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Maternal-Child Abbre
NSG 314A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| LDR | Labor, Delivery, Recovery |
| NICU | Neonatal intensive care unit |
| MIS | Maternal infant services |
| ADC or ANT | Antenatal diagnostic center or antenatal testing |
| PACU | Post-anesthesia care unit |
| ALS | Advanced life support |
| PED | pediatrics, pediatrician |
| PNP | Perinatal nurse practitioner |
| CNM | Certified Nurse Midwife |
| FOB | father of baby |
| SO | signifigant other |
| FM | fetal movement |
| EFM | electronic fetal monitoring |
| TOCO | tocotransducer |
| IUPC | intrauterine pressure catheter |
| FECG or FSE | Fetal electrocardiogram or Fetal spiral electrode |
| FHR | Fetal heart rate |
| FHT | Fetal heart tone |
| CTX | contraction |
| UC | uterine contraction |
| CST | contraction stress testing |
| NST | nonstress testing |
| POC | products of conception |
| ROM | rupture of membranes |
| AROM | artificial rupture of membranes |
| SROM | spontaneous rupture of membranes |
| MEC | meconium |
| SVE | sterile vaginal examination |
| SSE | sterile speculum examination |
| SVD | spontaneous vaginal delivery |
| LFVD | low forcep vaginal delivery |
| VAVD | Vacuum assisted vaginal delivery |
| C/S | cesarean section |
| PPTL | post-partum tubal ligation |
| D & C | dilation and curettage |
| IVF | in-vitro fertilization |
| CERCLAGE | use of nonabsorbable suture to keep premature dilated cervix closed |
| EPIS | episiotomy |
| EBL | estimated blood loss |
| AMNIO | amniocentesis |
| US or SONO | ultrasound or sonogram |
| AGA | average for gestational age |
| LGA | large for gestational age |
| SGA | small for gestational age |
| IUGR | intrauterine growth restriction |
| IUFD or SAD | Intrauterine fetal demise or sudden antenatal death |
| FD | fetal demise |
| HL | heparin lock |
| SL | saline lock |
| BS | blood sugar |
| FBS | fasting blood sugar |
| GDM | gestational diabetes mellitus |
| IDDM | insulin dependant diabetes mellitus |
| PIH or GH | Pregnancy induced hypertension or gestational hypertension |
| HSV | herpes simplex virus |
| GBS | Group Beta Streptococcus |
| HBIG | Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin |
| PKU | phenoketonuria |
| CHORIO | chorio amniocentesis |
| DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
| PPH | Primary pulmonary hypertension or post-partum hemorrhage |
| TORCH | Toxoplasmosis, gonorrhea, syphillis, varicella, HBV, HIV, cytomegalovirus, rubella, HSV |
| FINE | freaked out, insane, neurotic, emotional |