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Med Abbreviations
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| Answer | |
|---|---|
| AB | Apex Beat |
| ABG | Arterial Blood Gas |
| AFB | Acid Fast Bacilli |
| AF | Artial Flutter/Fibrillation |
| AHF | Anti-hemophilic Factor |
| AKA | Above knee Amputation |
| ALD | Alcohol liver disease |
| ALL | Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia |
| ALT | Alanine Aminotranserase (sgpt) |
| AMI | Acute Myocardial Infarction |
| ANS | Autonomic Nervous System |
| ANST | After Negative Skin Test |
| AOG | Age of Gestation |
| AP | Adynamic Precordium |
| APTT | Activated Partial Thromboplastin time |
| ARDS | Acute/Adult Respiratory Distress Symdrome |
| ARF | Acute Renal/Acute Respiratory Failure; Achte Rheumatic Fever |
| ASHD | Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease |
| AST | Aspartate Aminotransferase (SGOT) |
| ATN | Acute Tubular Necrosis |
| AVM | Arteriovenous Malformation |
| BA | Bronchial asthma |
| BID | Twice Daily |
| BKA | Below Knee Amputation |
| BLE | Both Lower Extermities |
| BLF | Both Lungs Field |
| BM | Bowel Movement |
| BOV | Blurring of Vision |
| BPH | Benign prostatic hypertrophy |
| BPM | Beats per minute |
| BPP | Biophysical profile |
| BSA | Body Aurface Area |
| BSRTL | Both Sluggish reactive to light |
| BT | Blood Transfusion |
| BUE | Blood Upper Extremities |
| BUN | Blood Urea Nitrogen |
| BUR | Back-up Rate |
| CA | Crcinoma; Community Acquired |
| CABG | Coronary Artery bypass graft |
| CAD | Coronary Artery Disease |
| CAP | Community Acquired pneumonia |
| CAT | Computed Axial Tomography |
| CBC | Complete Blood Count |
| CBG | Capillary blood glucose |
| CBS | Clear bbreath sounds |
| CC | chief complaint |
| CHF | Congestive Heart Failure |
| CHO | Carbohydrate |
| CHVD | Chronic Hypertensive Vascular Disease |
| CK | Creatinine Kinase |
| CLAD | Cervical Lymph Adenopathy |
| CNIL | Cephalic not in Labor |
| COPD | Chroni obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CPAP | Central pulmonary airway pressure |
| CrCL | Creatinine clearance |
| CRF | Chronic Renal Failure |
| CRT | Capillary Refill Time |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal Fluid |
| CT | Computed Tomography |
| CTT | Chest tube thoracostomy |
| CVA | Cardiovascular/Cerebrovascular accident |
| CVD | Cerebrovascular Disease |
| CVP | Central venous pressure |
| CVS | Cardiovascular system |
| CXR | Chest X-ray |
| D/C | Discharge / Discontinue |
| DCMP | Dilated Cardiomyopathy |
| DHN | Dehydration |
| DHS | Distinct heart sound |
| DIC | Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy |
| DKA | Diabetic Ketoacidosis |
| DM | Diabetis Mellitus |
| DOB | Difficulty of Breathing |
| DOE | Dyspnea on exertion |
| DOI | Date of Injury |
| DTG | Diffuse toxic Goiter |
| DTR | Deep tendon reflex |
| Dx/Dxic | Diagnosis |
| E/N | Essentially normal |
| EBRTL | Equal briskly reactive to light |
| ECE | Equal chest expansion |
| EEG | Electroencephalogram |
| EF | Ejection fraction |
| EOM | Extra ocular movement |
| ESRD | End-stage renal disease |
| ESR | Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate |
| FBS | Fasting Blood sugar |
| F/D | Fairly Developed |
| FC | Functional class / Foleycath |
| FEP | Full equal pulses |
| FHT | Fetal Heart Tone |
| FHx | Family History |
| F/N | Fairly Nourished |
| FT | Full term |
| FTSVD | Full term spontaneous Vaginal Delivery |
| FWB | Fresh whole Blood |
| Fxn | Function |
| GoPo | Gravida Para |