Additional Scribe Job Vocab

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Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (PND)

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Medical symptom, also known as cardiac
asthma. It is defined as sudden, severe shortness of breath at night that awakens a person
from sleep, often with coughing and wheezing.

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Anicteric

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refers to the eye exam- means without jaundice.

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Angioedema

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Acute painless, dermal, subcutaneous or submucosal swelling of a short duration invloving the face, neck, lips, larynx, hands, feet, genitalia, or viscera. It may result from food or drug allergy, infection, emotional stress, or it may be hereditary.

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Edematous

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Swelling/ edema.

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Asterixis

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A flapping tremor of the wrist upon extension (dorsiflexion), sometimes said to resemble a "bird flapping its wings".

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Babinski’s relex

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Dorisfelxion of the big toe with extension and fanning of the other toes elicited by firmly stroking the lateral aspect of the sole of the foot.

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Decubitus

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a recumbent or horizontal position, as lateral decubitus, which is lying on one side.

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Polydipsia

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a medical condition in which the patient ingests abnormally large amounts of fluids by mouth.

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Nuchal rigidity

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is the inability to flex the head forward due to rigidity of the neck muscles; if flexion of the neck is painful but full range of motion is present, nuchal rigidity is absent.

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Hypo/hyperkalemia

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Low/High Potassium

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Hypo/hypernatremia

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Low/High Sodium

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HIDA (hepatbiliary iminodiacetic acid) scan

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Helps evaluate the function of the gallbladder and the bile ducts. Doctors may also refer to this procedure as cholescintigraphy.

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Obturator sign

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indicator of irritation to the obturator internus muscle. The technique is carried out on each leg in succession. First the patient lies on his back with the right hip flexed at 90 degrees. The examiner then holds the patient's right ankle in his right hand. With his left hand, the examiner rotate the hip by pulling the right knee to and away from the patient's body. The principles of the obturator sign in the diagnosis of appendicitis are similar to that of the psoas sign,

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Psoas sign

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Indicator of irritation to the iliopsoas group of hip flexors in the abdomen. A "positive psoas sign" may suggest appendicitis.

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Rhabdomyolysis (“rhabdo”)

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Rapid breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue due to
traumatic injury, either mechanical, physical or chemical. The principal result is a large release of the CK enzymes and other cell byproducts into the blood system and acute renal failure due to accumulation of muscle breakdown products, several of which are injurious to the kidney. Treatment is with intravenous fluids, and dialysis if necessary.

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Strabismus

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Condition in which the eyes are not properly aligned with each other. It typically involves a lack of coordination between the extraocular muscles that prevents bringing the gaze of each eye to the same point in space and preventing proper binocular vision, which may adversely affect depth perception. Strabismus can be either a disorder of the brain coordinating the eyes or a disorder of one or more muscles, as in any process that causes a dysfunction of the usual direction and power of the muscle or muscles.

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Diploplia

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Commonly known as double vision, is the perception of two images from a single object.

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Eschar

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A piece of dead tissue that is cast off from the surface of the skin, particularly after a burn injury, but also seen in gangrene, ulcer, fungal infections and late exposure to anthrax. Eschar is sometimes called a "black wound" because the wound is covered with thick, dry, black necrotic tissue.

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Marfan’s Syndrome

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An autosomal dominant genetic disorder of the connective tissue characterized by disproportionately long limbs, long thin fingers, a typically tall stature, and a predisposition to cardiovascular abnormalities, specifically those affecting the heart valves and aorta.

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Ehler Danlos Syndrome

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A group of rare genetic disorders affecting humans and domestic animals caused by a defect in collagen synthesis. Depending on the individual mutation, the severity of the disease can vary from mild to life-threatening. There is no known cure. Treatment is supportive.

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Meningeal Signs

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Nucal Rigidity, Brudzinski and Kernigs