diptheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine

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Question	Answer
aa	of each
Ab	abortion
abd	abdomen
ac	before meals
ad lib	as desire
admin	administer
AM or a.m.	morning
amt	amount
AP	apical pulse
approx	approximately
appt	appointment
ASA	acetylsalicylic acid (asprin)
ASAP	as soon as possible
BA	backache
b/c	because
bid	twice a day
BM	bowel movement
BP	blood pressure
BPM	beats per miniute
BS	blood sugar
BSE	breast self examination
C	with
caps	capsule
cath	catheter catheterize
CC	chief complaint
chemo	chemotherapy
CMA	certified medical assistant
c/o	complains of
CS	cesarena section
Cx	cervox
d	day
/d	per day
d/c	discountinue
D&I	dry and intact
dil	dilute
disch	discharge
DNKA	did not keep appointment
DOB	date of birth
DOI	date of injury
DRE	digital rectal exam
DSD	dry sterile dressing
DTaP	diptheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine
D&V	diarrhea and vomiting
DVA	distance visual acuity
ea	each
EDD	expected date of delivery
ER	emergency room
Fe	iron
flex sig	flexible simoidoscopy
freq	frequent
F/U	follow up
fx	fracture
GYN	gynecology
h or hr	hour
H/A	headache
HBP	hegh blood pressure
HC	head circumference
Hep B	hepatitis B vaccine
Hg	mercury
H20	water
Hr	heart rate
hs	at bedtime
ht	height
ID	intradermal
IM	intramuscular
IPV	inactivated polis vaccine
IV	intravenous
lab	labatory
lac	laceration
lat	lateral
lax	laxative
LB	lower back
LBP	lower back pain
liq	liquid
LMP	last menstrual period
med meds	medication medications
min	minute
MMR	measles, mumps, and rubella
abs	absent
mod	moderate
N/A	not applicable
NB	newborn
N/C	no complaints
neg	negative
NH	nursing home
NICU	newborn intensive care unit
NKDA	no known drug allergies
NMP	normal menstrual period
noct	nocturnal
NS	normal saline
N&V	nausea and vomiting
NVA	near visual acuity
NVD	nausea vomiting
OB	obstetrics
occ	occasionally
oint	ointment
op	operation
OR	orperating room
OT	occupational therapy
OTC	over the counter nonprescroption medication
OV	office visit
P	pulse
Pap	pap test
path	pathology
peds	pediatrics
PEN	penicillin
per	by or through
pharm	pharmacy
pm or p.m	afternoon
po PO	by mount
pos	positive
postop	postoperative (after surgery)
preop	postoerative
prep	preparation
PT	physical therapy
Pt or pt	patient
qd	every day
qh	every hour
q 2,3,4,h	evry 2 3 or 4 hours
qid	four times a day
qn	every night
qn	every night
QNS	quantity not sufficient
qud	every ofther day
quad	quadriplegic
R	respiration
RE	rectal examintion
reg	regular
rehab	rehabilitation
RMA	registered medical assistant
Rx	prescription
s	without
SC or SQ	subcutaneous
S/E	side effect
sec	second
signoid	signoidoscopy
sl	slight
sm	small
SOB	shortness of breath
sol	solution
spec	specimen
STAT	immediately
surg	surgery
T	temperature
tab	tablet
temp	temperature
ther	therapy
tid	three times a day
TLC	totral lung capacity tender loving care
TPR	temperature pulse and respiration
tr	trace
TSE	testicular self examination
vag	vagina, vaginal
VE	vaginal examination
vit	vitamin
VO	verbal order
VS	vital signs
wk	week
WNL	withing normal limits
WO	written order
VS	vital signs
WNL	within normal limits
WO	written order
w/o	without
wt	wieght
W?U	workup
AD	right ear
AS	left ear
AU	in each ear both ears
EENT	eye ear nose and throat
GI	gastrointestinal
GU	genitourinary
LA or lt	left arm
LLQ	lower left quadrant
LRQ	lower right
LUQ	left upper quadrant
OD	right eye
OS	left eye
OU	in each eye both eyes
RLQ1	ritht lower quadrant
RuQ	right upper quadrant
C	celsius
cc	cubic centimeter
cm	centimeter
dL	decliter
F	fahraenheit
g	gram
kg	kilogram
kg	kilogram
L	liter
l	length
lb	pound
m	meter
mcg	microgram
mg	milligram
ml	nukuter
mm	milimeter
oz	ounce
pt	pint
qu	quart
ss	one half
tbsp	tablespoon
tsp	teaspoon
Dx	diagnosis
H/O	history of
H&P	history and physical
Hx	history
PE or Px	physical examination
pog	prognosis
Sx	symptoms
Tx	treatment
BPH	benign prostatic hypertropy
CA	cancer
CAD	coronary artery disease
CHF	congestive heart failure
COPD	chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CRC	colorectal cancer
CVA	ceebrovascular accident
DM	diabetes melitus
Fe def	iron deficiency
GC	gonorrhea
GDM	gestational diabetes mellitus
HTN	hypertension
IBS	irritable bowel syndrome
MI	myocardial infarction
MS	multiple sclerosisq
OA	osteroarthritis
OM	otitis media
PID	pelvic inflammatory disease
RA	rheumatioid arthritis
RF	rheumatic fever
OA	osteroarthritis
OM	otis media
PID	pelvic inflammatory disease
RA	rheumatoid artrtis
RF	rheumatic fever
STD	sexually transmitted disease
TB	tuberculosis
URI	upper respiratory infection
USI	urinary stress incontinence
UTI	urinary tract infection
CT, CAT	computed axial tomography
CXR	chest x-ray
ECG	electrocardiaogram
Echo	echocardiogram
FOBT	fecall occult blood test
IVP	intravenous pyelogram
LP	lumbar puncture
MRI	magnetic resonance imaging
NST	nonstress test
PFT	pulmonary function test
TRUS	transrectal ultrasound
US	ultrasound
BG	blood glucose
Bx	biopsy
CBC	cmmplete blood count
diff	differential
ESR	erythrocyte sedimentation rate
FBS	fasting blood sugar
GCT	glucose challenge test
GTT	glucose tolerance test
Hct	hemotocrit
Hgb	hemoglobin
PPBS	postprandial blood sugar
PSA	prostate specific antigen
PT	prothrobin
RBC	red blood count
RBS	random blood sugar
SG	specific gravity
trig	triglycerides
UA	urinalysis
U/C	urine culture
WBC	white blood count
"	inches
'	feet
-	negative
+	positive
>	greater than
<	less than
@	at
afebrile	without fever the body temperature is normal
antipyretic	an agent that reduces fever
axilla	the armpit
Celsius scale	a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 and the boiling point of water is 100 also called the centigrade scale
