everything
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| a.c. | before meals (ante cebum)
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| GERD | gastroesophageal reflux disease
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| NPO or n.p.o. | nothing by mouth (nil per os)
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| p.c. | after meals (post cebum)
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| PEG | percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
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| ischemia | lack of blood flow
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| PO or p.o. | by mouth (per os)
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| AFB | acid-fast bacilla (leads to TB)
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| AP | anteroposterior (view on a chest x-ray)
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| C & S | culture and sensitivity
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| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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| CXR | chest x-ray
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| DOE | dyspnea on exertion
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| PA | posteroanterior (view on a chest x-ray)
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| PCP | Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (marker for AIDS)
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| PFT | pulmonary function test
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| SOB | shortness of breath
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| URI | upper respiratory infection
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| AAA | abdonimal aortic aneurysm
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| AED | automatic external defibrillator
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| AMI | acute myocardial infarction
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| CABG | coronary artery bypass graft
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| CHF | congestive heart failure
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| CPR | cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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| ECG/EKG | electrocardiography
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| MI | muocardial infarction
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| MVP | mitral valve prolapse
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| PMI | point of maximum impulse
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| PVC | premature ventricular contraction (arrhthymia)
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| V fib | ventricular fibrillation
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| V tach | ventricular tachycardia
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| AIDS | aquired immunodeficiency syndrome
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| CBC | complete blood count
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| DIC | disseminated intravascular coagulation (disorder of clotting, multiple small thrombi throughout body)
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| HCT | hematocrit (percentage of RBCs in a blood sample)
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| HGB | hemoglobin
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| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus
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| RBC | red blood cell
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| WBC | white blood cell
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| Bx | biopsy
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| I & D | incision and drainage
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| SQ | subcutaneous
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| tomy | process of cutting or making incision
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| stomy | surgically crated opening (mouth)
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| iatrogenic | treatment induced - think chemo
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