The Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology is the society's official scientific journal. Readers know that each issue is filled with high caliber reporting that delivers the most timely medical, minimally-invasive, radiological, pathological and socioeconomic news related to the specialty.
I live in the United States, and I was wondering if medical personnel in other countries use the same shorthand symbols that we do. As examples: lower case c with a line over it means with; lower case s with a line over it means without, a triangle (chevron symbol) means change, etc.
In the medical worls, SOAP stands for Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan. The SOAP note is a daily notation of a patient's condition, progress and immediate plan for diagnosis and treatment. A well-written SOAP note is important for maintaining quality of medical care as a patient is passed from doctor to doctor and the care is billed to an insurance company. 1. Document the subjective state of the patients.