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Happy Valentine's
Day!
From Rebekah Rankin
abg = ABG
abgx = arterial blood
gas
abgxx - pH x.xx, PCO2
of xx, PO2 xx,
bicarbonate xx, and
oxygen saturation
of xx%.
caen = cardiac enzymes
scaen = serial cardiac
enzymes
caenx = CPK xxxx,
myoglobin xxx,
troponin I xx, mass
CPK-MB xx.xx.
cbc = CBC
cbcx = complete blood
count
cbcxx = WBC xxxx,
hemoglobin xx.x,
hematocrit xx.x%,
MCV xx, platelets
xxx,000 with xx%
segmented neutrophils,
xx$ lymphocytes, x%
monocytes, x%
eosinophils, and x%
basophils.
chem7 = CHEM-7
chem7x = Sodium 1xx,
potassium x.x, chloride
xx, CO2 xx, glucose
xxx, BUN
xx, and creatinine x.x.
lft = LFT
lfts = LFTs
lftx = liver function
tests
lftxx =- SGOT xx,
SGPT xxx, albumin x.x,
bilirubin x, and alkaline
phosphatase xxx.
tft = TFT
tfts = TFTs
tftx = thyroid
function tests
tftxx = T3 xxx, free
T4 x, and TSH x.x.
ua = UA
uax = urinalysis
uas = urinalyses
uaxx = Specific
gravity 1.010, x+
protein, nitrites x,
leukocyte esterase
x, blood x, white cells
x, red cells x, bacteria
x.
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Types of Biopsies
bx = biopsy
bxs = biopsies
bxd = biopsied
bxf = biopsy forceps
bxr = biopsy results
bxso = biopsies
obtained
bxwt = biopsies were
take
Needle biopsy = nbx
surface biopsy = sbx
excisional biopsy = ebx
incisional biopsy = ibx
punch biopsy = pbx
hot biopsy = hbx
snare biopsy = snbx
bone marrow biopsy =
bmbx
aspiration biopsy = abx
breast biopsy = bbx
endometrial biopsy =
edmbx
fine-needle aspiration
biopsy = fnabx
Featured MT
Lori Kretschmar
Personal Questions:
1. Current Account - Medical Arts.
2. Have you had an account you despise/love? Explain: Actually, Medical
Arts is the one I don't like. I find as far as voice and sound quality this is
one of the worse accounts I have worked on. I was on Boice-Willis, and I
loved that account for the variety, but when I had left for 2 months, I could
not get back on it. I'm still hoping, though!
3. What is your favorite Specialty to type, also your strengths,
weaknesses, etc.? I love rheumatology - weird, huh, and I actually like
orthopedics, too! My weaknesses are probably labs that I have never
heard of.
4. What do you LOVE about Spheris? The willingness of the MTs to share
information as well as all the QA personnel.
5. What would you like to see CHANGE in Spheris? I would love it if we did
not have to have a set schedule. Don't mind working 8 hours, but with
body aches and pains, sometimes just plain tiredness, would like to be
able to deviate from the schedule without having to ask. I would also like
to know more about all the other accounts. Currently, I only know what is
shown on the Spheris Forum.
6. How did you become an MT? Was working as an advertising sales rep
for an agricultural magazine and decided I was getting "too old" for the
job and, although I did well at it, I had always absolutely hated it. We had a
couple of women come to our small town and present to interested
individuals the opportunity to take a class online through college.
Sounded perfect and came just at the right time (7 years ago).
7. Give me some personal information about yourself, for example,
hobbies, children, grandchildren, family, social life, where you live, etc:
Two children, Breigh-Ann (19 years old, 2nd year of college), Matt (9 years
old, 3rd grade), 1 husband, Dave, and 4 dogs, Polo, Simon, Mooshie, and
Cinnamon. Love to garden, read, cross stitch, crochet, redecorate house
- numerous times, bike ride. Social life - what's that? Haha! Have lived in
Ashley, ND, for 9 years now, population less than 800! How much social
life can there be?
