CHAPTER 6 ABBREVIATIONS
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| SGPT | Serum Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase (enzyme test of liver function)
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| SGOT | Serum Glutamic-Oxaloacetic Transaminase (enzyme test of liver function)
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| alk phos | alkaline phosphatase(enzyme test of liver function)
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| ALT | Alanine Transaminase(enzyme test of liver function)
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| AST | Aspartate Transaminase(enzyme test of liver function)
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| BE | Barium Enemia
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| BRBRP | Bright Red Blood Per Rectum (Hematochezia)
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| BM | Bowel Movement
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| CT scan | Computed Tomography Scan
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| EGD | Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
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| ERCP | Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (contrast the medium is injected via catheter through the mouth, esophagus, stomach, duodenum, and then into the bile ducts)
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| GB | Gallbladder
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| GERD | Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
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| GI | Gastrointestinal
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| HBV | Hepatitis B Virus
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| IBD | inflammatory bowel disease
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| LFT | liver function test (test for the prensence of enzymes and bilirubin in serum
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| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging
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| NG tube | nasogastric tube (used to remove fluid postoperativly and to obtain gastric and intestinal contents for examination
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| PEG tube | percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube (feeding tube)
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| PJG tube | percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tube (feeding tube)
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| PTHC | percutaneous transhepatic chongiography (the contrast medium enters via needle through the abdominal wall into the liver)
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| PUD | peptic ulcer disease
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| TPN | total Parenteral nutrition ( an intravenous solution contains sugar (dextrose), protreins (amino acids), electrolytes (sodium, potasium, chloride), and vitamins
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| T tube | tube placed in the biliary tract for drainage
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