I've always just used "small bowel," but then noticed most put "small-bowel," I assume to differentiate it as being part of the intestine as opposed to a small, or little bowel. Okay, that makes sense, so I stated hyphenating small-bowel. However, I just got marked off by QA for putting in a hyphen! No matter what you do or don't do, you're screwed! I do believe they just look for ways to antagonize so you'll never feel appreciated. ...
Someone had some small bowel removed and an ____ repair. I can't tell whether she is saying endoside (which I can't find) or end-to-side (which I'm also not finding much pertaining to the bowels).
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ABDOMEN, 1 VIEW.
DATE: ___ [DATE].
HISTORY: Abdominal pain.
FINDINGS: Gaseous dilatation is noted at the small bowel. Degenerative changes were noted within the thoracolumbar spine and isolytic/isoelectric? destruction is noted of the left hip.
CONCLUSION
1. Gaseous dilatation is noted at the small bowel. Findings have speches of a small bowel obstruction.
2. Isoelectric destruction is noted of the left hip.
HISTORY: Abdominal pain.FINDINGS: (Gaseous or gastric?) dilatation is n ...
I googled the phrase, it came back "diverticulated" small bowel. Is it acceptable to use diverticulated in this sentence? Is "diverticulized" a word? Thank you in advance for any help. ...
Can anyone offer some different words to describe bowel sounds on the physical exam? I've looked online and the ones I've found (normal, present, active, positive) just don't sound like what the doctor is saying. Of course he sounds like he's turning away & speeding up his words when he says whatever it is he's saying, so it could be anything, but it sounds like it starts with an "n" and has a t sound in it and is possibly two syllables. Any ideas? ...
s/l bilious and bowel "t i l l i t a t i o n" . I am also not sure if "bilious" is the correct word either, doesn't seem to make sense in this context. Any help appreciated. ...
Is follow up one word or two, such as "the patient returns for follow up of right knee pain." Half the girls I work with do it one way and I have always done it as two words. I would just like to know who is correct. Thanks for any help. ...
Help guys! I have been working with numbers all day, which is not my cup of tea! I am totally brain dead right now. If the doctor states the patient is to have cardiology followup, it would be followup, or is it follow up? ...
whats your opinion for the sentence below?
"I plan to see him in followup/follow up in 6 months."
the doc prefers it one way whereas i'm pretty sure I know which one it should be...can i get your opinion?... ...
It's always the little things that snag me up. I know the rules on follow up as a verb and followup as a noun and adjective, but when a doc says, "CHIEF COMPLAINT: Follow up acne", does he mean "recheck acne" which would make follow up a verb and thus spelled follow up, or does he mean "here for a followup of acne"? and thus the followup spelling. What is the general rule on this "shortened" statement?
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The bowel was then divided proximally and distally with a GI something and then a specimen removed.
Loud noise in the background so cannot give you a s/l.
Thanks for thinking about this so early in the morning!! ...
im second guessing myself on this, any opinions out there? bile or bowel?? tks for help
The Dreamtome RX catheter was inserted into the distal common bile duct. The wire was advanced into the common bile duct. The catheter was advanced. ___________ was aspirated. Contrast was injected. ...
On the 3 horrible reports that I had to submit to QA yesterday because of the 3-blank rule, thus losing 3 cpl probably, QA had no more luck filling in the blanks than I and sent them through with 5-10 blanks. That makes me so mad -- not at QA, just in general that I get penalized financially when it was the DOCTOR'S FAULT AND THE PICKY FACILITY'S "RULE." ...
Hello Ladies....where I work we are diving into the Book of Style. I am having a hard time determining when to use followup (one word) versus follow up (2 words). Can anyone post any examples of the correct usage and/or anything you use to help you know which way is correct?
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