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Posted on 10 October 2009.
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Acupuncture meridians
Posted on 10 October 2009.
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Meridians are pathways of energy from acupressure or acupuncture points to internal organs.
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According to acupuncture, these are the invisible channels through which qi circulates throughout the body. There are 12 main meridians, six of which are yin and six are yang and numerous minor ones, which form a network of energy channels throughout the body.
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In acupuncture, each meridian is related to, and named after, an organ or function.
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- lung
- kidney
- gallbladder
- stomach
- spleen
- heart
- small intestine
- large intestine
- gall bladder
- urinary bladder
- san jiao (sometimes referred to as three heater or triple warmer)
- pericardium (heart protector/ or circulation sex meridian)
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Alternative medicine
Posted on 10 October 2009.
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Complementary and alternative medicine is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine. It has a unique terminology that many medical transcriptionists may find challenging.
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Stumper terms
Posted on 09 October 2009.
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- bougie à boule (bulb-tipped bougie)
+ bougie á boule (bulb-tipped bougie) also á-boule bougie
- caliceal stone
+ caliceal stone sounds like cali-seal
- celiac sprue
cerclage/cerclage wire
+ celiac sprue
cerclage/cerclage wire sounds like circ-lahj
- Colles‘ fracture
+ Colles fracture
- Dix-Hallpike? <a class=”wiki” href=”or Hallpike-Dix” rel=”">or Hallpike-Dix</a> maneuver (for paroxysmal postional nystagmus)
+ Dix-Hallpike? <em>or Hallpike-Dix</em> maneuver (for paroxysmal postional nystagmus)
- foramen ovale <a class=”wiki” href=”s/l “foramen o’valley” or “foramenal valley”" rel=”">s/l “foramen o’valley” or “foramenal valley”</a>
+ foramen ovale <em>sounds like “foramen o’valley” or “foramenal valley”</em>
- Guillain-Barr&eacute; syndrome (GBS) – pronounced <i>ghee-lan bar-ray</i> or <i>ghee-yan bah-ray</i>
+ Guillain-Barré<a href=”tiki-editpage.php?page=Guillain-Barr%C3%A9″ title=”Create page: Guillain-Barr%C3%A9″ class=”wiki wikinew”>? syndrome (GBS) – pronounced ghee-lan bar-ray or ghee-yan bah-ray</em>
- Hallpike-Dix? <a class=”wiki” href=”or Dix-Hallpike” rel=”“>or Dix-Hallpike maneuver (for paroxysmal postional nystagmus)
+ Hallpike-Dix? or Dix-Hallpike<a href=”tiki-editpage.php?page=Dix-Hallpike” title=”Create page: Dix-Hallpike” class=”wiki wikinew”>? maneuver (for paroxysmal positional nystagmus)
- <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> <a class=”wiki” href=”<i>H. pylori</i>” rel=”"><i>H. pylori</i></a>
+ Helicobacter pylori</em> abb. <em>H. pylori</em>
- home O<sub>2</sub> (oxygen) <a class=”wiki” href=”s/l “homo 2,” “homo-2″” rel=”">s/l “homo 2,” “homo-2″</a>
+ home O<sub>2</sub> (oxygen) <em>sounds like “homo 2,” “homo-2″</em>
- hyphae
+ hyphae sounds like high fee
- intention tremor
international unit (IU) | micro-international unit (µIU, mcIU) | milli-international unit (mIU)
+ intention tremor
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K-wire (Kirschner wire) – 0.035, 0.045, 0.062 inches, outside diameter – (See <a href=”http://www.uam-intenn.com/equip.htm#wire” target=”new”>United American Medical</a>, for example)
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K-wire (((Surgical wires, pins and screws|Kirschner wire)))
- Kerley(‘s) <a class=”wiki” href=”s/l “curly”" rel=”">s/l “curly”</a> A, B, or C lines. For P.J. Kerley, British radiologist; see Dorland’s, Stedman’s, Tabers, and/or CMT for additional information.
+ Kerley (sounds like “curly”</em>) A, B, or C lines.
- LAT (lidocaine, adrenaline epinephrine, tetracaine) – topical anesthesia
+ LAT (lidocaine, adrenaline *epinephrine*, tetracaine) – topical anesthesia
- L-dopa (clinical name for levodopa USP)
+ L-dopa (clinical name for levodopa)
- meralgia paresthetica (syn. Roth or Rot disease; Bernhardt disease; Roth-Bernhardt? <a class="wiki" href="or Rot-Bernhardt“ rel=”“>or Rot-Bernhardt disease/syndrome). See Stedman’s, Dorland’s, Taber‘s, and/or Pyle’s Current Medical Terminology for additional information<br /><br /><br />micro-international unit (µIU, mcIU)
+ meralgia paresthetica (syn. Roth or Rot disease; Bernhardt disease; Roth-Bernhardt? or Rot-Bernhardt<a href=”tiki-editpage.php?page=Rot-Bernhardt“ title=”Create page: Rot-Bernhardt“ class=”wiki wikinew”>?</a> disease/syndrome).
