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Mercy Abbreviations
Mercy Abreviations
| Term | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Chief Complaint | C/C |
| Complains of | C/O |
| Current Health Systems | CHS |
| Date of Birth | DOB |
| Differential Diagnosis | DD |
| Estimated Date of Confinement | EDC |
| Family History | FH |
| History | HX |
| History and Physical | H&P |
| History of Present Illness | HPI |
| Impression | IMP |
| Medications | Med |
| New Born | NB |
| Occupational History | OH |
| Patient | Pt |
| Physical Exam | PE |
| Private Medical Doctor | PMD |
| Review of Systems | ROS |
| Social History | SH |
| Visual Acruity | VA |
| Vital Signs | VS |
| Weight | Wt |
| Year old | y/o |
| Abdomen | ABD |
| Central Nervous System | CNS |
| Head,Eyes,Ears, Nose, Throat | HEENT |
| Gastrointestinal | GI |
| Genitourinary | GU |
| Gynecological | GYN |
| Peripheral Nervous System | PNS |
| Respiratory | Resp |
| Abdominal pain | ABD PN |
| Chest pain | CP |
| Dyspnea on Excertion | DOE |
| Fever of Unknown Origin | FUO |
| Gun Shot Wound | GSW |
| Headache | H/A |
| Lower Back Pain | LBP |
| Nausea and Vomiting | n/v |
| Abortion | ab |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction | AMI |
| Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome | ARDS |
| Alcohol | ETOH |
| Atherosclerotic Heart Disease | ASHD |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | COPD |
| Chronic Renal Failure | CRF |
| Congestive Heart Failure | CHF |
| Coronary Artery Bypass Graft | CABG |
| Coronary Artery Disease | CAD |
| Cysticfibrosis | CF |
| Dead on arrival | DOA |
| Delirium Tremens | DTs |
| Deep Vein Thrombosis | DVT |
| Diabetes Mellitus | DM |
| Dialation and Curettage | D&C |
| Enstage Renal Failure | ESRF |
| Epsteinbar Virus | EBV |
| Foreign Body Obstruction | FBO |
| Hepatitis B | HBV |
| Hiatial Hernia | HH |
| Hypertension | HTN |
| Infectious Disease | ID |
| Inferior wall myocardial ifarction | IWMI |
| Insulin Dependant Diabetes Mellitis | IDDM |
| Intracranial Pressure | ICP |
| Mass Casuality Incident | MCI |
| Mitral Valve Prolaspe | MVP |
| Motor Vehicle Collision | MVC |
| Non-insulin dependant diabetes | NIDDM |
| Organic brain syndrome | OBS |
| Otitis Media | OM |
| Overdose | OD |
| Paroxysmal Nocturnal dyspnea | PND |
| Pelvic inflammatory disease | PID |
| Peptic Ulcer Disease | PUD |
| Pregnancy/birth/abortion | G/P/A |
| Pregnancy induced Hypetension | PIH |
| Pulmonary Embolism | PE |
| Rheumatic heart disease | RHD |
| Sexually transmitted disease | STD |
| Transient ischemic attack | TIA |
| Tuberculosis | TB |
| Upper respiratory infection | URI |
| Urinary tract infection | UTI |
| Venereal disease | VD |
| Wolff-Parkinson Disease/White syndrome | WPW |
| Angiotensin-converting enzyme | ACE |
| Aspirin | ASA |
| Bicarbonate | HCO3- |
| Birth control pills | BCP |
| Calcium | Ca++ |
| Calcium Chanel Blocker | CCB |
| Calcium Chloride | CaCl |
| Chloride | Cl |
| Digoxin | Dig |
| Diphenhydamine | DPHM |
| Diptheria/Pertussis/Tetanus | DPT |
| Hydochlorathiazide | HCTZ |
| Lactated Ringers | LR |
| Magnesium Sulfate | MgSo4, Mg++ |
| Morphine Sulfate | MS |
| Nitroglycerine | NTG |
| Non-Steroidal anti-inflammatory agent | NSAID |
| Normal Salin | NS |
| Penicillin | PCN |
| Phenobarbital | PB |
| Potassium | K+ |
| Sodium Bicarbonate | NaHCO3 |
| Sodium Chloride | NaCl |
| Tylenol | APAP |
| Anticubital | AC |
| Anterior axillary line | AAL |
| Anterior Cruciat ligament | ACL |
| Anterior/posterior | A/P |
| Gallbladder | GB |
| Intercostal space | ICS |
| Lateral collateral ligament | LCL |
| Left lower quadrant | LLQ |
| Left lower lobe | LLL |
| Left upper lobe | LUL |
| Left upper quadrant | LUQ |
| Left ventricle | LV |
| Livr,spleen, kidneys | LSK |
| Lymphnode | LN |
| Medial collateral ligament | MCL |
| Midaxillary | MAL |
| Right lower quadrant | RLQ |
| Right upper quadrant | RUQ |
| Right upper lobe | RUL |
| Right middle lobe | RML |
| Right lower lobe | RLL |
