The following contains a list of corrections to the AAMT CMT Review Guide.

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Page Error Correction

Second paragraph, misplaced comma: “Her
husband is under severe stress and, Should be "…stress, and consequently, the
p. 42, 47 consequently, the patient…." patient…"
Fourth paragraph, term meant to be
proofreading error is written correctly: Should be “humoral”; corrected on p. 71 to
p. 64 “femoral” “femoral”
Procedure section, second paragraph:
Heparin is capitalized (also see key
p. 64 on pg. 71) Should be lowercase
Under PAST MEDICAL HISTORY, number
meant to be proofreading error is written Should be “one”; then should be marked as
p. 66 correctly: “1” error on p. 73 and corrected to “1”
Should be identified as a proofreading
Under RECOMMENDATION, error not error, the correct answer being
p. 75 marked: "brady- or tachydysrhythmia" "bradydysrhythmia or tachydysrhythmia"
Intravenous Fluids: Crystalloid is
p. 78 capitalized Should be lowercase
Under EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
p. 84 COURSE, abbreviation: “mL/hour” Should be “mL/h”
Under EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
p. 84 COURSE, unnecessary hyphen: “on-call” Should be “on call”
Hospital Course, third paragraph:
p. 94 16:30 Should be “1630’
Under FINAL DIAGNOSES, mismarked error:
p. 101 “left” “left” should not be marked as incorrect
Under HISTORY, missing commas: “G3 P2
p. 107 A0” Should be “G3, P2, A0”
Under IMPRESSION, missing % symbol: “10-
p. 110 20%” Should be “10%-20%”
First line, unnecessary hyphen: “focally-
p. 118 advanced” Should be “focally advanced”
First paragraph, last sentence: q.d. is
P. 118 a dangerous abbreviation Should be “every day”
Under IMPRESSION: unnecessary hyphen:
p. 120 “rule-out” Should be “rule out”
First line, unnecessary hyphen: “locally-
p. 124 advanced” Should be “locally advanced”
Under IMPRESSION: unnecessary hyphen:
p. 126 “rule-out” Should be “rule out”
Second paragraph, wrong word:
p. 140 “understands” Should be “understand”
Under DIAGNOSIS, wrong word given as
correct answer in proofreading box: Proofreading box should read "Incorrect
p. 148 “bronchitis” term—rhinitis"
Second paragraph, wrong word:
p. 149 “understands” Should be “understand”
p. 149 First proofreading box, misspelling: “Embrel” Should be “Enbrel”
Medications section: Cefepime
p. 158 capitalized Should be lowercase
Under Impression, incorrect capitalization:
p. 162 “Vancomycin” Should be “vancomycin”
p. 223, 230 Question #4, incorrect answer listed: A Correct answer is C
Under SOCIAL HISTORY, incorrect word not Should be marked as proofreading error;
p. 232 marked as proofreading error: “immigrated” “emigrated” is correct
p. 242, 249 Question #14, incorrect answer listed: B Correct answer is C
Assessment/Plan section: Captopril
p. 259 capitalized Should be lowercase
p. 286, 298 Question #3, incorrect answer listed: B Correct answer is A
Description of Procedure section:
p. 299 versed lowercase Should be uppercase
p. 322, 328 Neurologic: “Neuro vascular” Should be “Neurovascular”
p. 341 “Tylenol with codeine” Should be “Tylenol with Codeine”
p. 341 Plan: Contraction “we'll” Should be “we will”
Under PLAN, term meant to be proofreading Should be “followup” as an intentional error
p. 354 error is written correctly: “follow up” (correction shown on p. 364)

p. 373 #22 – “slit lamp” Should be “slit-lamp”

p. 389 “ORIF” Should be expanded as in Diagnosis

POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS:
p. 390 missing comma after “laminectomy” Add comma

p. 391 “Fentanyl” capitalized Should be lowercase

First sentence, second paragraph
under DESCRIPTION OF
PROCEDURE: “metatarsal
p. 403 phalangeal” no corrected
p. 409 Proofreading error not marked: “L5-F1”
p. 410 IMAGING, first sentence: “demonstrates”
#1 under PAST MEDICAL HISTORY missing
p. 422 period
2nd sentence, SOCIAL HISTORY: “house
p. 433 wares”
Proofreading error not marked: 2nd line under
NEUROLOGIC FINDINGS contains the word
p. 446 “lite”
Incorrect word not marked as proofreading
p. 451 error: “Protected Length of Stay”
Incorrect word not marked as proofreading
p. 451 error: #3 under Treatment Goals, “length”
2nd sentence, 2nd paragraph under REASON
p. 455 FOR VISIT: “papillary or thyroid cancer”
p. 460 Question #24, incorrect answer listed: A
Question #28, Question says “adrenal
hormone” and answer says “somatostatin”
p. 461, 468 Question #30, incorrect answer listed: D
Question #20, missing hyphen: “obsessive
p. 487 compulsive”
Colon following heading that stands on a line
p. 519, 528 by itself: “PHYSICAL EXAMINATION:”
Major section heading not formatted
p. 519 consistently with others: “RESPIRATORY:”
Major section heading formatted incorrectly:
p. 529 “DATA:”
p. 539 Question #3, incorrect answer listed: C
Should be corrected to
“metatarsophalangeal”
Should be marked as error, with the
correction being “L5-S1”
Should be “demonstrate”
Add period at end
Should be “housewares”
Should be marked as error, with the
correction being “light”
Should be marked as error, with the
correction being “Projected”
Should be marked as error, with the
correction being “strength”
Should be “papillary thyroid cancer”
Correct answer is B.
Question should say “pituitary hormone”
and answer “somatotropin”
Correct answer is B
Should be “obsessive-compulsive”
Delete colon after PHYSICAL
EXAMINATION heading
RESPIRATORY heading should be bold,
on a line by itself, and have no colon
following it
DATA heading should be bold, on a line by
itself, and have no colon following it.
Correct answer is A
p. 539, 552 Question #11, incorrect answer listed: B Correct answer is A
PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: missing
p. 548 period Add period after “retention”
Word in exercise in inconsistent with the key:
“Mycology cream”—key on p. 562 shows Change “Mycology” to “Mica log” on p. 551
p. 551 “Mica log” being corrected to “Mycolog” for consistency with key
p. 613 8. Interjection: “shoes” Should be “shows”
p. 649 Question #7, incorrect answer listed: “is” Should be “his”
p. 649 Question #8, incorrect answer listed: “his” Should be “has”
p. 653 Fifth Objective, misspelling: “HIPPA” Should be “HIPAA”
p. 662 Question #15, misspelling: “HIPPA” Should be “HIPAA”
Should be “villous—shaggy; covered with
villi” and “villus—a projection from the
Definitions for “villous” and “villus” are surface, especially of a mucous
p. 687 reversed membrane”
Dictation Incorrect abbreviation in answer key: “On
exercise, followup after 2 hours, there was gross
Urology hydronephrosis and hydroureter on the left to
chapter the level of the UCJ.” “UCJ” is incorrect; should be “UVJ”