[Histonet] Re: DRGs

[John Kiernan]

Good on yer, Bob! 
There are indeed far too many abbreviations. Anything  not in the Abbreviations appendix of an ordinary dictionary (volume = one litre or less, as on the average family's shelf) should be explained.
 
In this case my interpretation was DRG = dorsal root ganglia. Dissecting them out of rats is a difficult job even for the easiest one (C2), and a rat is 10 times as big as a mouse! The only easy-to-remove rat or mouse sensory ganglion is the trigeminal. 
 
Cheers,   John
 
John Kiernan
Anatomy, UWO
London, Canada
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----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Richmond <rsrichmond <@t> gmail.com>
Date: Friday, February 19, 2010 14:08
Subject: [Histonet] Re: DRGs
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu

> DRG's for mice? Do mice have Medicare now? I hope the pending health
> care reform legislation addresses this issue - it's no wonder costs
> are spiraling out of sight!
> 
> I have the feeling that a mouse DRG might be something other than
> "Diagnosis Related Group", the coding scheme that has determined
> Medicare (and many other insurers') payments to hospitals for 
> close to
> thirty years now.
> 
> Histonet includes many people from diverse disciplines. It's better
> not to assume that any but the commonest abbreviations (H & E 
> and not
> too many more) will be understood by every Histonetter.
> 
> Bob Richmond
> Samurai Pathologist
> Knoxville TN (I mean Tennessee)
> 
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