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mod 6 exam
abbreviations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| FSH | FOLLICLE STIMULATION HORMONE |
| Fx | FRACTURE |
| GB | GALLBLADDER |
| GBS | GALLBLADDER SERIES |
| GERD | GASTRO/ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE |
| GI | GASTROINTESTINAL |
| GP | GENERAL PRACTITIONER |
| GTT | GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST |
| GYN | GYNECOLOGY |
| HAV | HEPATITS A VIRUS |
| HBV | HEPATITS B VIRUS |
| HCG | HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN |
| HEENT | HEAD EYES EARS NOSE THROAT |
| Hgb | HEMOGLOBIN |
| hs | AT BEDTIME |
| Hx | HISTORY |
| ICU | INTENSIVE CARE UNIT |
| IDDM | INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS |
| IM | INTRAMUSCULAR |
| IOP | INTRA/OCULAR PRESSUER |
| KUB | KIDNEY URETER BLADDER |
| LLQ | LEFT LOWER QUADRANT |
| LMP | LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD |
| LUQ | LEFT UPPER QUADRANT |
| MI | MYOCARDIAL INFRACTION |
| mmHg | MILIMETER OF MERCURY |
| MRI | MAGNECTIC RESONACNE IMAGINING |
| MS | MUSCULOSKELETAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS MENTAL STATUS |
| NIDDM | NON-INSULIN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS |
| no | NONE |
| NPO | NOTHING BY MOUTH |
| NSAIDS | NON-STERIODAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS |
| OB-GYN | OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY |
| OD | RIGTH EYE |
| OS | LEFT EYE |
| os | MOUTH |
| OU | BOTH EYES |
| PAP | PAPANICOLAOU'S SMEAR/TEST |
| PERRLA | PUPILS EQUAL, ROUND, REACTIVE TO LIGHT AND ACCOMODATION |
| PGH | PITUITARY GROWTH HORMONE |
| pH | POTENTIAL FOR HYDROGEN (LEVEL OF ACIDITY/ALKALINITY) |
| PIE | PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE |
| PSA | PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN |
| pt | PATIENT |
| PUD | PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE |
| q2h | EVERY TWO HOURS |
| R/O | RULE OUT |
| RA | RHEUMATIOD ARTHRITIS |
| RAIU | RADIO/ACTIVE IODINE UPTAKE |
| RBC | RED CBLOOD CELL (COUNT) |
| REM | RAPID EYE MOVEMENT |
| RLQ | RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT |
| ROM | RANGE OF MOTION |
| RUQ | RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT |
| Rx | PRESCRIPTION THERAPY |
| SIDS | SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME |
| SOB | SHORTNESS OF BREATH |
| STAT | IMMEDIATELY |
| STD | SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE |
| T & A | TONSILLECTOMY AND ADNEOIDECTOMY |
| TB | TEBERCULOSIS |
| THR | TOATAL HIP REPLACEMENT |
| TIA | TRANSIETN ISCHEMIC ATTACK |
| TPR | TEMPERATURE, PULSE, RESPIRATION |
| TSH | THYROD STIMULATING HORMONE |
| TURP | TRANSURETHARAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE |
| UA | UNRIN/ALYSIS |
| URI | UPPER RESPIRATIORY INFECTION |
| VA | VISUAL ACUITY |
| VF | VISUAL FIELD |
| VS | VITAL SIGHNS |
| WBC | WHITE BLODD CELL (COUNT) |
| Ab | ANTIBODIES |
| ab | ABORTION |
| ABGs | ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES |
| ACTH | ADRENO/CORTICO/TROPIC HORMONE |
| AD | RIGHT EAR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE |
| ad lib | AT LIBERTY |
| ADH | ANTI-DIURETIC HORMONE |
| AF | ATRIAL FIBRILLATION |
| AIDS | ACQUIRED IMMUNO/DEFICIENCY SYNDROME |
| AK | ABOVE THE KNEE |
| AP | ANTERIO/POSTERIOR |
| ARDS | ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME |
| AS | LEFT EAR |
| ASAP | AS SOON AS POSSIBLE |
| BaE | BARIUM ENEMA |
| bid | TWICE A DAY |
