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abbrevations

Term	Definition
A&O	alert and oriented
ā	before
ac	before meals
ad lib.	as desired, at discretion
ADLs	activities of daily living
AMA	against medical advice
B/S	bedside
bid	twice a day
BRP	bathroom privledges
c with line over	with
c/o	complains of
cont.	continue
DNR	do not resuscitate
DOB	date of birth
Dx	diagnosis
ELOS	estimated length of stay
EOB	edge of bed
eval.	evaluate
FH	family history
h or hr.	hour
H&P	history and physcial
HEENT	head, eyes, ears, nose and throat
h/o	history of
HOB	head of bed
ht.	height
Hx	hisotry
LOS	lengthe of stay
LTG	longterm goal
meds	medications
Noc	night, at night
NPO or npo	nothing by mouth
OOB	out of bed
OTC	over the counter
P--	after
pc	after meals
PE	physcial examination
per	by/through
PLOF	proir level of function
PO	by mouth
post-op	after sugery
pre-op	before surgery
prn	as needed
Pt. or pt.	patient
PTA	prior to admission
q	every
qid	four times a day
qh	every hour
q2h	every 2 hours
re	regarding
R/O or r/o	rule out
ROS	review systems
Rx	prescription
S with line over	without
S/P or s/p	status post
sig	directions for use, give as follows, let it be labelled
SOAP	subjective, objective, asseessment, plan
stat.	immediate
STG	short term goal
S	symptoms
tid	three times a day
TO or t.o	telephone order
tol	tolerate
Tx	treatment
VO or v.o	verbal order
y/o or y.o	year old
wt.	weight
wk.	week
~	approximately
∆	change
↓	down, decreased
♀	female
♂	male
#	number
x	number of times
1°	primary
→	to, progressing, toward, approaching
2°	secondary, secondary to
↔	to and from
↑	up, increased
abd	abduction
ant	anterior
AP	anteroposterior
flex	flexion
L	left
lat	lateral
LE	lower extremeity, leg
LLQ	left lower quadrant
RLQ	right lower quadrant
add	adduction
post	posterior
PA	posteroanterior
ext	extension
R	right
med	medial
UE	upper extremeity; arm
LUQ	left upper quadrant
RUQ	right upper quadrant
BCC	basal cell carcinoma
Bx, bx	biopsy
C&S	culture and sensitivity
decub	decubitus ulcer
derm	dermatology
FH	family history
Hx	history
I&D	incision and drainage
ID	intradermal
IP	icepack
MHP	moist hot pack
IV	intravenous
MM	malignant melanoma
OTC	over-the-counter
PE	physcial examination
SCC	squamous cell carcinoma
STM	soft tissue mobilization
SubQ, Sub-Q	subcutaneous
Sx	symptom
Tx	treatment
ung	ointment
ALS	amyotrophic level scelorisis
ANS	automic nervous system
CNS	central nervous system
CP	cerebral palsy
CSF	cerebrospinal fluid
CT	computed tomography
CVA	cerebrovascular accident
EEG	electroencephalography
EMG	electromyogram
FAST	fast drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty, time to call 911
GBS	gullian-barre syndrome
ICP	intracranial pressure
LOC	level of consciousness, loss of consciousness
LP	lumbar puncture
MRI	magnetic resonance imaging
MVA	motor vehicle accident
MS	multiple slerosis
PNS	peripheral nervous sytsem
SCI	spnial cord injury
TBI	traumatic brain injury
TGA	transient global amnesia
TIA	transient ischemic attack

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