conduction	the transfer of energy such as heat from one object to another
convention	the transfer of energy such as heat through air currents
crisis	a sudden falling of an elevated body temperature to normal
disinfectant	an agent used to clean and sterilize
Fahrenheit scale	- a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 32 and boiling point of water is 212
febrile	a body temperature that is above normal synonym for pyrexia
frenulum linguae	the midline fold that connects the undersurface of the tongue with the floor of the mouth
hyperpyrexia	an extremely high fever
hypothermia	a body temperature that is below normal
malaise	a vague feeling
radiation	the transfer of energy such as heat in the form of waves
antecubital space	the space located in front of the elbow
aorta	major trunk of the arterials system of the body
bounding pulse	a pulse that feels extremely strong and full
bradycardia	slower than normal heart rate less than 60 per minute
Dysrhythmia	unequal irregular intervals between the heartbeats
intercostals	between the ribs
Pulse rhythm	time interval between heart beats
Pulse volume	refers to the strength of the heart beat
Tachycardia	fast heart rate
thready pulse	the pulse feels weak and may be difficult to detect
alveolus	thin walled sacs of the lungs and the blood
apnea	with out breathing
bradypnea	slow breathing
cyanosis	bluish color
Dyspnea	bad brething
Eupnea	normal respirations
Orthopnea	easier o breathe while in a sitting or standing position
hypoxia	lack of oxygen
Attending physician	- the physician responsible for the care of a hospitalized patient
Consultation report	a narrative report of an opinion about a patients condition by a practitioner other than the attending physician
objective symptom	a symptom that can be observed by an examiner
subjective symptom	a symptom that is felt by the patient but is not observable by an examiner
Aerobe	microorganisms that require oxygen
Anaerobe	microorganisms that live with out oxegen
Asepsis	free from infection or pathogens that actions practiced to make and maintain an area object free from infection or pathogens
exposure incident	a specific eye, nose mouth, other mucous membrane, non-intact skin, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that results from an employees duties
opportunistic infection	an infection that results from a defective immune system that cannot defend the body from pathogens normally found in the environment
transient flora	microorganisms that reside on the superficial skin layers and are picked up in the course of daily activities they are offer pathogenic but can be removed easily from the skin by sanitizing the hands
Critical item	an item that comes in contact with sterile tissue or the vascular system
Incubate	to provide proper conditions for growth and development
Non-critical item	an item that comes into contact with intact skin but not mucous membranes
Semicritical item	an item that comes into contact with nonintact skin or intact mucous membranes
Spore	a hard thick walled capsule formed by some bacteria that contains only the essential parts of the protoplasm of the bacterial cell
Thermolabile	easily affected or change by heat
5 element	plot what happen the action character the people and development theme symbol what story means something stands for point of view who is telling the story narration what tense story is in setting the place of story takes place
first person	me I mine tense of stroy
second person	you instructions how to do somthing type of stroy
third person	they he she tense
limited third person	when person leaves story being told is over
unlimited	all knowing
5 stages of story	expostion rising action climax falling action conclusion
person vrs person	example: why lived at p.o. conflict is when sister arguing with stella rondo about shirley
person vrs nataur	example: very old man with enoumous wings conflict is old man outside in elements and when family dealing with the clean up of a disaster
person vrs self	example: young Goodman brown conflict is when he was dealing with the strength of his faith
Hills like white elephants	Earnest Hemingway
receitiff	Toni Morrison
How I learned to drive	paula Vogel
zebra story	spencer
Young goodman brown	nathianal hawthorn
how do I love thee	Elizibeth robert browning
Happlily ending	margaret atwood
story of an hour	kate choppin
married love	liz rogberg
too the ladies	mary lay
rocking horse	D H lawerence
last confession	WB yates
3 elements of poetry different from fiction	meter the syllabus or accent in line how you feel when saying tone feeling behind piece of writing form moves by lines ideals and no background information
what is drama	ment to be perfomed more diagloues less description time contraints less discription of characters thier way look their actions
protangnist	leading charcter leading role
antangnist	counter part or opponet of the leading role
exposition	the explanation of the past and current situation emerges only here and there in the dialogue
rising action	what it takes to get to climax of the story
climax	the main action of the story
falling action	the winding down before story comes to an end
conclusion	the ending of the story
stage direction	the italicized description of the set characters and actions
monlouge	extended speeches by one character
narrator	the person telling the story
tone	the style or number or expression is difficult to specify or explain

Created by: rose phillips

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