After swiping from this board for months now and not contributing much of anything, I thought that my pain list might help somebody.

I use pn for pain, as it seems I get less conflicts: Here's my shorts:


abpn = abdominal pain
anfpn = as needed for pain
arpn = arthritic pain
bapn = back pain
cnpn = cervical neck pain
cwpn = chest wall pain
capn = chronic abdominal pain
clbpn = chronic low back pain
dacpn = denies any chest pain
etpn = epigastric-type pain
expn = exquisite pain
btpn = burning-type pain
atcpn = admits to chest pain
dapn = diffuse abdominal pain
gpnc = good pain control
iotpn = improvement of the pain
ibpn = intractable back pain
idpn = increased pain
igpn = increasing pain
icpnf = is currently pain free
jpn = jaw pain
jopn = joint pain
lapn = left arm pain
rapn = right arm pain
lfpn = left flank pain
lhpn = left hip pain
rhpn = right hip pain
ruapn = right upper arm pain
luapn = left upper arm pain
lspn = left shoulder pain
lscpn = left-sided chest pain
lbpn = low back pain
lrbpn = lumbar back pain
milcpn = mild chest pain
modcpn = moderate chest pain
sevcpn = severe chest pain
pnad = pain and discomfort
dapn = discomfort and pain
pnma = pain management
pnorom = pain on range of motion
pnop = pain on palpation
pnow = pain on weightbearing
pnre = pain relief
pcpn = pleuritic chest pain
popn = postoperative pain
repn = rectal pain
rppn = reproducible pain
rotpn = reproduction of the pain
rzpn = residual pain
rapn =right arm pain
lapn = left arm pain
rgpn = right groin pain
rhpn = right hip pain
rspn = right shoulder pain
rscpn = right-sided chest pain
sevpn = severe pain
shpn = sharp pain
sipn = similar pain
sapn = swelling and pain
tapn = true abdominal pain
tepn = testicular pain
wopn = worsening of pain

I think I will go take a few Tylenol now

LOL!

Minnie, this is awesome! Thanks a lot. I really appreciate it.

You know, just yesterday I had a new member mail me to say that they had gotten a lot of lists from here, felt very happy and satisfied about it, and to be sure to thank everyone who has contributed lists. They do mean something to a lot of folks. Thanks for taking the time and giving out your great pain list.

Thanks from me too, Minnie. I'm just going to help myself to your list and redo the shorts to suit me. Your post got me to thinking about pain in general, and just a bunch comes to mind. When I'm done work for today, or maybe over the weekend, I'll post some of those.

Marti

Okay, here are a few of mine.

Pain in the left
Pain in the middle
Pain in the right
Pain in the left arm
Pain in the right arm
Pain in both arms
Pain in the left wrist
Pain in the right wrist
Pain in both wrists
Pain in the left hand
Pain in the right hand
Pain in both hands
Pain in the left wrist
Pain in the right wrist
Pain in both wrists
Pain in both hands and wrists
Pain in both wrists and hands
Pain in the ulnar aspect
Pain in the volar aspect
Pain in the left shoulder
Pain in the right shoulder
Pain in both shoulders
Pain in the left hip
Pain in the right hip
Pain in both hips
Pain in the left leg
Pain in the right leg
Pain in both legs
Pain in the right knee
Pain in the left knee
Pain in both knees
Pain in the right foot
Pain in the left foot
Pain in both feet
Pain in the left heel
Pain in the right heel
Pain that radiates
Pain in the right big toe
Pain in the left big toe
Pain over the
Pain on the bottom of
Pain over the top of
Pain over the bottom of

Marti

swipe!!

Thanks y'all!

Okay, here are a few pains... from the Ortho Book. Be sure to check the spelling. I forgot.