- milli-international unit (mIU)
- neutrophils – mature white blood cells (see polymorphonuclear neutrophils <a class=”wiki” href=”"polys,” PMNs” rel=”">”polys,” PMNs)
+ <a title=”Blood groups and types” href=”tiki-index.php?page=Blood+groups+and+types“ class=”wiki”>neutrophils - mature white blood cells
- Nylen-Barany? Nylen-Bárány maneuver/test
+ Nylen-Barany? maneuver/test
- ostial (pertains to ostium opening</a>)
+ ostial pertains to ostium (opening)</em>
- ostiomeatal complex (<u>not</u> osteomeatal; see ostial); <a href=”http://www.aaaai.org/patients/publicedmat/sinusitis/sinusterminology.stm” target=”new”>definition</a>
+ ostiomeatal complex (<strong>not</strong> <em>to be confused with </em>osteomeatal; see ostial)
- Pancof® (s/l “pancough”) – <a href=”http://www.panamericanlabs.com/products/pancofhc.html” target=”new”>Pancof® HC</a> and <a href=”http://www.panamericanlabs.com/products/pancofxp.html” target=”new”>Pancof® XR</a> <FONT SIZE=”-6″><FONT COLOR=”#CCCCCC”>search help: pan cough</FONT></FONT>
- perle <a class=”wiki” href=”s/l “pearl”" rel=”">s/l “pearl”</a> – a liquid-filled soft gelatin capsule; for example, <a href=”http://www.healthsquare.com/newrx/TES1437.HTM” target=”new”>Tessalon®</a> perles (each perle contains 100 mg benzonatate) vitamin E perles
+ perle <em>sounds like</em><em> “pearl”</em> – a liquid-filled soft gelatin capsule; for example, vitamin E perles
- pheochromocytoma (s/l fetal or feto chromocytoma)
+ pheochromocytoma (sounds like fetal or feto chromocytoma)
- PMNs (polymorphonuclear neutrophils <a class="wiki" href=”"polys”" rel=”">“polys”)
+ PMNs (polymorphonuclear neutrophils or “polys”)
- pterygoid wing-shaped; related to region of the sphenoid bone
+ pterygoid (wing-shaped); related to region of the sphenoid bone
- Roth-Bernhardt? or Rot-Bernhardt disease/syndrome (syn. meralgia paresthetica)
+ Roth-Bernhardt? (or Rot-Bernhardt) disease/syndrome (syn. meralgia paresthetica)
- Rule of Nines (formula for determining percentage of body surface which has been burned)
+ Rule of Nines (formula for determining percentage of body surface which has been burned)
- sling and swathe – for shoulder immobilization (<a href=”http://www.alphamedical.com/sling_and_swathe.htm” target=”new”>photo</a>)
+ sling and swathe – for shoulder immobilization
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TAC (tetracaine, adrenaline <a class=”wiki” href=”epinephrine” rel=”">epinephrine</a>, cocaine) – topical anesthesia; prepared by pharmacist
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TAC (tetracaine, adrenaline <em>epinephrine</em>, cocaine) – topical anesthesia; prepared by pharmacist
- Veress needle (not Verres) - See: <a class=”wiki” href=”http://www.ahdionline.com” target=’_blank’>AAMT BOS, p. 362. Named for its inventor <a class=”wiki” href=”1938″ rel=”">1938</a>, Dr. Janos Veress of Hungary
+ Veress needle (not Verres) <em>sounds like varies</em>
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Number ranges
Posted on 25 March 2009.
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When expressing a range of numbers (from x to x), use a hyphen in place of the word to if the following conditions have been met:
1. The phrases from… to, from… through and between…and are not used.
2. Decimals and/or commas do not appear in the numeric values.
3. Neither value contains four or more digits.
4. Neither value is a negative.
5. Neither value contains a symbol.
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When expressing a range of numbers (from x to x), use the word to (instead of a hyphen) if any of the following conditions are present:
1. The phrases from… to, from… through and between…and are used.
2. Decimals and/or commas appear in the numeric values.
3. Either or both value contains four or more digits.
4. Either or both value is a negative.
5. Either or both value contains a symbol.
- The following examples are numbered to correspond with the above conditions.
+ The following examples are numbered to correspond with the conditions in the numbered list above.
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For all other number ranges, use a hyphen.
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Proper names with numbers
Posted on 19 March 2009.
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- The patient’s auto insurance is through 2th Century Insurance.
+ The patient’s auto insurance is through 21st Century Insurance.
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Numeral-word combinations
Posted on 19 March 2009.
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A combination of numerals and words may be used to express large numbers and consecutive numerals.
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EXAMPLE:
+ An estimated 2 million people are affected.
+ Their losses were estimated to be $5 million a month.
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To avoid ambiguity in number ranges, repeat the word expression.
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EXAMPLE:
+ The coverage affected 2 million to 3 million patients.
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+ The coverage affected 2 to 3 million patients.
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When decimals are combined with the words hundred, thousand, million, billion, this may be transcribed in one of two ways:
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+ The study included 3.6 thousand individuals.
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+ The study included 3600 individuals.
