doc is dicating PE for a 6 1/2 month old male. doc goes through vitals such as temp, heart rate, respirations, and then is saying something like definity percent on room air.
Any ideas what difinity percent on room air could be??
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Dictator states infant born at 33-6/7 weeks, corrected gestational age now 37-7/7 weeks.
Am I missing something? Wouldn't that be 38-0/7 weeks?
Or maybe they have to have lived entirely through the last day to be rolled over to 38-0/7 weeks?
Just not sure if I should flag this or there is some way of counting the actual last day of the week so that it is 7/7 (like the 7th day of the week), until the next day?
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The doc says, "She has neuraminal stenosis issues with the S1 nerve root." Is there such thing as "neuraminal" stenosis. It is not foraminal stenosis. It is pretty clear that she is saying "neuraminl", but i have never heard of that. ...
I am doing a Discharge Summary and under Past Medical History it sounds like the dictator is saying "sensospinal stenosis surgery 3 years ago"? Any suggestions? ...
CT angiogram with reported right carotid 40% to 50% stenosis s/l at orange and 35% to 45% left carotid s/l orange stenosis. Never heard this one before. Is he talking about the orange arrows on the actual angiogram pointing to the stenosis??? What is the orange??Help.... ...
I have had spinal stenosis and spondylolisthesis for years and even surgery with L5-S1 fusion. Did really good for years but now I am experiencing right leg weakness and all lower muscles ache and burn so bad that I can hardly walk at the end of the day. I have even gone PT too. I know I have severe right foraminal stenosis once again by CAT scan. I took early SS retirement 2 years ago but still work about 30 hours a week. I find that I am having extreme difficulyy ...
This is the sentence that was dictated: "The patient does not tolerate antibiotics well because of a congenital anal stenosis..." I can't find any relation between the two, does anyone know for sure? ...
Baby has respiratory distress syndrome and was given what sounds like "QSR" or "que-ess-arr." Don't know if this is an acronym or a drug or what. Any help very much appreciated. ...
I'm on a brand new account just started this week. An infant has RSV bronchiolitis but she is giving Dx of "FEN"... Is there anything that sounds like this that may fit?? ...