tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55554398178416688342024-10-24T08:33:01.272-07:00MT DiaryDiary of a medical transcriptionistAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-17851857143062847422016-02-01T20:14:00.000-08:002016-02-01T20:15:25.166-08:00What is the difference between into and in to
"Into" (one word) and "in to" (two words) are frequently confused. In what situations should the former be used? The latter?
You should use "into" when it's a question of location, for lack of a better word. "I went into the store," "We went into the field of computer science," "We drank well into the morning," etc..
"In to" just happens sometimes. "I went in to buy some milk." In that Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-40009821863084779522016-01-20T22:55:00.000-08:002016-01-20T23:31:52.258-08:00Pregnancy Tests
Often in OB-GYN files, we come across pregnancy tests, let us get a general idea about what these are.
Pregnancy tests are tests that show if a woman is pregnant or not. There are two types of pregnancy tests,
i) Test using urine sample.
ii) Test using blood sample.
Both of the above tests are for detecting the presence of a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). This Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-77915345725088832382015-04-18T07:50:00.000-07:002015-04-18T07:52:55.347-07:00Singultus
If I ask you "Ever had singultus"? You may blink and perhaps may get the Mr. Bean look on your face, at least I would do the same if I were you. Now let me paraphrase and say, "Do you have had synchronous diaphragmatic flutter or SDF"....I believe the Mr. Bean look wont be going away.....and you may add..."Speak English" to which I would reply..."Ever had hiccups...my dear"......
In Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-90297389559889096142015-04-18T07:39:00.000-07:002015-04-18T07:52:00.650-07:00Incompetent Cervix and Cerclage
Cervical incompetence is the early opening up and shortening of cervix during pregnancy resulting in either preterm birth or miscarriage. For women with cervical incompetence or insufficiency, cervical erclage is the panacea. Though McDonald cerclage is the most commonly used and popular type of surgery done, there is an Indian connection also, namely the Shirodkar cerclage, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-53336740760251324732015-03-30T23:16:00.000-07:002015-03-30T23:16:23.013-07:00The Landscape has changed
Three and a half years is a not big time frame to hold comparisons or to form balanced opinion, and I would mostly agree to this view, but not for medical transcription. Having come back to MT fold after a hiatus of 3.5 years, I find the environment more tough, more stringent, and therefore less lucrative.
While it is true that voice recognition has been a tool for enhancing productivity,Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-49504411348260202572015-03-05T05:08:00.000-08:002015-03-05T05:08:23.453-08:00The Diarist is back
Hello friends,
Due to some unforeseen circumstances, the Diarist of MT diary is back and that means MT diary wont be having the deserted, haunted, dilapidated, abandoned, orphaned look again.
So, stay tuned, stay healthy and don't forget to keep visiting MT diary to catch all the action ;).
Yours
Deekay
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-47829141682843588472013-10-11T23:49:00.000-07:002013-10-11T23:51:20.704-07:00Project Secretary and Document Controller
I am working as a Project Secretary and also document
controller in a substation project.
Project Secretary is an administrative post, which involves providing
support to Project Manager, Construction Manager, Planning Manager, Project
Engineer, and Electrical Site Engineer. Project
Secretary is a sort of common thread connecting different functional leads and helps
in the smooth Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-10294047641568978402013-07-17T01:22:00.000-07:002013-07-17T01:22:41.695-07:00I am back..........
My journey from MT to an Audit Executive to a Project
Secretary has been posted in MT Herald,
thanks to Mr. Raj for giving the wonderful opportunity for writing a guest post
there. MT diary was very much related to
my previous work, ie MT which is why it was left unattended after I changed my
field. More ever, my work in Delhi
required lots of travel, which left me with very little Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-37694308915842419752013-01-22T04:44:00.002-08:002013-01-22T04:45:14.581-08:00From MT to an Audit Executive
When I embarked on a new journey last year, I was quite uncertain as to where & what I will end up, but my restless spirit wouldn't let me settle down in my MT avatar, so with backing of my sister and mom, I took the plunge.
I have jotted a few points regarding my experience in the new sector.
1. New job, new skill set, new orgn, new culture: To move from a deskAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-40975428492726128052011-12-10T18:29:00.000-08:002012-04-03T02:51:40.476-07:00Why no new posts?
My dear MT friends:
I have stopped working as an MT and have moved to finance sector which had been a long term goal of mine. This is the reason why MT Diary has not been updated of late. As you all know, knowledge increases the more we share it and the thrill of learning new medical terms, new English words, new techniques was the best part of being a MT and that was the reason I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-48081877211055685652011-08-10T23:14:00.000-07:002011-08-10T23:14:07.722-07:00Arraign and serial 7It has been some time that I got to do a psychiatric file. More ever, it was a new dictator and so there were a couple of new words. The first word although not a medical word, still had me scampering all over the net. I was hearing something like reined/reigned and it looked like a court summon, and finally I zeroed in on arraign, which was the correct word.
While I was searching Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-72871651605895804062011-07-15T08:05:00.000-07:002011-07-17T10:21:41.983-07:00Cold turkeyWhen a person who has a habit or addiction, which he abruptly gives up rather than easing out gradually with the help of replacement medication, it is called cold turkey (this action of abruptly giving up is cold turkey).
I remember my uncle telling me how he quit smoking. He was a chain smoker and one fine day he just quit (now i know that was cold turkey :-)). On the first day hisAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-50342294088535910982011-07-10T21:37:00.000-07:002011-07-10T21:38:47.794-07:00Fiance vs FianceeAccording to American Heritage dictionary, Fiance is a man engaged to be married, where as Fiancee is a woman engaged to be married. See the difference, male only gets single "e" where as female gets "ee".....gender bias, isn't it? ....;-)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-15407555043544240582011-07-04T12:31:00.000-07:002011-07-06T20:30:52.517-07:00HedoniaHello everybody, it has been really some time that i blogged here. I have been somewhat busy because of this and that is the only reason MT diary has not been updated for sometime now, but I will try my best to keep this blog active, in the meantime, keep visiting friends, ;-).
Today while doing a psychiatry file, I kept hearing hedonia and was going bonkers until my friend Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-5231397509042274312011-05-30T19:13:00.000-07:002011-05-30T19:13:01.514-07:00Splenic sequestrationA couple of days back, I was doing a GI file wherein the doctor was able to palpate the spleen of the patient and I heard him saying "splenic sequestration" a couple of times in the note. Please visit here for details about this condition.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-8260205798828820412011-05-21T08:41:00.000-07:002011-05-21T22:06:33.163-07:00MT week in USMay 20-26 is celebrated as MT week in US and Jay Vance, a veteran MT, CMT, and MT consultant, has come up with these songs composed and sung by himself.....they are wonderful, just click here.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-189601829030649352011-05-14T19:44:00.000-07:002011-05-14T19:44:56.056-07:00Types of fracturesI had jotted this way back in 2006 and had forgotten about it, just now came across it and thought of posting here...:-).
TYPE OF FRACTURESOpen: Visible by eyes. Simple: Only 1 break.Closed: Not visible by eyes.  Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-42070015198138502912011-05-10T06:58:00.000-07:002011-05-10T06:58:12.343-07:00How to calculate ageIt is difficult to always depend upon our ears to hear out the age as dictated by the doctors. The 50s and 60s always sound same except for those doctors who are very very clear. To avoid this confusion, it is better to always cross check with the date of birth. This is how I do it....suppose the patient's date of birth is July 4, 1980. Current date or date of dictation isAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-2158566801316419982011-05-02T08:23:00.000-07:002011-05-02T08:23:33.991-07:00GlossomegalyI was searching for reference for "glossomegaly" when I came across this website explaining medical terminology for enlarged as well as small organs. Please go through it, I found it informative.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-38804875868082518382011-03-21T21:25:00.000-07:002011-03-21T21:25:08.797-07:00Trim sulfaTrim sulfa is not there in Quick Look as it is a combination drug.
It is a combination antimicrobrial drug, which by two consecutive steps blocks protein synthesis in susceptible bacteria.
When used alone the sulfonamides are bacteriostatic, and the trimethoprim is bactericidal, but when used in combination form the potentiated sulfas are bactericidal.
This combination drug has Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-68358019127105161802011-03-10T08:32:00.000-08:002011-03-10T08:34:45.921-08:00COMPANION trial
Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing, and Defibrillation in Heart Failure (COMPANION) Trial
The COMPANION trial is the largest heart failure device trial to date. The trial shows that cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT),
used in combination with optimal pharmacologic therapy (OPT), can significantly improve both the quality and duration of life for a large group
of heart failure Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-24207726136253512872011-02-23T23:13:00.000-08:002011-02-23T23:13:00.350-08:00CurbsidedDictator was stating "Infectious disease was curbsided.........." on repeated hearings, I could clearly hear the word "curbsided", but American Heritage Dictionary just gave the meaning of curbside as side of pavement or street, and my usual lookout in case of slangs, the urban dictionary came up with this "to force one of their personal belongings in an act of violence or threats"....finally Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-43959555343688006002011-02-21T19:36:00.000-08:002011-02-21T19:36:28.107-08:00SHIM scoreThe SHIM, or sexual health inventory for men, score is widely used in clinical practice and research to assess erectile dysfunction (ED), or impotence in men. Erectile dysfunction is loss of the ability to sustain an erection for intercourse. The severity of ED according to a SHIM score is from 1 to 25, with 1 being the most severe and 25 being healthy. Men with a SHIM score of 21 or Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-85043756465255156282011-02-19T06:18:00.000-08:002011-02-19T06:18:15.283-08:00Pink SwizzleI was doing this file and kept on hearing 'pink swizzle', but did not find any reference to this term, finally while leafing through a forum, came across this info about it, "a concoction consisting of steroid plus anti-fungal", used to treat genitourinary infections, as was the case in my file.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5555439817841668834.post-40121943954619758562011-02-17T22:03:00.000-08:002011-02-17T22:03:38.922-08:00IPDAIPDA stands for inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery, could not find it in my Stedmans Abbreviation dictionary, so thought about adding it here. This was a GI file......:) Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09766662233160713768noreply@blogger.com0