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ch1 abbreviations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Before | -a |
| Before meals | ac - |
| Acute myocardial infarction | AMI – |
| Twice a day | bid – |
| Blood pressure | BP – |
| Complaining of | c/o – |
| Cancer / carcinoma | Ca – |
| Chief complaint | CC – |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (emphysema, chronic bronchitis) | COPD – |
| Chest X-ray | CXR – |
| Date of birth | DOB – |
| Diagnosis | Dx – |
| Electrocardiogram | ECG, EKG – |
| Fracture | Fx – |
| Gastrointestinal | GI – |
| history of | h/o – |
| Head, ears, eyes, nose, throat | HEENT – |
| Hypertension | HTN – |
| History | Hx – |
| Intramuscular | IM – |
| Laceration | LAC – |
| Level of consciousness | LOC – |
| Microgram | mcg – |
| No known drug allergies | NKDA – |
| Nothing by mouth | npo – |
| By mouth | po – |
| As needed | PRN – |
| Four times a day | qid – |
| Shortness of breath | SOB – |
| Three times a day | tid – |
| Treatment | Tx – |
| Without | w/o – |
| Within normal limits | WNL – |