8. What are your personal MT Goals? Always to increase line count, want
to make 10,000 a week at least once! Other than that, just to be the best I
can be.
9. Share some Tips - anything you wish to share with the group, like
macro tips, grammar tips, work-station tips, etc: The way I remember the
difference between illicit and elicit is I think of illegal drugs which also
starts with il. Also, ilium for i for straight (musculoskeletal), and ileum e
-curvy (stomach). I have well over 8000 macros in shorthand, so too
many to list, but I do recommend adding new meds as soon as you know
about them, entering a macro that you thought that you had entered but
hadn't right away, any new doctors and their addresses as soon as you
find them, etc., so you never have to look up again, and anything to do with
numbers, 1y, 1m, 1d, 1h - 1 year, 1 month, 1 day, 1 hour.
Featured Account - Medical Arts
Account Questions: By Lori Kretschmar
1. Do you feel you can obtain your minimum line count easily? Easily -
providing no technical problems - LOL!
2. Is there a high number of ESL's (doctors with English as a Second
Language/foreign doctors? No, not too many actually, and they are by far
better than our English-speaking women doctors and/or FNPs who like to
speed talk!
3. Do you have a good help loop which you participate in and which you
find to be helpful? No.
4. When learning this account, would you say the training period was
easy, average, or difficult? This is a very easy account as far as account
specifics. No bolding, really not many special instructions at all. I had
never done GYN, pediatrics, ophthalmology, audiometry, or podiatry but
have found these to be quite easy to learn.
5. Did you believe the amount of time it took to feel comfortable with this
account was short, medium, or long? Short.
6. Do you have OT opportunities? Very rarely, but we do today due to
technical difficulties yesterday.
7. Do you run out of work often? Up until recently we had been, yes, but I
am hoping that has been corrected.
8. Are the sound files of good quality? No.
9. Are the account specs easy or difficult to learn? Very easy.
10. What do you like best about the account? A few of the doctors on this
account have a great sense of humor and do actually realize there is a
person transcribing for them! LOL!
11. What is most challenging about this account? Understanding the
dictators.
12. If you could improve one thing on this account, what would it be?
Many of the doctors on this account use the "speaker phone" and fade in
and out, sometimes blasting you in the ear. If there was anything at all
that I would change, it would be that.
13. What skills do you feel would be of importance to do well on this
account? Knowing a variety of specialties.
14. If you had a choice to do it over again, would you still apply for this
account? If the sound quality got better, I wouldn't mind staying on this
account, but I want Boice back (seemed more challenging) - or just
another account with great sound quality and clear, not muffled, dictators!
- Don't we all!
MY FALLING IN LOVE STORY: By Ada Stollsteimer When I met my husband, he was my high school band and orchestra teacher. I was drum major and served on the band council, so we got to know each other first in a teacher-student capacity. Over time as I had some troubles at home, I went to him to ask advice and he was just extremely kind and good to me. A couple of months before my graduation, we both realized that we were beginning to feel something more for one another. We talked about it briefly one day, and decided that we wanted to be sure that we did everything right. We didn't want him to get in trouble with his job, or me to get in trouble with my mother. So we waited until my graduation - barely! After graduation, I turned in my cap and gown, ran to him, had a picture snapped (enclosed) and left hand in hand and went to lunch and had a long talk. From then on we were inseparable. We were married the following February 12, when! I was 18 and he was nearly 42. Of course my parents were terrified and no one thought we would make it, but we are still going strong (listen to Shania Twain's "You're Still the One") and will celebrate 26 years together this month. I am attaching that picture from graduation day.
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What's Happening?
We're doing something special on Feb. 12th. Every year the Army Reserve fellows have a "George Washington Ball" the weekend of their drill. This year they're inviting everyone to come in costume. So, we are renting colonial-style costumes and powdered wigs! Not too sure whether I want to wear the wig, but the dress is awesome. ---Nancy Huffman
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From the HynesSight Group Calendar January Laura, Linda, and Nilda. February Venetia and Steph Happy Birthday!
