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AbbreviationMeaning
ADHD ATTENTION DIFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
ADL ACTIVIIES OF DAILY LIVING
AIDS ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY
ALS AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSI
AP ANTEROPOSTERIOR
BP BLOOD PLESSURE
BPH BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
BPM BEATS PER MINUTE
BSE BREAST SELF EXAMINATION
BUN BLOOD UREA NITROGEN
BX BIOPSY
CA CANCER
CABG CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT
CAD CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
CAM COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
CBC COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
CHF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
CNS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
COPD CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
CPAP CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE
CPR CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
CSF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
CT COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
CVA CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT
CXR CHEST X RAY
D&C DILATION AND CURETTAGE
DIFF DIFFERENTIAL WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT
DRE DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION
DVT DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS
ECG ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
EKG ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
EEG ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY
EGD ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY
ENT EAR,NOSE, AND THROAT
ESR ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE
FX FRACTURE
GB GALLBLADDER
GERD GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISORDER
GI GASTROINTESTINAL
HIV HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
HPV HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS
HX HISTORY
IBS IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
ICP INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE
IQ INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT
IUD INTRAUTERINE DEVICE
LLQ LEFT LOWER QUADRANT (OF THE ABDOMEN)
LMP LAST MESTRUAL PERIOD
LUQ LEFT UPPER QUADRANT (OF THE ABDOMEN)
MRI MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
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