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preoped or preopped??? sm - MTsella
Posted: Jan 05, 2010
Dictator says: The patient was preoped/preopped in the holding area and then taken to the operating room where she was sterilely prepped and draped in the usual fashion.
This is a verbatim account. So, is it preoped or preopped, or even preop'd???
Help greatly appreciated.
Preop...sm - gyb
[ In Reply To ..]Since preop is a shortened version of preoperative/preoperated, I would use preop'd as the apostrophe serves to note that there are missing letters. Preoped and preopped are not really legitimate terms. Neither is preop'd, for that matter, but that's the way I have always done it and for the reasons stated. :)
preop'd - anon
[ In Reply To ..]I would put preop'd until further notice. That's the way I handled DC'd on a verbatim account until I was told otherwise.
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