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Featured Specialty: Lab and Diagnostics
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ECGs Leads:
A lead is a record of the electrical activity
between two electrodes and they record the
average current flow at a specific time in a
part of the heart.
There are three types of leads:
Standard limb leads, augmented leads, and precordial (chest)
leads. Each has either a negative or a positive electrode (pole).
Leads aVR, aVL, aVF are augmented limb leads. The "a" refers
to augmented. The "V" refers to voltage. The "R" refers to right
arm, the "L" refers to left arm, and the "F" to the left foot (leg).
The ECG machine augments (magnifies) the amplitudes.
Six precordial leads view the heart in the horizontal plane. These
precordial leads are identified as V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, and V6.
Leads I, II, and III make up the standard limb leads. There are
also modified chest leads (MCL).
Types of Waves:
a wave - Atrial-paced event
delta wave - Slurring of beginning of QRS complex
f wave - Fibrillation waves
F wave - Flutter waves
P wave - First wave in a cardiac cycle
R wave - First positive deflection in the QRS
T wave - Waveform that follows QRS and represents repolarization
V wave - Ventricular-paced event
Some ECG abbreviations:
AIVR - accelerated idioventricular rhythm
mV - millivolt
KVO - keep the vein open, also known as TKO, to keep open
PEA - pulseless electrical activity
PJC - premature junctional complex
ppm - pulses/min
TdP - torsades de pointes
VAT - ventricular activation time
From Connie Vance
hydrogen = h
lithium = li
sodium = na
magnesium = mg but add a
letter to not confuse
with milligrams = mgm
calcium = ca but add
letter to not confuse
with carcinoma = cam
barium = ba
radium = ra
murcury = hg
iridium = ir
technetium = tc
zinc = zn
copper = cu
iron = fe
thallium = tl
gallium = ga
radon = rn
oxygen = o
nitrogen = n
carbon = c
gadolinium = gd
From Ada Stollsteimer
aaae|anaerobic and
aerobic
abdy|antibody
abgx|arterial blood gas
accu|Accu-Chek
afpx|alpha-fetoprotein
alb|albumin
alk|alk. phos.
alkx|alkaline
phosphatase
alt|ALT
ana|ANA
anc|ANC
ancx|absolute
neutrophil count
andro|androstenedione
ast|AST
bld|blood
bmpr|basic metabolic
profile
bmpa|basic metabolic
panel
bnp|BNP
bnpx|B-type
natriuretic peptide
bs|blood sugar
bss|blood sugars
bun|BUN
bw|blood work
c/d|Clostridium
difficile
c/s|culture and
sensitivity
c/ss|cultures and
sensitivities
cal|calcium
cbc|CBC
cbcx|complete blood
count
cbg|CBG
cbgx|capillary blood
glucose
cdif|C. difficile
ce|cardiac enzymes
chem7|chem-7
chemi|chemistry
chems|chemistries
chk|check