+ They lost $2.2 million the first quarter of 2009.
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+ They lost $2,200,000 the first quarter of 2009.
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Numbers
Posted on 19 March 2009.
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Use commas to separate unrelated numbers if neither can be expressed in words.
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Use commas to separate unrelated numbers if neither can be expressed in words and the sentence cannot easily be reworded.
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Use commas to separate the day of the month from the year when the full date is given. (see <a contenteditable=”false” class=”wiki” href=”Dates” title=”wiki : Dates“>Dates entry)
Use commas to separate the year from the rest of the month when the full date occurs midsentence. (see <a contenteditable=”false” title=”wiki : Dates” href=”../../../Dates” class=”wiki”>Dates entry)
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However, if the sentence can be reworded or the number can be spelled out, spell out one number in order to avoid confusion. In the study sample of 1200, six hundred ninety were men. We used two 8-inch drains.EXAMPLE:
Use commas to separate the day of the month from the year when the full date is given. (see <a contenteditable=”false” title=”wiki : Dates” href=”Dates” class=”wiki”>Dates entry)
Use commas to separate the year from the rest of the month when the full date occurs midsentence. (see <a contenteditable=”false” class=”wiki” href=”../../../Dates” title=”wiki : Dates“>Dates entry)
- Use a colon in standard expressions of time (see <a contenteditable=”false” title=”wiki : Clock time” href=”Clock%20time” class=”wiki”>Clock time).
+ Use a colon in standard expressions of time (see <a contenteditable=”false” class=”wiki” href=”Clock%20time” title=”wiki : Clock time“>Clock time).
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Do not use a colon when writing <a contenteditable=”false” title=”wiki : Military times” href=”Military%20times” class=”wiki”>military time.
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Do not use a colon when writing <a contenteditable=”false” class=”wiki” href=”Military%20times” title=”wiki : Military times“>military time.
- Please refer to the following sections regarding numbers and hyphenation: <a contenteditable=”false” title=”wiki : Hyphenating compound numbers” href=”Hyphenating%20compound%20numbers” class=”wiki“>Hyphenating compound numbers, <a contenteditable=”false” title=”wiki : Hyphenating compounds starting with a number” href=”Hyphenating%20compounds%20starting%20with%20a%20number” class=”wiki“>Hyphenating compounds starting with a number, <a contenteditable=”false” title=”wiki : Hyphenating letter or number modifiers” href=”Hyphenating%20letter%20or%20number%20modifiers” class=”wiki“>Hyphenating letter or number modifiers, <a contenteditable=”false” title=”wiki : Hyphenating number ranges” href=”Hyphenating%20number%20ranges” class=”wiki“>Hyphenating number ranges.
+ Please refer to the following sections regarding numbers and hyphenation: <a contenteditable=”false” class=”wiki“ href=”Hyphenating%20compound%20numbers” title=”wiki : Hyphenating compound numbers”>Hyphenating compound numbers, <a contenteditable=”false” class=”wiki“ href=”Hyphenating%20compounds%20starting%20with%20a%20number” title=”wiki : Hyphenating compounds starting with a number”>Hyphenating compounds starting with a number, <a contenteditable=”false” class=”wiki“ href=”Hyphenating%20letter%20or%20number%20modifiers” title=”wiki : Hyphenating letter or number modifiers”>Hyphenating letter or number modifiers, <a contenteditable=”false” class=”wiki“ href=”Hyphenating%20number%20ranges” title=”wiki : Hyphenating number ranges”>Hyphenating number ranges.
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Please refer also to <a class=”wiki“ href=”Classifications” title=”wiki : Classifications”>Classifications for specific information about numbers in scores and classification systems.
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Please refer also to <a title=”wiki : Classifications” href=”Classifications” class=”wiki“>Classifications for specific information about numbers in scores and classification systems.
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Clock reference to anatomic position
Posted on 19 March 2009.
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Spell out o’clock when anatomic position is described in terms of clock-face orientation as seen by the dictator.
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These are not expressions of time; do not transcribe them as such.
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These expressions form a compound modifier preceding and modifying the word position and therefore are hyphenated.
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EXAMPLE:
+ The incision was made at the 6-o’clock position.
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If the word position is not dictated but is clearly implied (i.e., it is obvious that the reference is to an anatomic position in terms of clock face orientation), then transcribe the full expression to avoid confusion.
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EXAMPLE:
+ Dictated: The incision was made at 6-o’clock.
+ Transcribed: The incision was made at the 6-o’clock position.
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When the position is expressed as a partial hour, omit the word o’clock, even if it is dictated.
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EXAMPLE:
+ Dictated: The incision was made at the 12:30-o’clock position.
+ Transcribed: The incision was made at the 12:30 position.
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Weapon caliber
Posted on 19 March 2009.
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Caliber of weapons is expressed with a decimal point (no leading zero), followed by numerals. When preceding and modifying a noun, use a hyphen.
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EXAMPLE:
+ A .22-caliber bullet was removed from the shoulder.
+ A .32 pistol was found by the victim.
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See also: Wikipedia – caliber
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