Common Medical Abbreviations
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADR | ADVERSE DRUG REACTION
🗑
|
||||
| AV | ATRIAL-VENTRICULAR
🗑
|
||||
| AMI | ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
🗑
|
||||
| ANS | AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
🗑
|
||||
| BPH | BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
🗑
|
||||
| BSA | BODY SURFACE AREA
🗑
|
||||
| CA | CANCER
🗑
|
||||
| CAD | CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
🗑
|
||||
| CF | CARDIAC FAILURE
🗑
|
||||
| CHF | CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
🗑
|
||||
| CMV | CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
🗑
|
||||
| CNS | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
🗑
|
||||
| COPD | CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
🗑
|
||||
| CVA | CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (STROKE)
🗑
|
||||
| DM | DIABETES MELITUS
🗑
|
||||
| DUR | DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW
🗑
|
||||
| Dx | DIAGNOSIS
🗑
|
||||
| EC | ENTERIC COATED
🗑
|
||||
| ENT | EARS, NOSE, THROAT
🗑
|
||||
| FH | FAMILY HISTORY
🗑
|
||||
| GERD | GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
🗑
|
||||
| HDL | HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
🗑
|
||||
| HR | HEART RATE
🗑
|
||||
| IO, I/O | FLUID INTAKE AND OUTPUT
🗑
|
||||
| IOP | INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE
🗑
|
||||
| KVO | KEEP VEINS OPEN
🗑
|
||||
| LBW | LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
🗑
|
||||
| LDL | LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
🗑
|
||||
| LOC | LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
🗑
|
||||
| MI | MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
🗑
|
||||
| NKA | NO KNOWN ALLERGIES
🗑
|
||||
| NVD | NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA
🗑
|
||||
| PMH | PAST MEDICAL HISTORY
🗑
|
||||
| PUD | PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE
🗑
|
||||
| PVD | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
🗑
|
||||
| RA | RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
🗑
|
||||
| RBC | RED BLOOD CELL OR RED BLOOD COUNT
🗑
|
||||
| SBP | SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE
🗑
|
||||
| T | TEMPURATURE
🗑
|
||||
| T & C | TYPE & CROSS-MATCH (BLOOD)
🗑
|
||||
| TEDS | THROMBO-EMBOLIC DISEASE STOCKINGS
🗑
|
||||
| Tx | TREATMENT
🗑
|
||||
| U | UNITS
🗑
|
||||
| U/A | URINALYSIS
🗑
|
||||
| UCHD | USUAL CHILDHOOD DISEASES
🗑
|
||||
| URD | UPPER RESPIRATORY DISEASES
🗑
|
||||
| VS | VITAL SIGNS
🗑
|
||||
| WBC | WHITE BLOOD COUNT OR WHITE BLOOD CELL
🗑
|
||||
| WT | WEIGHT
🗑
|
||||
| ABG | ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES
🗑
|
||||
| CABG | CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT
🗑
|
||||
| CMV | CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
🗑
|
||||
| CV | CARDIOVASCULAR
🗑
|
||||
| DI | DIABETES INSIPIDUS
🗑
|
||||
| ID | INFECTIOUS DISEASES
🗑
|
||||
| IH | INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
AudreyR
Popular Pharmacology sets