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chapter 20 abb.
betty davis second edition
| abbrevation | meaning |
|---|---|
| AP | ANTEROPOSTERIOR |
| Ba | barium |
| BE | BARIUM ENEMA |
| CAT | COMPUTED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY |
| C-SPINE | CERVICAL SPINE (FILM) |
| CT | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY |
| CXR | CHEST X-RAY |
| DSA | DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY |
| DSR | DYNAMIC SPATIAL RECONTRUCTOR |
| ECHO | ECHOCARDIOGRAM |
| ERCP | ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLOANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY |
| Fx | FRACTURE |
| IVC | INTRAVENENOUS CHOLANGIOGRAPHY |
| IVP | INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAM |
| IVU | INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY |
| KUB | KIDNEYS URETERS BLADDER |
| LGI | LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL SERIES |
| MRA | MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY |
| MRI | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING |
| NMR | MUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE |
| NPO | NOTHIG BY MOUTH |
| PA | OSTEROANTERIOR |
| PET | POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGAPHY |
| PTC | PERCUTANEOUS TANSHEPTIC CHLANGIOGRAPHY |
| PTHC | PERCUTAEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANIOGRAPHY |
| rad | RADIATION ABSORBD DOSE |
| RAI | RAIOACTIE IODINE |
| SBS | SMALL BOWEL SERIES |
| SPECT | SIGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMUTED TOMOGRAPHY |
| UGI | UPER GASTROINTESTINAL |
| u/s | ultrasound |