a grade 2-3 rectocele and grade 1 cystocele.
It s/l the word starts with a "g." Sort of like generous or genitous?
Any ideas?
Thanks so much. ...