Most Overused Words in Medicine

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[Direct Laryngoscopy]

Hemodynamically stable.

We in anesthesia love that term.

 

[Precedex]

"with that being said..."

 

[Gern Blansten]

"Going forward..."
Only used by executive physicians in suits.

 

[stillmed]

urgent / immediately.

The last two times at rounds that we were asked overhead to come to the unit coordinator desk urgently / immediately was 1) to get asked whether instead of one ibuprofen 400mg tablet 2 x 200mg tablets could be given to a patient because that's what was available on the floor at the time and 2) a patient's Hemoglobin had changed from 150g/L to 145g/L over the span of 24 hours. Just kind of loses its meaning / significance that way

 

[Endee]

"Otherwise healthy"

 

[gasp]

"appreciate"
as in "can you appreciate that pneumo??"

 

[sethco]

Cleared for surgery

 

[chessknt]

supple

 

[SevoLution]

No acute events overnight

 

[survivordo]

"We just wanna get surgery on board"

 

[LIDO]

"Rip-roaring _____"

 

[deleted6669]

"admission quality" as in "this 74 yr old diabetic has an admission quality r lower extremity cellulitis."
also "profound" and "fulminant".

 

[VentdependenT]

Bleed like stink

 

[bronx43]

"Livin' the dream"

 

[RussianJoo]

and so on and so forth....

 

[KLPM]

"Please consult X"

 

[secants]

status post (s/p)

 

[MDandBeyond]

"Suction Sucks"

 

[MTGas2B]

no acute events overnight

neon

 

[Substance]

Professionalism.

 

[MTGas2B]

Core Competencies 🙂

 

[Pooh & Annie]

Strong work

 

[dutchmaster]

discharge

 

[Silent Cool]

Professionalism.

Ooooh, I especially hate this one. Not because I hate professionalism, but because the people who espouse this phrase are so often unprofessional.

 

[deleted6669]

AIDET
Kaizen event
nurse triage
customer service
" due to the efficiency of using an EMR..."

 

[KLPM]

My friend told me about a neurosurgeon who routinely said "this patient does not have a f*cking brain tumour" on rounds.

Apparently when the patient does have a brain tumour he had say "f*ck this guy has a brain tumour".

Can't win either way with this guy.

 

[caballoscuro]

"Player" = patient

This pt is definitely a unit player / obs player.

 

[deleted6669]

My friend told me about a neurosurgeon who routinely said "this patient does not have a f*cking brain tumour" on rounds.

Apparently when the patient does have a brain tumour he had say "f*ck this guy has a brain tumour".

Can't win either way with this guy.

well,lt's not like it's brain surgery...oh, I guess it is....
did he say the same thing about big bleeds...."guy has a f 'ing subdural"

 

[IGotGas]

"endorses"

 

[jetproppilot]

Continue Current Management

 

[pgg]

clinical correlation needed
it is what it is

 

[Danbo1957]

statistical validity

(see my avatar)

 

[Darrka]

I banged Lisa Cuddy. - House

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[deleted6669]

"the literature supports..."

 

[scudrunner]

Sonometer.

I hate that term.

It's CENTIMETER for **** sake.

 

[Bostonredsox]

"as per medicine team"

 

[Gern Blansten]

Quality metric

 

[VentdependenT]

ditzel

Type II MI (wtf am i supposed to do with that)

Nonoperative

 

[KLPM]

ditzel

Type II MI (wtf am i supposed to do with that)

Nonoperative

So you don't confuse it with the other 4 types of MI, duh. I have honestly never heard this terminology until just now. I've never seen anyone write it and never heard anyone use the term.

 

[pgg]

stakeholders
and everything else the CMS/JC clowns utter

 

[ArMed]

"Patient"
Obviously it's hard to get around, but I find the word working its way into my non-hospital related convos as well. One day, I'm gonna count how many times I hear the word "patient". I would love to, at least occasionally, substitute (name), or even "individual" or "person".

 

[VentdependenT]

So you don't confuse it with the other 4 types of MI, duh. I have honestly never heard this terminology until just now. I've never seen anyone write it and never heard anyone use the term.

Its rampant here.


BED BUGS

 

[MTGas2B]

Value

 

[Dejavu]

WNL

(Within Normal Limits) or
(We Never Looked)

 

[foshizzo]

"It's a patient safety issue."

 

[glorfindel]

"contracts for safety"

"admit to medicine"

 

[glorfindel]

"allergic to nsaids"

 

[Gern Blansten]

patient-centric

 

[VentdependenT]

Fu$&ing ER