So (and thank you to reader Kaitlin for bringing this to my attention) there's a scale used to help assess vomiting during pregnancy, called the Pregnancy-Unique Quantification of Emesis index, aka PUQE.
Really. PUQE.
I'm not making this up- Journal of Midwifery and Womens Health. 2009;54(6):430-444.
I can just see something like this:
Frantic husband: "Doctor, my wife is still throwing up!"
Doctor: "What's her PUQE index?"
Frantic husband: "Um, looks like pizza she ate last night, and maybe a cookie. Could be some pickles, too. Hard to tell."
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i also like GOMER/GOMERE & GORK. ;-)
the best thing, though, is when they'd put such acronyms on an exam (like PLISSIT, for example) and then ask what the S stood for. they never specified *which* S, of course.
the one for breaking bad news, SPIKES, really makes me lmao, too, as it always gives me mental images of a med student, sitting there trying to remember the damn acronym, instead of focusing on what they're saying to the patient.
Student Doctor: "I'm sorry, m'am, but you're going to die."
Patient: "But I only came in for a cough!"
Student Doctor: "Damn, wrong S...um, S...oh! Setting Up...how much would you like to know about your condition?...no, wait, that's P, patient perception...um...what can you tell me about your condition...erm, no...."
;-)
word verification: Palinuch (<--that's a whole 'nother post...)
You just know that the powers that be that name this stuff are having a good laugh right now!
CAPRIE???
I like "PPP" as a nursing diagnosis...
Piss Poor Protoplasm
NB ~ confirmation word =
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"PUQE," eh? I'd hate to see the acronym for an index of diarrhea.
I had a request for various blood tests come down with the clinical details 'FOS'.
The results were abnormal so I called the doc to enquire as to the nature of this disease and whether the abnormal results were anticipated.
I learned that 'FOS' means Full of Sh*t. I wasn't sure whether this was literal or figurative.
Just don't! There's a D and V. bug going on round here!
Hey, I'm a pharmacy student and intern on winter break so I was just catching up on your blog and came across this post. This quarter we also learned of a great index, it's to assess the severity of BPH and it's called the I-PSS scale!
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