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chart abbreviations
| question | answer |
|---|---|
| before meals (anteribum) | ac |
| right ear (auris dextra) | AD |
| activities of daily living | ADL |
| admission | adm |
| ambulate | AMB |
| before noon (ante meridiem) | am or AM |
| against medical advice | AMA |
| anterior | ant |
| approximately | approx |
| twice a day (bis in die) | bid |
| twice at night (bis in noctre) | bin |
| bowel movement | BM |
| blood pressure | BP |
| bathroom privileges | BPR |
| with | c or w/ |
| Centigrade, Celsius, or large Calorie | C |
| capsules | cap(s) |
| complete bed rest | CBR |
| chief complaint | CC |
| cardiac care unit(coronary care unit) | CCU |
| complains of | c/o |
| continue | cont |
| diopter (ocular measurement) | D |
| discontinue | dc |
| does not apply | DNA |
| do not resuscitate | DNR |
| did not show | DNS |
| doctor | Dr |
| diagnosis | Dx |
| extraocular movement | EOM |
| emergency room | ER |
| examination | Ex |
| Fahrenheit | F |
| fetal heart sounds | FHS |
| fetal heart tones | FHT |
| gallbladder | GB |
| gastrointestinal | GI |
| hour | h or hr |
| hour of sleep, bedtime (hora somni) | hs |
| intensive care unit | ICU |
| intramuscular | IM |
| intake and output | I+O or I |
| intravenous | IV |
| left ear (auris sinistra) | AS or LE |
| atrioventricular | AV |
| basil metabolic rate | BMR |
| discharge from hospital | DC |
| genitourinary | GU |
| hypodermic injection | hypo |
| intrauterine device | IUD |
| left | L |
| light and accommodation | L+A |
| living and well | L+W |
| lower left quadrant | LLQ |
| last menstrual period | LMP |
| left occipitoanterior | LOA |
| high power field | hpf |
| low power field (10X) | LPF |
| negative | neg |
| nothing by mouth | NPO |
| right eye (oculus dexter) | OD |
| outpatient | OP |
| operating room | OR |
| left eye (oculus sinister, oculus laevus) | OS or OL |
| patient | Pt |
| each eye (oculus uterque) both eyes (oculi unitas) | OU |
| pulse | P |
| posteroanterior | PA |
| after meals (post cibum) | pc |
| Physicians' Desk Reference | PDR |
| present illness | PI |
| by mouth (per os) | po |
| postoperative | PO |
| afternoon or evening (post meridiem) | pm or PM |
| as needed or desired (pro re nata) | prn |
| every (quaque) | q |
| every hour (quaque hora) | qh |
| every two hours | q2h |
| four times a day(quater in die) | qid |
| every morning(quaque mane) | qm |
| every night (quaque noctre) | qn |
| red blood cell, erythrocyte count | RBC |
| blood factor, Rh+, or Rh- | Rh |
| right lower quadrant (abdomen) | RLQ |
| rule out | R/O |
| right upper quadrant (abdomen) | RUQ |
| without | w/o or s |
| short of breath | SOB |
| if necessary (si opus sit) | SOS |
| staphylococcus | staph |
| immediately (statim) | stat |
| streptococcus | strep |
| symptoms | Sx |
| temperature | T |
| tablet(s) | tab(s) |
| turn, cough, and deep breathe | TC |
| three times a day(ter in die) | tid |
| white blood cell, leukocyte count | WBC |
| tincture | tinct |
| total parenteral nutrition | TPN |
| upper left quadrant (abdomen) | ULQ |
| upper right quadrant (abdomen) | URQ |
| ointment (unguentum) | ung |
| wm | white male |
| bm | black male |
| wf | white female |
| bf | black female |
| times, power | x |
| positive | + |
| negative | - |
| positive or negative | +/- |
| birth | * |
| number, pound | # |
| female | F |
| male | M |
| of each | aa |
Created by:
tmpatterson1970
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