New Words In The Medical Field

[dianah, ASN]

I work with Cardiologists, and I recently noticed one of them has coined a word (he uses it when charting, even!) for describing patients who get short of breath only when bending over (e.g., to tie shoes, pick up trash from the floor, etc): bendopnea (as opposed to dyspnea, orthopnea, etc).  ?

Have any of you heard other medical-inclined words or phrases developed by anyone you work with?

[chare]

3 hours ago, dianah said:

I work with Cardiologists, and I recently noticed one of them has coined a word (he uses it when charting, even!) for describing patients who get short of breath only when bending over (e.g., to tie shoes, pick up trash from the floor, etc): bendopnea (as opposed to dyspnea, orthopnea, etc).  ?

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Although I hadn't heard of this before, it's a unique finding in heart failure associated with worse outcomes, and has been around at least since 2014. 

[dianah, ASN]

8 hours ago, chare said:

Although I hadn't heard of this before, it's a unique finding in heart failure associated with worse outcomes, and has been around at least since 2014. 

Well, I learn something new every day!  Didn't know it was an "official" word!

Hopefully others will share some new words!

[Emergent, RN]

Incarceritis comes to mind...

 https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=incarceritis

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

I experienced bendopnia before my bi-ventricular pacemaker, although no one evaluated for it. When I asked the electrophysiologist about it, he sort of minimized my concern, saying is was probably due to impaired RV filling. 

But it is much better now! As is my ejection fraction. ?

[amoLucia]

Is there obesity  present?

I used to call something 'BLUBBER  RESPIRATIONS'.  Like it was expiratory forced mouth-breathing; kind of puff-puff. And could blow bubbles also with lip saliva/spit. They were in varying distress.