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Digestive System A&T
Digestive System Abbreviation
Question | Answer |
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BE | BARIUM ENEMA; X-RAY EXAM OF THE COLON |
GB | GALLBLADDER; ORGAN BELOW THE LIVER THAT STORES BILE |
GERD | GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE; REFLUX ESOPHATITIS |
GI | GASTROINTESTINAL |
IBD | IRRITABLE BOWEL DISEASE |
IBS | IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME |
LFT's | LIVER FUNCTION TESTS |
NPO | NOTHING BY MOUTH (NIL PER OS) |
TPN | TOTAL PARENTEAL NUTRITION |
PUD | OPEN SORE OR LESION IN THE TOMACH OR INTESTINE |
EGD | VISUAL EXAMINATION USING A SCOPE OF THE SOPHAGUS, STOMACH AND FIRST PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE |
NG tube | PLACEMENT OF A TUBE FROM THE NOSE TO THE STOMACH |
ERCP | ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY |
ALT OR AST | LIVER ENZYMES MEASURED AS PART OF LFTs |
AN/O | ANUS |
APPEND/O | APPENDIX |
APPENDIC/O | APPENDIX |
CHOLECYST/O | GALLBLADDER |
COL/O | COLON |
COLON/O | COLON |
DUODEN/O | DUODENUM |
ESOPHAG/O | ESOPHAGUS |
GASTR/O | STOMACH |
HEPAT/O | LIVER |
ILE/O | ILEUM |
JEJUN/O | JEJUNUM |
OR/O | MOUTH |
PANCREAT/O | PANCREAS |
PHARYNG/O | PHARYNX |
PROCT/O | ANUS AND RECTUM |
SIGMOID/O | SIGMOID COLON |
STOMAT/O | MOUTH |