Medical words

[Marla Sharp]

Post your medical questions here. We've all been there. You think you know what you're doing after so many years of reporting, and then - blammo - up comes a medical word you've never heard of. Happens to me more than I'd like to admit.

[Judy]

Q.  Okay.  And are there parameters within which you use tPA?

A.  Yes.

Q.  Could you tell us what those are?

A.  Patients have to have blood pressure under control, E KOSE under control, no recent history of trauma.

 

Anybody have any idea what E KOSE is supposed to be? 

 

Judy

[Carol A.]

Hi Judy, I tried Googling and looked up EKOS and EGOs, a few things came up with tPA, but could it be "echos," like her echocardiograms had to be under control?  Sorry I couldn't be more helpful!   Good luck!

[Judy]

Hmm.  I'll have to think about the "echos" as in echocardiogram.  They're talking about administering tPA after a stroke.  And unfortunately I believe my witness recently had a stroke, so his speech was a bit off. 

Thank you for your suggestions.  Much appreciated.

Judy

[Melanie C. Hines]

I need help with a term that the witness used.  I can't find it anywhere, so I think she must be confusing it with something else.

"I guess it's called ***juven*** syndrome.  They said that I was holding the steering wheel too tight.  And so I didn't think I had any injuries after the accident, but then, you know, after a while, like maybe a day or so, my hand was hurting.  And it didn't go away after a couple of weeks. So, when I went back to see the doctors at my college campus, they said that oh, it's ***juven syndrome.  Apparently if you hold the steering wheel too tight when you're hitting somebody, then you may kind of get like a juven's sprain or some sort of sprain, so I had a couple of physical therapy treatments."

I'm wondering if this is short for "juvenile."  She is saving it phonetically as jew-ven.

[Lisa Berryhill]

A witness was talking about treatment she had received, including acupuncture, physical therapy and something that sounded like "Moxy"

Anyone know this?  Thanks

[Chris Renegar]

My guess is "moxi," short for "moxibustion."  It is derived from "moxa acupuncture" but the name of the actual procedure is "moxibustion."

[Lisa Berryhill]

Thanks!

[Lisa Berryhill]

bloodborne?  1 or 2 words?  "E" at the end or not?  Thanks, everyone

[LeAnne Law]

blood-borne

[Lisa Berryhill]

Thanks, LeAnne!

[Lisa Berryhill]

It sounded like the doctor said "French 'Ude' Catheter."  Any ideas on what Ude is? (Could it be a symbol?)

[Chris Renegar]

Hi, Lisa.  It's French coude catheter.  :-)