chkg|checking
chl|chloride
chla|chlamydia
chol|cholesterol
ck|CK
cldif|Clostridium
difficile
clo|CLOtest
cmp|CMP
cmpr|comprehensive
metabolic profile
cmpa|comprehensive
metabolic panel
cnl|completely normal
co2|CO2
coombs|Coombs'
cpk|CPK
cre|creatinine
crec|creatinine
clearance
crit|hematocrit
crpx|C-reactive protein
csf|CSF
csfx|cerebral spinal
fluid
ddim|D-dimer
ddr|D-dimer
defi|deficiency
deh|dehydration
dign|digoxin
ecoli|Escherichia coli
elv|elevate
elvd|elevated
elvn|elevation
eo|eosinophils
esr|ESR
esrx|erythrocyte
sedimentation rate
etoh|EtOH
fbs|fasting blood sugar
flpa|fasting lipid panel
flpr|fasting lipid
profile
ft4|free T4
g/n|guaiac-negative
g/p|guaiac-positive
ghemo|glycohemoglobin
gl|glucose
hba|hemoglobin A1c
hbsa|hepatitis B
surface antigen
hca|hepatitis C antibody
hct|hematocrit
hdl|HDL
hemo|hemoglobin
hiv|HIV
hivpos|HIV-positive
hivx|human
immunodeficiency virus
hli|hyperlipidemia
homo|homocysteine
hpf|high-powered field
hpvx|human papilloma
virus
hpy|Helicobacter pylori
iga|IgA
ige|IgE
igem|IgE-mediated
igf1|IGF-1
igg|IgG
igm|IgM
labd|laboratory data
labst|laboratory studies
labx|laboratory
laby|laboratory
labys|laboratories
lees|leukocyte esterase
leus|leukocytes
lfs|liver function
studies
lftx|liver function
tests
lfts|LFTs
llpa|lipid and liver panel
lpan|lipid panel
lpds|lipids
lpenia|leukopenia
lpro|lipid profile
lvl|level
lvls|levels
lymphs|lymphocytes
lymphx|lymphocyte
lytes|electrolytes
mag|magnesium
malb|microalbumin
micro|microscopic
microa|microalbumin
microh|microhematuria
monos|monocytes
mrsa|MRSA
mrsax|methicillin-resist
ant Staphylococcus
aureus
nl|normal
o/p|ova and parasites
o2|O2
o2s|O2 saturation
phos|phosphorus
pla|platelet count
plt|platelet
plts|platelets
psa|PSA
psax|prostatic specific
antigen
ptinr|PT/INR
ptptt|PT/PTT
ptt|PTT
rbc|RBC
rbccx|red blood cell
count
rbcs|RBCs
rbcx|red blood cells
rbs|random blood sugar
retic|reticulocyte
rhfa|rheumatoid factor
rssn|rapid strep screen
negative
rsst|rapid strep test
rst|rapid strep test
rsv|RSV
rsvx|respiratory
syncytial virus
sg|specific gravity
sod|sodium
staphx|Staphylococcus
staphxa|Staphylococcus
aureus
strepx|Streptococcus
tbili|total bilirubin
tchol|total cholesterol
tfs|thyroid function
studies
tft|thyroid function
tests
tntc|too numerous to
count
tox|toxicology
trc|trace
trg|triglyceride
trgs|triglycerides
trop|troponin
tropl|troponin less
than 0.10
tsh|TSH
NORMAL LABORATORY VALUES
