Medical Abbreviations
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| abd | ABDOMEN
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| ac | BEFORE MEALS
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| ACS | ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
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| AD | RIGHT EAR OR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
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| ADL | ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
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| AED | AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR
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| AKA | ABOVE THE KNEE AMPUTATION
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| ALOC | ALTERED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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| AMA | AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OR AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE
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| AMI | ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
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| AMS | ALTERED MENTAL STATUS
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| ARDS | ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
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| AROM | ACTIVE RANGE OF MOTION
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| AS | LEFT EAR OR AORTIC STENOSIS
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| AVR | AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
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| AV | ATRIOVENTRICULAR (NODE IN THE HEART)
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| BID | TWICE DAILY
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| BKA | BELOW THE KNEE AMPUTATION
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| BM | BOWEL MOVEMENT
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| BMP | BASAL METABOLIC PROFILE
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| BP | BLOOD PRESSURE
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| bpm | BEATS PER MINUTE
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| BUN | BLOOD UREA NITROGEN
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| c | WITH
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| c/o | COMPLAINTS OF
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| CA | CANCER
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| CAD | CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
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| CAT/CT | COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY (SCAN)
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| Cath | CATHETER
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| CABG | CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT
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| CBC | COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
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| cc | CHIEF COMPLAINT
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| CHD | CORONARY HEART DISEASE
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| CHF | CHRONIC HEART FAILURE
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| CKD | CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
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| CNS | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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| COPD | CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
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| CPR | CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
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| cr, sCr | CREATININE, SERUM CREATININNE
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| CSF | CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
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| CXR | CHEST XRAY
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| CVA | CEREBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT
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| DC | DISCHARGE OR DISCONTINUE
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| DJD | DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE
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| DM | DIABETES MELLITUS
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| DOA | DATE OF ADMISSION, DEAD ON ARRIVAL
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| DOB | DATE OF BIRTH
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| DT | DELIRIUM TREMENS
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| ECG, EKG | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
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| EEG | ELETROENCEPHALOGRAM
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| ENT | EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT
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| ETOH | ETHANOL (ALCOHOL)
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| FBS | FASTING BLOOD SUGAR
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| FUO | FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN
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| G tube | GASTRIC TUBE (A TUBE IN THE STOMACH)
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| GB | GALL BLADDER
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| GERD | GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
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| GSW | GUN SHOT WOUND
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| GU | GENITOURINARY
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| gtts | DROPS
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| HA | HEADACHE
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| hct | HEMATOCRIT
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| HEENT | HEAD, EAR, EYES, NOSE, THROAT
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| hgb | HEMOGLOBIN
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| h/o | HISTORY OF
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| HPI | HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS
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| hs | BEDDTIME
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| HTN | HYPERTENSION
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| I AND O | INTAKE AND OUTPUT
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| ICU | INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
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| ICP | INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE
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| ID | INFECTIOUS DISEASE
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| IM | INTRAMUSCULAR
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| IO | INTRAOSSEOUS
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| IV | INTRAVENOUS
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| LFT | LIVER FUNCTION TESTS
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| LLQ | LEFT LOWER QUADRANT
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| LOC | LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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| LP | LUMBAR PUNCTURE
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| LUQ | LEFT UPPER QUADRANT
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| LV | LEFT VENTRICLE
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| MI | MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (HEART ATTACK)
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| MRI | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
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| MS | MITRAL STENOSIS OR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS OR MUSCULOSKELETAL
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| MVR | MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT
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| NAD | NO APPARENT DISTRESS
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| NC | NASAL CANNULA
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| NG, NGT | NASOGASTRIC TUBE
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| NKA/NKDA | NO KNOWN ALLERGIES/NO KNOWN DRUG ALLERGIES
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| NPO | NOTHING BY MOUTH
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| NSAID | NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG
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| N/V | NAUSEA/VOMITING
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| OA | OSTEOARTHRITIS
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| OD | RIGHT EYE OR OVERDOSE
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| OOB | OUT OF BED
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| OS | LEFT EYE
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| OU | BOTH EYES
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| O2 | OXYGEN
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| P | AFTER
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| PAD | PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE
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| path | PATHOLOGY
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| pc | AFTER MEALS
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| PCP | PATIENT CARE PLAN
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| PE | PHYSICAL EXAM OR PULMONARY EMBOLISM
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| PERRLA | PUPILS EQUAL, ROUND REACTIVE TO LIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION
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| PND | PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL DYSPNEA
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| PO | BY MOUTH
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| ppd | PACKS PER DAY (CIGARETTE SMOKING)
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| prn | AS NEEDED OR REQUIRED
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| PTA | PRIOR TO ARRIVAL/PRIOR TO ADMISSION
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| PVC | PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION
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| q | EVERY
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| QDAY, qday | EVERY DAY
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| QHS, qhs | EVERY EVENING
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| QID, qid | FOUR TIMES A DAY
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| RA | RIGHT ATRIUM
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| RBC | RED BLOOD CELL
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| RLQ | RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT
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| R/O, r/o | RULE OUT
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| ROM | RANGE OF MOTION
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| ROS | REVIEW OF SYSTEMS
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| RR | RESPIRATORY RATE
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| RUQ | RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT
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| RV | RIGHT VENTRICLE
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| s | WITHOUT
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| SA | SINOATRIAL NODE
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| SL | SUBLINGUAL
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| SOAP | SUBJECTIVE, OBJECTIVE, ASSESSMENT, PLAN
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| SOB | SHORTNESS OF BREATH
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| S/P, s/p | STATUS POST
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| Sx | SYMPTOM
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| T | TEMPERATURE
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| TB | TUBERCULOSIS
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| THR | TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT
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| TIA | TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
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| tid | THREE TIMES A DAY
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| TKR | TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT
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| TO | TELEPHONE ORDER
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| TPR | TEMPERATURE, PULSE, RESPIRATION
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| Tx | TREATMENT
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| U/A | URINALYSIS
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| URI | UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION
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| UTI | URINARY TRACT INFECTION
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| VD | VENEREAL DISEASE
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| VO | VERBAL ORDER
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| VS | VITAL SIGNS
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| WBC | WHITE BLOOD CELL
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| WNL | WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS
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| w/o | WITHOUT
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| Wt | WEIGHT
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| yo, y/o | YEARS OLD
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