Guest guest Posted February 5, 2002 Report Share Posted February 5, 2002 Tics are slang for diverticula (plural of diverticulum). Don't you just hate slang? Hospital work/infectious disease/GI-12 years On Tue, 05 Feb 2002 21:59:06 -0500 Pattie writes: > The patient had a left transverse colectomy for extensive diverticuli > of > the transverse colon and sigmoid colon with the findings of > extensive > sigmoid and moderate *** s/l ticks *** of the transverse colon. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > > Pattie > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2002 Report Share Posted February 5, 2002 , Thanks, I had never heard that one before. Guess we don't do enough GI here, even though it seems like we do. Margaret >>> maria rhoades 02/05/02 10:09PM >>> Tics are slang for diverticula (plural of diverticulum). Don't you just hate slang? Hospital work/infectious disease/GI-12 years On Tue, 05 Feb 2002 21:59:06 -0500 Pattie writes: > The patient had a left transverse colectomy for extensive diverticuli > of > the transverse colon and sigmoid colon with the findings of > extensive > sigmoid and moderate *** s/l ticks *** of the transverse colon. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > > Pattie > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2002 Report Share Posted February 5, 2002 Thanks!!! Yes, I hate slang, and this is one doctor that uses it a lot. Grrr. Guess I will add it to my notes. Pattie maria rhoades wrote: > Tics are slang for diverticula (plural of diverticulum). Don't you just > hate slang? > > > Hospital work/infectious disease/GI-12 years > > On Tue, 05 Feb 2002 21:59:06 -0500 Pattie writes: > > The patient had a left transverse colectomy for extensive diverticuli > > of > > the transverse colon and sigmoid colon with the findings of > > extensive > > sigmoid and moderate *** s/l ticks *** of the transverse colon. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Pattie > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2002 Report Share Posted February 6, 2002 Hello varhoades1@..., In reference to your comment: è Tics are slang for diverticula (plural of diverticulum). è Don't you just hate slang? Could you please tell me where this is documented? The fact that it's slang I mean. We are not allowed to use slang in our reports but I need documentation that it is slang and what it's slang for in case I ever have to challenge an editor. Thanks in advance Jan " Typing is my life " (said sarcastically) Remember... WSTPMTR (which means, whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2002 Report Share Posted February 6, 2002 Hello ACLARK@..., In reference to your comment: è I have a doc who says " tic " for diverticulosis and è somewhere along the way I learned that docs will è sometimes dictate " tic " for diverticulosis, so I started è snooping around in my references for documentation. è Interestingly, in Neil Abbreviations 10th Edition, I è did find TICS listed for diverticulosis. In that è reference, it is all in caps. Nothing in Vera Pyle, è Sloane's Medical Word Book, Taber's, Tessier's è Surgical Word Book, or the MPI. Once you pointed it out, I looked in Neil and found it there. That tells me it's an abbreviation, not slang. We are permitted to type abbreviations, but we are not permitted to type slang. To clarify, per my editors, slang would include vanc for vancomycin, gent for gentamicin, CA for cancer (Vera Pyle says CA is slang for carcinoma, not an abbreviation)... you get the idea Luckily, I have never heard a doc dictate TICS, but if I do, now I'll know what it means and that it is an abbreviation. See, even " old dogs " can learn new tricks Jan " Typing is my life " (said sarcastically) Remember... WSTPMTR (which means, whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2002 Report Share Posted February 6, 2002 Hello vtruitt@..., In reference to your comment: è I don't have Neil or I'd look it up and get the è answer myself. Does the book actually say " this is an è abbreviation " ? Does it merely include it with no è notation that it's slang or substandard? I understand è your dilemma with the verbatim requirement and what è you can and cannot alter. However, I'd be very è concerned that there might be some confusion with è the slang usage of " tic " for diverticulosis and the è standard meaning of " tic " as a muscle spasm. Is it è possible to have a " tic " (spasm) in the GI tract? No, it doesn't specifically say it's an abbreviation, but since the title of the book is Neil ' ABBREVATIONS, and there is no notation after TICS that says it's slang, I must conclude it's a " legal " abbreviation. Please note, it's listed as TICS... all caps... as opposed to tic (spasm). If I ever hear it (which I haven't to this point), that's how I'd transcribe it: TICS, not tic. Jan " Typing is my life " (said sarcastically) Remember... WSTPMTR (which means, whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2002 Report Share Posted February 6, 2002 I have a doc who says " tic " for diverticulosis and somewhere along the way I learned that docs will sometimes dictate " tic " for diverticulosis, so I started snooping around in my references for documentation. Interestingly, in Neil Abbreviations 10th Edition, I did find TICS listed for diverticulosis. In that reference, it is all in caps. Nothing in Vera Pyle, Sloane's Medical Word Book, Taber's, Tessier's Surgical Word Book, or the MPI. Re: GI help Hello varhoades1@..., In reference to your comment: è Tics are slang for diverticula (plural of diverticulum). è Don't you just hate slang? Could you please tell me where this is documented? The fact that it's slang I mean. We are not allowed to use slang in our reports but I need documentation that it is slang and what it's slang for in case I ever have to challenge an editor. Thanks in advance Jan " Typing is my life " (said sarcastically) Remember... WSTPMTR (which means, whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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