Red Blood Cells RBC (Male) 4.2 - 5.6 M/µL RBC (Female) 3.8 - 5.1 M/µL RBC (Child) 3.5 - 5.0 M/µL White Blood Cells WBC (Male) 3.8 - 11.0 K / mm cubed WBC (Female) 3.8 - 11.0 K / mm cubed WBC (Child) 5.0 - 10.0 K / mm cubed Hemoglobin Hgb (Male) 14 - 18 g/dL Hgb (Female) 11 - 16 g/dL Hgb (child) 10 - 14 g/dL Hgb (Newborn) 15 - 25 g/dL Hematocrit Hct (Male) 39 - 54% Hct (Female) 34 - 47% Hct (Child) 30 - 42% MCV 78 - 98 fL MCH 27 - 35 pg MCHC 31 - 37% Neutrophils 50 - 81% Bands 1 - 5% Lymphocytes 14 - 44% Monocytes 2 - 6% Eosinophils 1 - 5% Basophils 0 - 1% Cardiac Markers Troponin I 0 - 0.1 ng/ml (onset: 4-6 hrs, peak: 12-24 hrs, return to normal: 4-7 days) Troponin T 0 - 0.2 ng/ml (onset: 3-4 hrs, peak: 10-24 hrs, return to normal: 10-14 days) Myoglobin (Male) 10 - 95 ng/ml (onset: 1-3 hrs, peak: 6-10 hrs, return to normal: 12-24 hrs) Myoglobin (Female) 10 - 65 ng/ml (onset: 1-3 hrs, peak: 6-10 hrs, return to normal: 12-24 hrs) General Chemistry Acetone 0.3 - 2.0 mg% Albumin 3.5 - 5.0 gm/dL Alkaline Phosphatase 32 - 110 U/L Anion gap 5 - 16 mEq/L Ammonia 11 - 35 µmol/L Amylase 50 - 150 U/dL AST, SGOT (Male) 7 - 21 U/L AST, SGOT (Female) 6 - 18 U/L Bilirubin, Direct 0.0 - 0.4 mg/dL Bilirubin, Indirect total minus direct Bilirubin, Total 0.2 - 1.4 mg/dL BUN 6 - 23 mg/dL Calcium (total) 8 - 11 mg/dL Carbon dioxide 21 - 34 mEq/L Carbon monoxide symptoms at greater than or equal to 10% saturation Chloride 96 - 112 mEq/L Creatine (Male) 0.2 - 0.6 mg/dL Creatine (Female) 0.6 - 1.0 mg/dL Creatinine 0.6 - 1.5 mg/dL Ethanol 0 mg%; Coma: greater than or equal to 400 - 500 mg% Folic acid 2.0 - 21 ng/mL Glucose 70 - 110 mg/dL (diuresis greater than or equal to 180 mg/dL) HDL (Male) 25 - 65 mg/dL HDL (Female) 38 - 94 mg/dL Iron 52 - 169 µg/dL Iron binding capacity 246 - 455 µg/dL Lactic acid 0.4 - 2.3 mEq/L Lactate 0.3 - 2.3 mEq/L Lipase 10 - 140 U/L Magnesium 1.5 - 2.5 mg/dL Osmolarity 276 - 295 mOsm/kg Parathyroid hormone 12 - 68 pg/mL Phosphorus 2.2 - 4.8 mg/dL Potasssium 3.5 - 5.5 mEq/L Protein (total) 6.0 - 9.0 gm/dL SGPT 8 - 32 U/L Sodium 135 - 148 mEq/L T3 0.8 - 1.1 µg/dL Thyroglobulin Less than 55 ng/mL Thyroxine (T4) total 5 - 13 µg/dL Total protein 5 - 9 gm/dL TSH Less than 9 µU/mL Urea nitrogen 8 - 25 mg/dL Uric acid (Male) 3.5 - 7.7 mg/dL Uric acid (Female) 2.5 - 6.6 mg/dL Lipid Panel (Adult) Cholesterol (total) Less than 200 mg/dL desirable Cholesterol (HDL) 30 - 75 mg/dL Cholesterol (LDL) Less than 130 mg/dL desirable Triglycerides (Male) Greater than 40 - 170 mg/dL Triglycerides (Female) Greater than 35 - 135 mg/dL Urine Color Straw Specific Gravity 1.003 - 1.040 pH 4.6 - 8.0 Na 10 - 40 mEq/L K Less than 8 mEq/L Cl Less than 8 mEq/L Protein 1 - 15 mg/dL Osmolality 80 - 1300 mOsm/L 24 Hour Urine Amylase 250 - 1100 IU / 24 hr Calcium 100 - 250 mg / 24 hr Chloride 110 - 250 mEq / 24 hr Creatinine 1 - 2 g / 24 hr Creatine Clearance (Male) 100 - 140 mL / min