eerie errors part 3

ok here are some more errors that i compiled...

The patient's mother died at age 72, secondary to myocardial infarction. To the patient's knowledge, she had no breast tissues. (issues)

COPD, odor dependent - (O2 dependent)

The patient's weight is half beyond stable. (The patient's weight has been stable.)

She is in no oblivious distress (obvious)
Attention headaches (tension headaches)

Brother who is 87. We have mom at 30, dad at 29. (He has a brother who is age 7. We have mom at 30 and dad at 29.)

I do favor bypass surgery, dehiscence (but he seems) to be quite resistant.

MG level (ENERGY)

This is an 85-year-old freaking American woman (African)

Mary is doping pretty well. (doing)

ill-defying mass (ill-defining mass)

I so great, like a new woman. (FEEL)

There is a law suite (lawsuit) involved apparently. (Gee.. I wonder what style this is)

She was diagnosed with left breast cancer in which she underwent a previous lumpectomy but said of no detection, resolves with chemotherapy and radiation. (She was diagnosed with left breast cancer in which she underwent a previous lumpectomy WITH SENTINEL NODE DISSECTION WITH SUBSEQUENT chemotherapy and radiation.)

Ms. Davis reports feeling very tired today and uneasy with her teeth. (EASILY FATIGUED)

I am going to give him expectant therapy with Neurontin 300 mg t.i.d. as if (TO SEE IF) this will help him

We finally needed soft gel motility in order to check out her reflux symptoms. (We finally did an esophageal motility on her to check out her reflux symptoms.)

... eerie errors

and there's more....

"there is pain with bear or stress." (varus stress)

"His other workup included an echocardiogram, which showed a yeast infection of 40% to 60%." (ejection fraction)

"Doughnut nodules are not palpable today." (dominant)

This did not sound too good as dictated by doc--"This 44-year-old female developmentally delayed health care provider..." (corrected as) "This 44-year-old female health care provider for the developmentally delayed presents with chronic right knee pain." (much better)

"organ laser" (argon laser) (oo nga nmn kc gagamitin sa isang organ sa body.)

"pigment patient problems" (pigmentation problems)

"She is tired of hearing. (hard) (cguro nagger ang asawa nito.)

"She presented to this facility for general impingement rehabilitation
for set injections." (facet injections)

"meticulous slices of adhesions" (lyses) (magkatunog nmn diba?)

"internal memory 6-French guiding catheter" (internal mammary) (ilang gig kya itong catheter na ito? mahusay e.)

"He is moving his vital signs by his description." (bowels fine) (parang ayokong maging hypertensive ngyn... gawin ko nlng 110/70 ang BP ko..)

"She sleeps well, getting 67 hours a night, which she finds restorative." (6 to 7 hours) (how many hours in a day do you have in your part of the world??... parang gusto kong tumira jan a.)

eerie errors

for people who are not living in the world of MT, you may not understand this... and those who are studying or working as a medical transcriptionist may not even find this funny... but i do... so i compiled some that tickled my funny bones. hope you have a good laugh...

"in respect for modifications" (risk factor modifications) (too polite)

"anesthesial cystitis" (interstitial cystitis) (i didn't know a cyst can actually do that)

"After informed consent, arterial access with a teeth in the right groin with a 6-French sheath." (was achieved) (does it have braces too?)

"ischemic STD changes" (ST-T changes) (okay... i nearly died!)

"Hemoglobin A1c within New Orleans with the upper end." (within normal limits) (ok, so how about in new york city?)

"puffy nodule" (prostate nodule) (baka puyat yung nodule! hehe. i can't blame the MT as the doctor dictating is usually very hard to decipher, parang galing sa ilalim ng lupa!)

"We would like you to consider her for viroxime (OOPHORECTOMY) given that she is at high risk of developing metastatic disease due to her stage, as necessity (ETHNICITY) and her2/NEU positivity." (i'm not sure how this happened... the doctor has very nice voice and diction.)

"She is able to ambulate turns her feet with a rolling walker." (200 feet) (ew, scary!)

and how about this... "Blood cultures were obtained, which did come back positive for some stuff " (Staph)

more next time...