Credit Where Credit is Due
My heart sings!
A letter in today's mail from an oncologist (granted, a cc on a letter to the surgeon, but still). Directly quoted:
As you know, Patient is a [age-and-menopausal-status-redacted] female who was in her usual state of excellent health until her primary care physician, Dr. Dino, astutely palpated a mass in the [specific location redacted] breast on routine physical examination.Yes!! She mentioned me BY NAME! And even used the word "astutely"!!!
Now THIS is how to take a history. Pay attention, all you orthopods out there.
posted by #1 Dinosaur @ 8:28 AM
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Remember--they are surgeons. That's kind of a lot to expect doncha think?
"Now THIS is how to take a history. Pay attention, all you orthopods out there."
Orthopedist's Law of The Heart: The purpose of the heart is to push Ancef to the bones.
Standard Ortho Consult: Bone broke, me fix.
I'll be here all week, folks. Try the veal, and remember to tip your waitress.
Yeah, they think the heart is to push Ancef to the bones, but NOT TOO HARD--poor anesthesiologists having to keep people's blood pressure in the crapper so there's no bleeding.
Dr Dino,
I hope it was a letter from Dr. HC.
xoxoxoxox
MC
@MC: It was!
How can you tell which note is the Ortho consult note? It's the one written in crayon.
Orthopods only have two options when writing their daily progress notes. Option one is LGFD, standing for "looks good from door". The other option is LBFD, or "looks bad from door" which is quickly followed by "Consult Medicine."
Are you sure they didn't mean "ass-toot?" (A misspelling, by the way, that I got in a paper from a nursing student last week.)
All you're really asking for is credit where credit is due. How amazing somebody will give it to you.
I had a cardiologist tell me he doesn't know what he's hearing. He just orders an echo. Stop working so hard. Just order an MRI
Hmmm...
"was in her usual state of excellent health until her primary care physician"
Kind of reads like it's your fault to me :*)
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