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lab tests/procedures

RCN approved medical terminology

QuestionAnswer
AFB acid-fast bacilli (tuberulosis organism)
APTT activated partial thromboplastin time
Alb albumin
AP & Lat anteroposterior and lateral (Radiology)
BMR Basal Metabolic Rate
BUN blood urea nitrogen
Ba enema barium enema (colon)
bl cult blood culture
Bx biopsy
C-Diff clostridium difficile
CAT computerized axial tomography
CBC complete blood count
CPK creatine phosphokinase (cardiac enzyme)
C & S culture and sensitivity
CSF cerebrospinal fluid
CT Computerized tomography
CXR chest x-ray
Ca or Ca++ calcium
Chem chemistry
chol cholesterol
Cl or Cl- chloride
coag coagulation
Cysto cystoscopy
Diff differential
ECG or EKG electrocardiogram
ECHO echocardiogram
EEG electroencephalogram
EGD esophagogastroduodenoscopy
EMG electromyogram
ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate
EUA exam under anesthesia
E Coli escherichia coli
FBS fasting blood sugar
Fe iron
FFP fresh frozen plasma
FiO2 fraction of inspired oxygen
Flex Sig glexible sigmoidoscopy
GB, GB Viz gallbladder, cholecystogram
GI series upper (barium swallow): x-ray of stomach and duodenum lower: x-ray of lower colon
GTT glucose tolerance test
Glu glucose
HDL high density lipo-protein
Hb or Hgb hemoglobin
Hct. hematocrit
I iodine
K or K+ potassium
KUB kidney-ureter-bladder x-ray
LDH lactose dehydrogenase (cardiac enzyme)
LDL low desity lipo-protein
lytes electrolytes
MRI magnetic resonance imaging
Na or Na+ sodium
O2Sat oxygen saturation
O & P ova and parasites
Pro time prothrombin time
PTT partial thromboplastin time
Phos phosphate
RAI radioactive iodine
Sp gr specific gravity
Staph staphylococcus
strept streptococcus
Ua urinalysis
US ultrasound
WBC white blood (cell) count, leukocytes
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