Lame admit Dx's

shay · May 13, 2002

Originally posted by OBNURSEHEATHER

I'm not surprised at all by that. Inductions for ladies tired of being pregnant and for daddy's scheduling convenience, happens all the time.

Lame, yes. But not surprising.

Heather

:rolleyes: Dontcha just wanna smack 'em???? I've had the patients induced for (get this) 'prolonged prodromal labor' at 37 weeks!!! WHAT THE???!!??

CATHYW · May 13, 2002

originally posted by furball
rev jessee jackson is hospitalized for "muscle pain".
who knows....maybe something serious but "sounds" bogus.

:roll

i'm with you on that one, furball! i was wondering what he was afraid he might have been caught at...

then again, we don't know what "muscle"... :lol2:

and, don't shoot me, but when has he been anything but bogus?:rotfl: :chair:

Marynurse · May 13, 2002

I think I know the answer about celebrities and "exhaustion"! I think that whatever they and their PR people don't want us common folk to know is wrong with them gets released on the news as exhaustion.What do you think?:roll

semstr · May 13, 2002

well, exhaustion, aka facelifting, peeling, breastjob, fatjob etc?

OBNURSEHEATHER · May 13, 2002

I think the exhaustion excuse covers psych admissions. They always come after someone was seen acting bizarre. And don't forget dehydrated. The celebrities are always exhausted and dehydrated.

That's what makes them do those crazy things!

Heather

CEN35 · May 14, 2002

there are icd-9 codes for some of these. these came from international classification of diseases 9th revision, clinical modifications, 2002 edition, printed by the ama press.

failure to thrive, adult - 783.7

status asthmaticus - 493.9

syncope (near) - (pre) - 780.2

abdominal pain - 788.0

cephalgia - 784.0

intractable vertigo - 780.4

change in mental status - 780.9

chest pain - 786.50 through 786.59

we had one last night, 101 years old. "inability to ambulate". icd-9 for that? lol! :chuckle

me :)

dianthe1013 · May 14, 2002

I'm not surprised at all by that. Inductions for ladies tired of being pregnant and for daddy's scheduling convenience, happens all the time.
Lame, yes. But not surprising.

Heather:

I hear ya. A friend of mine has an older sister (who IS an OB/GYN MD, for the love of God) who recently had a baby. She decided that, instead of waiting for labor or heck, even sucking in some Pitocin to induce, she was just going to schedule a C-section.

Mmhmm. She picked her kid's birthday - conveniently situated within her schedule - and went in for the cut.

I made my friend repeat himself at least three times before I believed his sister was doing that... ::shakes head::

Donna :)

caroladybelle, BSN, RN · May 14, 2002

I also had an admission for "Tired x 2 weeks"

So when do we all head to the hospital!!!

mamabear · May 16, 2002

I work on a locked adult psych unit. One of the local nursing homes is notorious for dumping their more challenging patients on us. The latest: rule out altered mental status. The patient was 72, MMR, had COPD and CHF. We ended up providing respite care for the nursing home staff!!

shay · May 16, 2002

Originally posted by caroladybelle
I also had an admission for "Tired x 2 weeks"

So when do we all head to the hospital!!!

Man, if that qualifies for an admission, I probably need to call freakin' EMS!!! LOL!!! :roll

CEN35 · May 16, 2002

yeah...........i was kinda thinking about calling 911, because i was tired.

however.............i fell asleep! :chuckle

i feel pretty good now! lol!

me :)

flaerman · May 16, 2002

Near syncope-what is that, I thought I was going to pass out/fall, but i didn't.

Unresponsiveness to ICU-had a blood alcohol of 498,DUH!!!

AMS in pt's who are already demented or have Alzheimer's--how

would you know?????

How about triage complaints:

"my penus has tairs in the 4skin"

"I'm out of my Oxycontin"

"Someone broke in my hotel room, took only my Soma, Valium and Hydrocodone(not mind you any cash,credit cards, or jewelry)"

Chest pain in 18 yo female with no medical or family history.:roll :D :confused: