Medical Transcription Word Board archived thread

Anonymous
Treated for an "empiric" prostate infection or "enteric" (nm)
Mon Aug 30, 2004 14:59

jiny
"empiric" makes the most sense here (sm).
Mon Aug 30, 2004 15:02

From Onelook:

adjective: derived from experiment and observation rather than theory.

Anonymous
Thank you (nm)
Mon Aug 30, 2004 15:15

boobie doo
empiric treatment/therapy, but not an empiric infection - sm
Mon Aug 30, 2004 15:26

that doesn't make sense. They may have put him on empiric therapy for a prostate infection, but not treatment for an empiric prostate infection.

jiny
it does make sense if you use this definition (sm)
Mon Aug 30, 2004 15:32

"derived from experiment and observation." In this case, it would be synonymous with "apparent" (i.e., not actually proven by lab tests but clinically apparently). Does that make sense?

boobie doo
no, it doesn't make sense to me and I've never heard sm
Mon Aug 30, 2004 15:34

anyone use empiric in that context.

jiny
Oh. I have. (nm)
Mon Aug 30, 2004 15:42

SusanBAnthony
Agree with boobie, in context would be totally incorrect....
Mon Aug 30, 2004 16:34

There is no such thing as an empiric prostate infection.