July 7 2014

Medical Monday: Lotrel


According to Drugs.com, Lotrel “contains a combination of amlodipine and benazepril. Amlodipine is a calcium channel blocker. Amlodipine relaxes (widens) blood vessels and improves blood flow.

Benazepril is an ACE inhibitor. ACE stands for angiotensin converting enzyme. Benazepril also widens blood vessels and also prevents the body from retaining water.

Lotrel is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension).”

Machine Brief:
Option #1: Lotrel= LOE/TR*EL

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June 23 2014

Medical Monday: Anoxia & Hypoxia

Anoxia is a condition that occurs when oxygen is not properly delivered to a part of the body. The term anoxia is sometimes used as a synonym to the term hypoxia. However, hypoxia is also specifically defined as a variety of the condition of anoxia that “does not involve total oxygen deprivation.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: anoxia= A/NOX/YA*
Option #2: anoxia= A/NOK/YA*
Option #3: anoxia= A/NOX/SAOE/YA*
Option #4: anoxia= A/NOX/SAOE/A*
Option #5: anoxia= A/NOK/SAOE/YA*
Option #6: anoxia= A/NOK/SAOE/A*

Option #1: hypoxia= HA/POX/YA*
Option #2: hypoxia= HA/POX/SAOE/YA*
Option #3: hypoxia= HA/POX/SAOE/A*
Option #4: hypoxia= HAOEU/POX/YA*
Option #5: hypoxia= HAOEU/POX/SAOE/YA*
Option #6: hypoxia= HAOEU/POX/SAOE/A*

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June 17 2014

Legal Vocabulary: Impleader

Impleader is defined by the Free Dictionary as, “A procedural device used in a civil action whereby a defendant brings into the lawsuit a third party who is not already a party to the action but may ultimately be liable for the plaintiff’s claim against the defendant.

Impleader is most commonly used where the third party, often an insurance company, has a duty to indemnify, or contribute to the payment of, the plaintiff’s damages.

Here are some briefs:
Option #1: impleader= KB/PLAOED/*ER
Option #2: impleader= KB/PLAOERD

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June 2 2014

Medical Monday: Lymphatic

Lymphatic is defined as, “Of, relating to, or produced by lymph, lymphoid tissue, or lymphocytes.”

Lymph is defined as, “A pale fluid that contains white blood cells and that passes through channels in the body and helps to keep bodily tissues healthy.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: lymphatic= LIM/FA*KT
Option #2: lymphatic= LIM/FAT/*IK

Option #1: lymph= LIFM
Option #2: lymph= L*IFRP
Option #2: lymph= LIM/*F

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May 19 2014

Medical Monday: Mitral Valve

Mitral Valve is defined as: “a valve in the heart that guards the opening between the left atrium and the left ventricle, prevents the blood in the ventricle from returning to the atrium, and consists of two triangular flaps attached at their bases to the fibrous ring which surrounds the opening and connected at their margins with the ventricular walls by the chordae tendineae and papillary muscles.” The mitral valve is also known as bicuspid valve and left atrioventricular valve.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: mitral= MAOI/TRA*L
Option #2: mitral= MAOIRLT

Option #1: valve= VAFL
Option #2: valve= VAL/*F

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May 5 2014

Medical Monday: Intercostal

Intercostal means, “between the ribs.”

According to Medline Plus, “The intercostal muscles are the muscles between the ribs. During breathing, these muscles normally tighten and pull the rib cage up.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: intercostal: INT/KOFLT
Option #2: intercostal: SBR-/KOFLT
Option #3: intercostal: INT/KOS/TAL
Option #4: intercostal: INT/KOFT/A*L
Option #5: intercostal: SBR-/KOFT/A*L
Option #6: intercostal: SBR-/KOS/TAL

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April 28 2014

Medical Monday: Hemolysis

Hemolysis is defined by Encyclopedia Britannica as, the “breakdown or destruction of red blood cells so that the contained hemoglobin is freed into the surrounding medium…Apart from normal breakdown of aged red blood cells, hemolysis is abnormal in the living but may be caused by inherited defects in the blood cells, by chemicals, venoms, the toxic products of microorganisms, transfusion of the wrong blood type, or Rh incompatibility of fetal and maternal blood…Hemolysis may be produced in the laboratory by various physical agents (heat, freezing, flooding with water, sound). In certain situations it is used as a specific laboratory test for antigen–antibody reactions.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: hemolysis= HAOEM/O*E/LAOI/S*IS
Option #2: hemolysis= HEM/O*E/LAOI/S*IS

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