The sacral decubitus ulcer was then marked with a marking pen and an elliptical excision was made with a scalpel so as to completely excise the ulcer itself and the *tract/track* which was extending several centimeters proximally. ...
Would the correct phrase be suture tract or suture track?
Getting mixed results trying to reference this. Just want some professional opinions. Thoughts?
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The operative note indicates that the wound tracked into the flexor hallucis longus channel.
Would this be correct? I know it is wound tract, but I don't think tracted is a word. ...
Patient with urinary tract problems. Doc says, "Patient has had percutaneous stone removal and s/l "ESAB welll." I'm not sure if I'm hearing the ESAB part right or even the "welll" part. Don't know if it a procedure or a device or neither. Anyone know? ...
"If the patient has an increase in the ESR and CRP off of antibiotics and they are not normal, we will perform a repeat shunt tap for opening pressure and again send CSF for culture. If the [_______] represents a true infection, __________ is an indolent infection meaning the patient would likely have those symptoms over time."
Both blanks it sounds like "pee acne" infection. Patient is being treated for some kind of Bacter infection.
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Patient has chronic infection around his tracheotomy site, but he dictates it as "chronic Staph infection peri tracheal site."
Should this be hyphenated? Smooshed together? Left seperated as above?
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Just something to keep in mind, even if you think you are being anonymous on here, there is always the chance that your post can be tracked back to you...and if it is, MQ could always make your work life a living h___. ...
MD states what sounds like, "She was given D4 antibiotic treatment but could not tolerate it on her stomach and after seven days stopped it." This antibiotic tx was for Helicobacter pylori. I can almost make myself think he is saying, "She was given the full abx tx but then the sentence would not really make sense, would it? Can anyone help? Dictating MD is a neurologist and referring is Internal Medicine. Thanks!!! ...
Hello. Ok, so here is the sentence:
No teeth infection or
No tooth infections or
No teeth infections or
No tooth infection?
When do you use the "s" on infection, with teeth or tooth? When do I use no "s" after infection, with teeth or tooth. This is turning into a tongue twister!
Thank you.
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Yet again, I am on track to make less this year than apparently when I was a teenager working at a burger joint.
I work 40 hours, never call in sick (before anybody starts flaming). So depressing. ...
Is there such a thing available that keeps track of "at the keyboard" typing time? I am one that gets up and down frequently throughout my work day and its hard to keep track of exactly how many actual hours I am typing. I want something automatic that I don't have to remember to click on/off because if I could remember to do that, I could remember to write it down :) Anyone know of something like this? ...
CTA of the pelvis demonstrates no evidence of any arterial aneurysm or AV fistula. There was abnormal "track" extending through the right gluteus maximus muscle with marked induration of the subcutaneous tissue of the right buttock area.
(CTA performed before heterotopic ossification sugery. Past history of gunshot to buttocks, with bullet fragments overlying the left hemipelvis on hip x-ray.) ...
I work in Escription 9.20 (90% VR). If I am told I have an average work time of 6.9 hours in Escription, does anyone know exactly how they are tracking to get that figure? ...