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Re: gdm and acronym and slang use in forums From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Thu Feb 27 15:36:06 2003 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Karen: "chemical Pregnancy" Previous message: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Re: Retention after Pereyra procedure" In reply to: Braun, R. Daniel: "Re: gdm and acronym and slang use in forums" at the bottom of my first history and physical exam write up in medical school, the supervising housestaff officer wrote "Do Not Abbrev" art At Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Braun, R. Daniel wrote: > >Sorry about that, but it is just second nature. > >Dan > >-----Original Message----- >From: emilio porro [mailto:sanbonav@hotmail.com] >Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:25 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L >Subject: gdm and acronym and slang use in forums > >Reading the interesting post of Dr.Dan I was obliged to be sure to >understand what He was speaking about, searching under http://www.obgyn.net/ >news /acronym expander and reading that gdm means gestational diabetes >mellitus. >I have no problems with Internet having a ADSL modem connection but I >think that because obgyn.net is a worldwide forum and some collegues in >some countries have probably problems of communication with Internet ,it >is a form of respect towards them to use words that can be easily >urderstood everywhere avoiding acronyms or slang words if possible or >explaining them. >Yours faithfully >Emilio Porro >Ob&Gyn Medical Doctor >Como-ITALY >http://www.sanbonaventura.com > >slang:very informal words and expressions often used only by a >particular social group > >At Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Braun, R. Daniel wrote: >>GDM: To screen or not to screen. >>U.S. Preventive Health Services task force finds that there is >>insufficient evidence to recommend screening or to not recommend >>screening. >>So they say: Maybe you should or Maybe you shouldn't. >> >>Dan -- art fougner, md ich bin ein New Yorker Next message: Karen: "chemical Pregnancy" Previous message: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Re: Retention after Pereyra procedure" In reply to: Braun, R. Daniel: "Re: gdm and acronym and slang use in forums"

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