aaps=aches and pain's
atpn=Achilles tendon pain
acpn=aching pain
acpn=acute pain
abpn=adolescent back pain
albpn=acute low back pain
arbpn=amputaion-related bone pain
partst=pain asymmetry, range, tone, special test (PARTS)
part=pain at rest
bkpn=back pain
blpn=band-like pain
baopn=Behavioral Assessment of Pain (BAP)
bopn=boring pain
bupn=burning pain
capn=causalgic pain
cmpn=cervical myofascial pain
clbpn=chronic low back pain (CLBP)
csjpn=chronic subtalar joint pain
copn=contralateral pain
pcip=pain control infusion pump
clpn=cross leg pain
depn=deafferentation pain
depn=dermatomal pain
dipn=discogenic pain
padrg=pain drawing
dapn=dull aching pain
pdse=pain dysfunction syndrome
enpn=endogenous pain
eppn=epicritic pain
eibpn=exercise-induced breast pain
fipn=fibromyalgic pain
fbpn=functional back pain
gctop=gate control theory of pain
glpn=glenohumeral pain
gopn=gouty pain
grpn=groin pain
grpn=growing pain
iakpn=idiopathic anterior knee pain
iapn=idiopathic arm pain
impn=impingement pain
painn=pain induction
jlpn=joint line pain
kfpn=kinetic foot pain
lapn=lancinating pain
lbpn=low back pain
mglpn=machine-gun-like pain
pamet=pain measurement
maopn=Multiaxial Assessment of Pain (MAP)
mfpn=myofascial pain
mtpn=myotomal pain
oapn=osteoarthritic pain
pfpn=patellofemoral pain
pmpn=perimalleolar pain
pspn=periscapulitis shoulder pain
pepn=persistent pain
plpn=phantom limb pain
pipn=pillar pain
plpn=plantar pain
phpn=postherpetic pain
poppn=postoperative pain
ptpn=post-traumatic pain
prpn=prickling pain
pfopn=primary focus of pain
ppdpcp=Pronex pneumatic device for cervical pain
ppt=pain provocation test
rapn=radicular pain
rcpn=recalcitrant pain
rnpn=referred neuritic pain
rtppn=referred trigger point pain
repn=rest pain (RP)
riolbp=Roland index of low back pain
stpn=scapulothoracic pain
stpn=sclerotomal pain
sepn=searing pain
shpn=shooting pain
slpn=splint-like pain
sfpn=static foot pain
smpn=sympathetically mediated pain
ptge=pain threshold gauge
tlpn=tic-like pain
vlpn=vise-like pain
vopn=volley of pain
pwwbg=pain with weightbearing


This is fun. Thanks for helping with my lists everyone

LOL, just look at all these pain lists! I'm gonna have to share my Tylenol with all of you!

I had a few more tonight while doing some pain clinic reports -

right L5 radicular pain
pain scale of 1 to 10
stabbing, throbbing, sharp-type pain
lumbar myofascial pain and spasms
the pain was reproduced

Harrie, I have been so blessed by this board, you'll never know how much I appreciate what I've learned here. I am so excited!!!!!!

I started using a lot of the tips here to invent my shorts for autocorrect over the past year. Then, about 4 months ago, I began using Dictaphone's platform with the ESPs. After getting so excited about the having a real expander (The ESPs were definitely an improvement over autocorrect), I decided to take the plunge and I ordered Instant Text last week. all I can say is WOW!!!!!

I have learned so much already about Instant Text especially because of you and the great people who partipate here on this forum. I can honestly tell you my production rate has almost doubled in the past 5 months using many of the tips here and the Grow Method.

I type lots of 3 or 4 word phrases and then the last word, the first 3 letters, i.e., bsant for broad-spectrum antibiotics and find this method of expanding to just come very naturally. This method seems to works just perfectly with Instant Text. I can't believe I never thought of doing this on my own!!!!!! It is just a gem for all of us!

I also incorporate a few other methods into my madness as I'm sure most of you do! Some of my favorite things I picked up from this board are:

1. Grow method
2. it for itis words (i.e. conit for conjunctivitis)
3. k for ectomy words (i.e., pnek for pneumonectomy)
4. meg for words like cmeg (cardiomegaly) tmeg (thyromegaly) hsmeg (hepatosplenomegaly)

LOL, come to think of it, I think I swiped almost every tip posted!!!!

I haven't started using IT for work yet, but I have imported all my ESPs (from Dictaphone.) I love how easy it is to back up your glosseries!!!! I was never able to figure out how to save the autocorrect stuff and always worried that my computer would crash. Having IT is a no-brainer!!!! I was really worried it would be way over my head, but it isn't really all that difficult, and it is sooooo awesome!!!!

Okay, enough excitement for one night!!! LOL

Thank you all for sharing with me

Minnie, I really like these 3 ideas and think I may look at using them. It's amazing what you don't think of until you see what someone else is doing and how simple it is. Yep IT is an amazing program, just amazing. Enjoy. And, thanks again for sharing these ideas. You may have gotten them from here but I either missed them or they didn't strike me at the time, now they strike me, thanks again.

