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Common Medical Abbr.
Common Medical Abbreviations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ABG | Arterial Blood Gases |
| ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder |
| AIDS | Acquired Immunodificiency Syndrome |
| AV | Arterial- ventricular |
| AMI | Acute Myocardial infarction |
| ANS | Autonomic Nervous System |
| BM | Bowel Movement |
| BP | Blood Pressure |
| BPH | Benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| BS | Blood Sugar |
| BSA | Body surface area |
| CA | Cancer |
| CABG | Coronary artery bypass graft |
| CAD | Coronary Artery Disease |
| CF | Cardiac Failure |
| CHF | Congestive Heart Failure |
| CMV | Cytomegalovirus |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| CV | Cardiovascular |
| CVA | Cerebrovascular Accident (stroke) |
| DI | Diabetes insipidus |
| DM | Diabetes Melitus |
| DOB | Date of Birth |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| ECG/EKG | Electrocardiogram |
| ENT | Ear, Nose, Throat |
| ER | Emergency Room |
| FH | Family History |
| GERD | Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| HA | Headache |
| HBP | High Blood Pressure |
| HDL | High Density Lipoprotein |
| HIV | Human Immunodefficiency virus |
| HR | Heart rate |
| ID | infectious disease |
| IH | infectious hepatitis |
| I/O, IO | Fluid intake and output |
| IOP | Intraocular Pressure |
| IV | Intravenous |
| KVO | Keep vein open |
| LBW | low birth weight |
| LDL | low density lipoprotein |
| LOC | Loss of consciousness |
| MI | Myocardial Infarction |
| MICU | Medical intensive care unit |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| NKA | no known allergies |
| NPO | nothing by mouth |
| NVD | Nausea, Vomiting, Diarhhea |
| OR | Operating room |
| PAP | Pulmonary artery pressure |
| PMH | Past medical history |
| PUD | Peptic ulcer disease |
| PVD | Periphreal vascular disease |
| RA | Rheumatoid arthritis |
| RBC | Red blood count or red blood cell |
| ROM | range of motion |
| s | without |
| SBP | systolic Blood Pressure |
| SOB | Short of breath |
| STD | Sexually transmitted disease |
| T | temperature |
| T | type and cross match |
| TB | tuberculosis |
| TEDS | thrombo-embolic disease stockings |
| TPN | Total parental nutrition |
| tx | Treatment |
| U | Units |
| U/A | Urinanalysis |
| UCHD | Usual childhood diseases |
| URD | Upper respritory disease |
| UTI | urinary tract infection |
| VD | venereal disease |
| vs | vital signs |
| WBC | white blood cell/count |
| WT | weight |