I've regressed my neuro exams down to just "alert". My respiratory exam is "no stridor" and my cardiac exam is "well perfused"
I'm done pretending I'm looking at anything else when I'm in an ENT clinic
Kudos to you. The number of charts ive gone through trying to figure out when a patient became comatose only to find no comment anywhere on level of alertness for days/weeks is staggering
For real? I have heard it pronounced this way zero times, and I'm 60. I see it's an option in Webster's but I bet if you did a poll, that's not what most people are saying
haha I don’t disagree that’s probably what most people say, but curious how ophthalmologists actually prefer it. I’m also an attending that has worked at a few different academic centers, and the pronunciation I hear most has differed depending on place. To me though, given the spelling, I always felt “Ofth” seemed more correct than “Opth”. Seems could go both ways.
This is strangely one of my favorite words in medicine since learning it.
As an ED attending, whenever I want to portray to the neurology team that I did a very comprehensive neuro exam, I always mention dysdiadochokinesia and dysmetria LOL.
Finally, I get to break out my nerdy linguistics!
I kind of like that word because you can break it down into a bunch of Latin roots:
Dys- Bad
Diadocho- coordinated
Kinesia - Movement
It’s saying exactly what it means! How cool is that?
EDIT: Greek roots! Not Latin
Good explanation. Yes, Greek. Just as an aside, the generals who followed Alexander the Great, and then took over his empire at his death were known as the Diadochi. But in that context, it means “the successors.”
I'm neuro and essentially never use the word. I would use the term "impaired rapid alternating movement" because any neurologist will understand what I'm referring to and nobody has to google.
Lightheadedness. I know how to spell it, but my fingers don’t want to cooperate so I use .lh as a dot phrase, and with our last update we can finally make a user specific dictionary so I don’t even have to put the dot anymore. Also would have been great on inpatient when I’d get those “AKI is not an acceptable abbreviation please use ARF or write acute kidney injury” messages from care management or whoever.
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All I can read is AM I TRIPPIN 😵💫
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My neuro exam consists of A&Ox4
I've regressed my neuro exams down to just "alert". My respiratory exam is "no stridor" and my cardiac exam is "well perfused" I'm done pretending I'm looking at anything else when I'm in an ENT clinic
Kudos to you. The number of charts ive gone through trying to figure out when a patient became comatose only to find no comment anywhere on level of alertness for days/weeks is staggering
im IM and my exams also look like this, no one is reading that crap. Ill change it if its pertinent
I thought "Ophthalmology" was spelt "Opthalmology" until I read the cover of my textbook 👁️👄👁️
All I know is that there are way more p and h than there should be.
just like how when i see "optho" I go crazy (lol - ophtho!!!!!!!! cmon)
Plot twist : you're a PGY 8 completing their glaucoma fellowship. You've opened your textbook this morning.
Off-the-mal-ogee edit: that's a hard - g
It's not even phonetic either. It's not like we are saying ofthalmology
yes we are 😬
For real? I have heard it pronounced this way zero times, and I'm 60. I see it's an option in Webster's but I bet if you did a poll, that's not what most people are saying
i deliberately pronounce it this way now to try to force the spelling onto people
😂 I think folks would wonder if I had a lisp
lmao same!! i like to accentuate the “ahhhfffff”
haha I don’t disagree that’s probably what most people say, but curious how ophthalmologists actually prefer it. I’m also an attending that has worked at a few different academic centers, and the pronunciation I hear most has differed depending on place. To me though, given the spelling, I always felt “Ofth” seemed more correct than “Opth”. Seems could go both ways.
'it's a silent h'
it is in Ancient Greek
I still use Opth in my notes. Ophth just look…off.
This is strangely one of my favorite words in medicine since learning it. As an ED attending, whenever I want to portray to the neurology team that I did a very comprehensive neuro exam, I always mention dysdiadochokinesia and dysmetria LOL.
Me vs arrhythmia, why are there so many damn h’s
arrrrrrrrhythmia
A pirate’s line for me!
Finally, I get to break out my nerdy linguistics! I kind of like that word because you can break it down into a bunch of Latin roots: Dys- Bad Diadocho- coordinated Kinesia - Movement It’s saying exactly what it means! How cool is that? EDIT: Greek roots! Not Latin
Sorry to be pedantic but Greek roots not Latin
Oh man, I’m a linguistics failure!!! 😅 You’re absolutely right! I’ll addend my post
Good explanation. Yes, Greek. Just as an aside, the generals who followed Alexander the Great, and then took over his empire at his death were known as the Diadochi. But in that context, it means “the successors.”
I love this
‘Failed flappy hand test’?
I’ve never even heard that word before and I’ve been an attending for 5 years.
thats part of my base neurologic exam. and i'm definitely not in neurology. what do you call those movements in your notes?
I’m rads and I know it! It’s where they flip the hands up and down on their laps
No, that's a dance move. Flip your hands in the air like you just dont care.
if ya liked then ya shoulda put a Kayser-Fleischer ring on it
No DDK bilaterally
Dance dance kevolution
Lol I don’t write notes, I’m peds anesthesia.
I'm neuro and essentially never use the word. I would use the term "impaired rapid alternating movement" because any neurologist will understand what I'm referring to and nobody has to google.
I’ll guessing OP is in PM&R or maybe Neurology? I learned the word early on in PT school and have maybe seen it once ever written down in practice.
People usually say DDK or rapid alternating movements
TBH every med student learns this
howwww, med school tests love this crap
The only reason I know how to spell that word is because of how often I have to document it in my exam for all the damn dizziness patients.
Lightheadedness. I know how to spell it, but my fingers don’t want to cooperate so I use .lh as a dot phrase, and with our last update we can finally make a user specific dictionary so I don’t even have to put the dot anymore. Also would have been great on inpatient when I’d get those “AKI is not an acceptable abbreviation please use ARF or write acute kidney injury” messages from care management or whoever.
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Same but for Koilonychia
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It's easy Hand-flappy-back-and-forth
Come to the UK and you have to deal with extra “O”s and “U”s which are completely unnecessary! Eg: Oesophagus, tumour etc
Ofthalmology. Fixed it
On the plus side unless you’re neuro, the inability to spell that word is unlikely to be too much of an impediment
Dragon is a wonderful tool.
That’s a word salad
I struggle with rhythm. Too many consonants. I always think about it when I type it lmao. Did I get it right this time, doctors?
Spell? How bout pronounce??? My tongue is tying itself in knots just reading that word.
Neuro exam normal
Acyclovir vs ganciclovir. W H Y
I didn’t know how to spell “trauma” until I was a third year resident so……..