Marti

Edited to say, I'm ready for that Tylenol now

Hi Marti,

I'm glad to hear you might take a second look at some of those ideas. To give you an example of how I use these, the following are some of shorts I use. The rule posted was to use the first 3 letters followed by a K.

some ectomy works using the k: (There are loads more, of course!)

esophagectomy esok
hysterectomy hysk
laminectomy lamk
discectomy diskk (double last letter if you want to use disk)
appendectomy appk
pneumonectomy pnek


ITIS words:

Using the letters "it" (first 3 letters, then it).. I kind of make these a little shorter depending if I have more than one word I'm going to expand.

Isn't it funny how our expansions seem to evolve over time? I always think to myself, there has to be a quicker way!!!!! LOL


conjunctivitis conit
appendicitis appit
acute appendicitis qait....... I use q a lot for acute
gastritis gasit
chronic gastritis cgit
bursitis burit
gingivitis ginit
tendinitis tenit
myositis myoit
cholecystitis choit
bacterial endocarditis beit
acute bacterial endocarditis qbeit
fascitis fasit
tenosynovitis tsit
de quervain tenosynovitis dqtit
acute gouty arthritis agait
gastroenteritis geit
allergic rhinitis arit
dermatitis derit
sinusitis sinit
Achilles tendinitis atit
acute gastroenteritis ageit
glomerulonephritis gnit
vaginitis vagit
meningitis menit
encephalitis enit
labyrinthitis labit
bronchitis broit
tracheobronchitis tbit
cellulitis celit
osteomyelitis omit
diverticulitis divit
enterocolitis ecit
temporal arteritis tait

diverticulitis divit

I am new to shortcuts, but I was wondering, why not just use div for diverticulitis?

Ok, I see now...Sometimes I just don't think things through. So, if divit = diverticulitis, what would be diverticulosis? How about div?

You could do that, but I think you may want to keep thinking. The actual base word here is diverticulum. So I would use div for that if I didn't have a better use for that particular three-letter short (maybe I'd rather use that for divide or some other word). Then divs would be diverticula (using s at the end to make the plural of a base word even if it's latin and the plural is actually formed differently), divit for diverticulitis, and whatever affix to the base short you decide you want to use for your "osis" words.

Before you start just wildly slinging shorts at words, you need to stop a moment and analyze all the related word shorts you are likely to need. Develop a system for the variants and try to stick to it in creating your shorts. Use frequency analysis on representative transcribed documents and/or tables of frequency available for general English words to decide what to get into your expander first and what to assign the easiest and fastest shortcuts to. You'll find thread discussing all that kind of thing elsewhere on this forum.

To make sure you don't miss any obvious entries you might need in the word family, run a wildcard search at www.onelook.com. It you enter diverticul* there, you get the following list of variations common enough to make the dictionary: diverticula, diverticular, diverticularization, diverticulate, diverticulectomy, diverticulitis, diverticulitises, diverticulogram, diverticuloma, diverticulopexy, diverticulosis, diverticulum. All those are words formed from diverticulum with standard medical affixes. You need to come up with your own standard short forms for all those common affixes so you know what to add to your base short for the stem word to get whatever derived word you need at the moment.

Thank you so much for your advice!!!

You're most welcome--just glad you checked in here when you were just starting to use an expander. Too many seem to find us only after their growing mountain of spur-of-the-moment shorts has gotten totally unmanageable and/or the AutoCorrect they were trying to use as a professional expander has completely flaked out on them.

Sure, there's always something more you decide you need in your expander, but it pays to keep the 10-90 rule in mind (90% of your results come from the first 10% of your effort). Don't rush to make shorts just to have shorts. Spend some time and thought on your system for those shorts. If you're not sure what works for you, keep your list of shorts small for the moment and play around with variations until you do have an idea how you would want your system set up. You'll waste a lot less time and energy in the long run by starting slowly and using more brain power than finger power in setting up your initial expander list.

Besides, you don't need a huge set of shorts to get some quite noticeable productivity gains--you just need the right shorts. Take a look here:
http://www.productivitytalk.com/forums/ind...?showtopic=3496

That's right, just 150 shorts and you will be abbreviating 50% of the words you type in any field; take it to 2000 and you'll be abbreviating 75%. The same kind of math applies to phrases--you get the most bang for your buck (time is money) by initially concentrating on setting up shorts for the ones with very high frequency.