| BK | BELOW THE KNEE |
| BM | BOWEL MOVEMENT |
| BP | BLOOD PRESSURE |
| Bx | BIOPSY |
| CAD | CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE |
| CBC | COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT |
| CCU | CRITICAL CARE UNIT |
| CHF | CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE |
| COPD | CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE |
| CPR | CARDIO/PULMONARY RESUSCITATION |
| CSF | CEREBRO/SPINAL FLUID |
| CT | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY |
| CVA | CEREBRO/VASCULAR ACCIDENT |
| CXR | CHEST X-RAY |
| D & C | DILATION AND CURETTAGE |
| DJD | DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE |
| DOA | DEAD ON ARRIVAL |
| DOB | DATE OF BIRTH |
| DVT | DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS |
| ECG | ELECTRO/CARDIO/GRAM |
| ECHO | ECHO/CARDIO/GRAM ECHO/ENCEPHALO/GRAM |
| EEG | ELECTRO/ENCEPHALO/GRAM |
| EENT | EYES, EARS, NOSE, THROAT |
| EMG | ELECTRO/MYO/GRAM |
| ENT | EARS, NOSE, THROAT |
| ER | EMERGENCY ROOM |
| ESR | ERTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE |
| FBS | FASTING BLOOD SUGAR |
| FHR | FETAL HEART RATE |
| A B AB O | BLOOD TYPES IN ABO BLOOD GROUP |
| AIDS | ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME |
| ALL | ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA |
| AML | ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA |
| APC | ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELL |
| APTT | ACTIVATED PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME |
| baso | BASOPHIL (TYPE OF WHITE BLOOD CELL) |
| BCC | BASAL CELL CARCINOMA |
| Bx | BIOPSY |
| CA | CANCER CHROMONLOGICAL AGE CARDIAC ARREST |
| CBC | COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT |
| CLL | CHROMIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA |
| cm | CENTIMETER |
| CML | CHROMIC MYELOGENOUTS LEUKEMIA |
| deucub | DECUBITUS (LYING DOWN) |
| derm | DERMATOLOGY |
| diff | DIFFERENTIAL COUNT (WHITE BLOOD CELLS) |
| EBV | EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS |
| eos | EOSINOPHIL (TYPE OF WHITE BLOOD CELL) |
| ESR | WRYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE |
| FS | FROZEN SECTION |
| Hb Hgb | HEMOGLOBIN |
| HCT Hct | HEMATOCRIT |
| HDN | HEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF THE NEWBORN |
| HIV | HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS |
| I & D | INCISION AND DRAINAGE |
| ID | INTRA/DERMAL |
| Igs | IMMUNO/GLOBULINS |
| IMP | IMPRESSION |
| ITP | IEIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA |
| IV | INTRA/VENOUS |
| lymphos | LYMPHOCYTES |
| MCH | MEAN CELL HEMOGLOBIN |
| MCHC | MEAN CELL HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION |
| MCV | MEAN CELL VOLUME |
| ml mL | MILLILITERS (1/1000 OF A LITER) |
| NK cell | NATURAL KILLER CELL |
| PA | POSTERO/ANTERIOR PULMONARY ARTERY |
| PCP | PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN |
| PCV | PACKED CELL VOLUME |
| poly PMN PMNL | POLYMOR PHONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTE |
| PT | PROTHROMBIN TIME PHYSCIAL THERAPY |
| PTT | PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME |
| RA | RIGHT ATRIUM RHEMATOID ARTHRITIS |
| RBC rbc | REB BLOOD CELL |
| segs | SEGEMENTED NEUTROPHILS |
| sed | |
| SLE | SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS SLIT-LAMP EXAMINATION |
| subcu Sub-Q subQ | SUBCUTANEOUS (INJECTION) |
| UNG ung | OINTMENT |
| WBC wbc | WHITE BLOOD COUNT |
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