Creatine Clearance (Male) 16 - 26 mg / kg / 24 hr Creatine Clearance (Female) 80 - 130 mL / min Creatine Clearance (Female) 10 - 20 mg / kg / 24 hr Magnesium 6 - 9 mEq / 24 hr Osmolality 450 - 900 mOsm / kg Phosphorus 0.9 - 1.3 g / 24 hr Potassium 35 - 85 mEq / 24 hr Protein 0 - 150 mg / 24 hr Sodium 30 - 280 mEq / 24 hr Urea nitrogen 10 - 22 gm / 24 hr Uric acid 240 - 755 mg / 24 hr Coagulation ACT 90 - 130 seconds APTT 21 - 35 seconds Platelets 140,000 - 450,000 / ml Plasminogen 62 - 130% PT 10 - 14 seconds PTT 32 - 45 seconds FSP Less than 10 µg/dL Fibrinogen 160 - 450 mg/dL Bleeding time 3 - 7 minutes Thrombin time 11 - 15 seconds Cerebral Spinal Fluid CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID Appearance clear Glucose 40 - 85 mg/dL Osmolality 290 - 298 mOsm/L Pressure 70 - 180 mm/H2O Protein 15 - 45 mg/dL Total cell count 0 - 5 cells WBC's 0 - 6 / µL Hemodynamic Parameters Cardiac Index 2.5 - 4.2 L / min / m squared Cardiac Output 4 - 8 LPM Left Ventricular Stroke Work Index 40 - 70 g / m squared / beat Mean Arterial Pressure 70 - 105 mm Hg Pulmonary Vascular Resistance 155 - 255 dynes / sec / cm -5 Pulmonary Vaslular Resistance Index 255 - 285 dynes / sec / cm -5 Right Ventricular Stroke Work Index 7 - 12 g / m squared / beat Stroke Volume 60 - 100 mL / beat Stroke Volume Index 40 - 85 mL / m squared / beat Systemic Vascular Resistance 900 - 1600 dynes / sec / cm to the -5 Systemic Vascular Resistance Index 1970 - 2390 dynes / sec / cm -5 Systolic Arterial Pressure 90 - 140 mm Hg Diastolic Arterial Pressure 60 - 90 mm Hg Central Venous Pressure 2 - 6 mm Hg; 2.5 - 12 cm H2O Ejection Fraction 60 - 75% Left Arterial Pressure 4 - 12 mm Hg Pulmonary Artery Systolic 15 - 30 mm Hg Pulmonary Artery Diastolic 5 - 15 mm Hg Pulmonary Artery Pressure 10 - 20 mm Hg Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure 4 - 12 mm Hg Pulmonary Artery End Diastolic Pressure 8 - 10 mm Hg Right Atrial Pressure 4 - 6 mm Hg Right Ventricular End Diastolic Pressure 0 - 8 mm Hg Neurological Values Cerebral Perfusion Pressure 70 - 90 mm Hg Intracranial Pressure 5 - 15 mm Hg or 5 - 10 cm H2O Arterial Values ARTERIAL VALUES pH 7.35 - 7.45 PaCO2 35 - 45 mm Hg HCO3 22 - 26 mEq/L O2 sat 96 - 100% PaO2 85 - 100 mm Hg BE -2 to +2 mmol/L Venous Values pH 7.31 - 7.41 PaCO2 41 - 51 mm Hg HCO3 22 - 29 mEq/L O2 sat 60 - 85% PaO2 30 - 40 mm Hg BE 0 to +4 mmol/L
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From Ada Stollsteimer
Pulled from MT Daily
ADHERE
Oral-lyn
Orbital Atherectomy Device
InSite Her-2/neu Kit
eVAMOR Home pH Test
Soothies Gel Pads
NOMAD, ER Pack
InfaSurf
Procleix
Fentanyl Transdermal
System
Sirolimus.
