medical abbreviations in notes

[Mark Mandel]

>From my sister, a medical transcriptionist (cc-ing me on a note to her
co-workers):

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Ok guys, here's a new one! [DOCTOR] said this twice in an H&P on an MI patient
".... status post pulva..."

Ok, I checked every phonetic spelling I could think of...You're not
gonna believe this....

POBA= "plain old balloon angioplasty" :
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/medicalinks/medabrev.html

Ya gotta love it!  That's right up there with my all-time favorite:

CTD= "circling the drain".  :D

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Mark Mandel

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