| Temporal mandibular joint | TMJ |
| Tympanic membrane | TM |
| Arterial blood gas | ABG |
| Bilateral breath sounds | BBS |
| Blood sugar | BS |
| Breath sounds | BS |
| Cardiac Injury profile | CIP |
| Central venous pressure | CVP |
| Cerebral spinal fluid | CSF |
| Chest xray | CXR |
| Complete blood count | CBC |
| Computerized tomography | CT |
| Conscious/alert and oriented | CAO |
| Deep tendion reflexes | DTR |
| Dorsalis pedis | DP |
| Electrocardiogram | EKG/ECG |
| Electroencephalogram | EEG |
| Expiratory | Exp |
| Extra occular movements intact | EOMI |
| Fetal heart tones | FHT |
| Full term normal delivery | FTND |
| Heart rate | HR |
| Heart sounds | HS |
| Hemoglobin | Hgb |
| Inspiratory | Insp |
| Jugular vein distension | JVD |
| Laceration | lac |
| Level of consciousness | LOC |
| Moves all extremities well | MAEW |
| Non-tender | NT |
| Normal range of motion | NROM |
| Palpation | Palp |
| Passive range of motion | PROM |
| Point of maximal impulse | PMI |
| Posterior Tibial | PT |
| Pulse | P |
| Pupils equal and reaction to light | PEARL |
| pupils equal and round reactive to light and accomodation | PEARRLA |
| Range of motion | ROM |
| Respiratory | R |
| Tactile vocal fremitus | TVF |
| Temperature | T |
| Unconscious | unc |
| Urinary Incontinence | UI |
| after eating | pc |
| Alert and orietned | A/O |
| Anterior | ant. |
| as needed | PRN |
| before eating | a.c. |
| Body surface area | BSA |
| Celcius | C |
| Equal | = |
| Immediately | STAT |
| Inferior | inf. |
| Less than | < |
| Greater than | > |
| Negative | - |
| occasional | occ |
| Pack/year | pk/yrs |
| Per | / |
| Advanced life support | ALS |
| Against Medical advice | AMA |
| Automated external defibrillator | AED |
| Bag Valve Mask | BVM |
| Basic Life support | BLS |
| Cardiopulmonary resusitation | CPR |
| Carotid Sinus Massage | CSM |
| Continuous positive airway pressure | CPAP |
| Do not resuscitate | DNR |
| Endotracheal tube | ETT |
| Estimated time of arrival | ETA |
| External cardiac pacing | ECP |
| Intermittent positive pressure ventilations | IPPV |
| Lone spine board | LSB |
| Nasal Cannula | NC |
| Non-rebreather mask | NRB/NRBM |
| Nothing by mouth | NPO |
| Occupational therapy | OT |
| Oropharyngeal airway | OPA |
| Oxygen | O2 |
| Per square inch | PSI |
| Physical therapy | PT |
| Positive end-expiratory pressure | PEEP |
| Short spine board | SSB |
| Therapy | Rx |
| Treatment | Tx |
| Turned over to | TOT |
| Verbal order | VO |
| Centimeter | cm |
| Cubic centimeter | cc |
| Deciliter | dl |
| drops | gtts |
| drops per minute | gtts/min |
| Every | q |
| Grain | gr |
| Gram | g, gm |
| Hour | h, hr |
| Hydrogen ion concentration | pH |
| Intracardiac | IC |
| Intramuscular | IM |
| Intraosseous | IO |
| Intravenous | IV |
| Intravenous push | IVP |
| Intravenous piggyback | IVPB |
| Joules | j |
| Keep vein open | KVO |
| Kilogram | kg |
| Liter | L |
| Liter/min | LPM, L/min |
| Microgram | mcg |
| Millieqivalent | mEq |
| Milligram | mg |
| Milliliter | ml |
| Millimeter | mm |
| Millimeter of mercury | mmHg |
| Minute | min |
| Orally | po |
| Subcutaneous | SC, SQ |
| Sublingual | SL |
| To keep open | TKO |
| Atrial Fibrillation | AF |
| Atrial Tachycadia | AT |
| Atrioventricular | AV |
| Bundle branch block | BBB |
| Complete Heart Block | CHB |
| Electromechanical disassociation | EMD |
| Idioventricular rythm | IVR |
| Junctional rythm | JR |
| Modified chest lead | MCL |
| Normal sinus rythm | NSR |
| Paroxsysmal atrial tachycardia | PAT |
| Paroxsysmal SVT | PSVT |
| Premature atrial contraction | PAC |
| Premature ventricular contraction | PVC |
| Premature junctional contraction | PJC |
| Pulseless electrical activity | PEA |
| Supraventricular tachycardia | SVT |
| Wandering Atrial pacemaker | WAP |
| Prior to arrival | PTA |
| Rule out | R/O |
| Superior | sup. |
| Times | X |
| Warm and dry | W/D |
| While awake | WA |
| With in normal limits | WNL |
| Advanced cardiac life support | ACLS |
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