From Linda Dittmar's
New Terms
OraDisc A
Fluxid
Parcopa
Pentetate
MOS (Sleep Index Score)
fluoropyridmidines (oral
class of chemo)
Medi-Medi (California Rx
program for Medi-Cal)
Parkinson-plus syndrome
(patient who fails to
respond to usual
treatment)
Brody bite (malocclusion,
overbite)
sternectomy
OptiVol(TM) (monitoring of
fluid status in CHF patient
by Medtronic InSync
Sentry device "jabs and
jolts syndrome" (idiopathic
headaches lasting
seconds) triple-evoked
potentials (on all 3
modalities tested)
Nascobal
(cyanocobalamin) nasal
spray by Nastech Pharm
for vitamin B12 therapy)
Lyrica (pregabalin, by
Pfizer, a neuropathic pain
med gabapentinoid, like
gabapentin/Neurontin)
Ventavis (iloprost)
Equetro
Nuflexxa (sodium
hyaluronate)
Captique
Aricept ODT
Clindesse
Evoclen
Lonox
Hyalform Plus
Common Errors in English Words:
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COMPLEMENT/
COMPLIMENT
Originally these two
spellings were used
interchangeably, but they
have come to be
distinguished from each
other in modern times.
Most of the time the word
people intend is
"compliment": nice things
said about someone ("She
paid me the compliment of
admiring the way I shined
my shoes.").
"Complement," much less
common, has a number of
meanings associated with
matching or completing.
Complements
supplement each other,
each adding something
the others lack, so we can
say that "Alice's love for
entertaining and Mike's
love for washing dishes
complement each other."
Remember, if you're not
making nice to someone,
the word is "complement."
COLLABORATE/
CORROBORATE
People who work together
on a project collaborate
(share their labor); people
who support your
testimony as a witness
corroborate (strengthen by
confirming) it.
DISCREET/
DISCRETE
The more common word
is "discreet," meaning
"prudent,
circumspect": "When
arranging the party for
Agnes, be sure to be
discreet;
we want her to be
surprised." "Discrete"
means "separate, distinct":
"He
arranged the guest list into
two discrete groups:
meat-eaters and
vegetarians." Note how the
T separates the two Es in
"discrete."
NEW TECHNOLOGY
The Sonic Flashlight
Scientists have been showing off a handheld device that makes the
human body seem translucent right in front of your eyes.
The Sonic Flashlight developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon
University in the US combines various technologies to effectively
gives the user X-ray vision.
The device looks like a small windowpane attached to a ray gun
which produces a live ultrasound scan when placed against a
patient's body.
Researchers say the device could be used to make many surgical
and diagnostic procedures such as brain surgery much safer.
Doctors' Chart Bloopers
Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it had
completely disappeared.
Father died in his 90's of female trouble in his prostate and kidneys.
Skin: Somewhat pale but present.
The pelvic examination will be done later on the floor.
Vomiting of unknown origin.
Admitted in error.
Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Blank, who felt we should sit on the
abdomen and I agree.
Large brown stool ambulating in the hall.
Patient has two teenage children but no other abnormalities.
Discharge status: Alive but without permission.
Dr. Blank is watching his prostate.
If he squeezes the back of his neck for 4 or 5 years it comes and goes.
GRANDMA'S CURES
Did You Know That? Drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain
almost immediately -- without the unpleasant side effects caused by traditional "pain
relievers."
Did you know that Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns.
Before you head to the drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled with mysterious
chemicals, try chewing on a couple of curiously strong Altoids peppermints. They'll
clear up your stuffed nose.
Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix 1 Tablespoon of horseradish in 1 cup of olive
oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as a massage oil, for instant relief
for aching muscles.
Sore throat? Just mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take 1 tablespoon
six times a day. The vinegar kills the bacteria.
Cure urinary tract infections with Alka-Seltzer. Just dissolve two tablets in a glass of
water and drink it at the onset of the symptoms. Alka-Seltzer begins eliminating urinary
tract infections almost instantly -- even though the product w as never been advertised
for this use.
Honey remedy for skin blemishes... Cover the blemish with a dab of honey and place a
Band-Aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile, and speeds healing.
Works overnight.
Listerine therapy for toenail fungus... Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your
toes in Listerine mouthwash. The powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking
healthy again.
Featured MT - Lori Kretschmar
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