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Digestive System A&T
Digestive System Abbreviation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |