Patient has had panniculectomy in the past and has a well-healed scar except for some shininess to it and a tendency for one small area to have superficial dehiscence with bleeding if pressure placed.
The doc clearly says, "...recommended having the patient put s/l *peri-dressing* over his..." and later "...have obtained several of these dressings for the patient."
Can't find anything. Thanks in advance. :-) ...
and it spewed. It only dripped a little bit on the keyboard and I immediately cleaned it up, but obviously a drop or two got down into the shift key and now it is sticking and it is driving me bonkers. It's a new keyboard so I really don't want to have to pop out the key. Any other suggestions? ...
He currently ambulates with the assistance of a cane and a leg "bend" discrepancy from the initial accident where he has been treated with a leg lift prosthetic device in his shoe
Leg bend ?
Leg band?
Any help? Thanks! ...
"The foot was abducted, and a *swrent* was placed in the iliotibial band over the greater trochanter."
What could the sound-alike "swrent" be?? Thanks!! ...
Please email me privately and let's get the ball rolling here folks. It's time to try and get everyone together, a very hard thing to do in this industry, so that our voices can be heard and let the powers that be know that we're not going to take this shame any longer! ...
Patient has ankle sprain . . . dictation very clearly states "Coke" Mason splint was applied. I tried Coat / Coke and cannot document anything.
Thank you in advance! ...
The abdomen was dressed with "Topafoam" and an abdominal binder.
this patient just had liposuction of fat from her abdomen for repair of defects in her breast reconstruction s/p mastectomy...... ever heard of topofoam???? ...
Since telfa is not a brand name but a material it should not be spelled with a capital T, however, per my spellchecker and even in some documents on the web it is spelled with a capital T. I'm confused... ...
dictator is talking about treating a wound with a foam dressing and says "knee salt" foam dressing. I cant find any type of dressing that even sounds like that, and it might be two seperate things, like "knee salt and foam dressing" but she didn't say and. Anyone know what the "knee salt" could be? ...
The patient is wrapped with bulky gauze dressing and *6 inch J straps* or *six and J straps*? The first one makes more sense to me, but I am unable to verify it. Thanks! ...