Examination positions and abbreviations
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| assessment | evaluation of a condition
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| Vital signs | temperature, pulse, respirations and blood pressure
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| auscultation | listening through a stethoscope for sounds within the body
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| rale | abnormal rattle or crackle-like sound heart during inspiration
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| rhonchus/wheezing | occurs during inspiration and expiration - musical sound resulting from partially obstructed airway due to inflammation
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| palpation | examiner's hands are used to feel texture, size and location of body parts
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| percussion | used to determine density of a body area by the sound of the tapping
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| recumbent | position in which the patient is lying down either on back or front
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| prone | recumbent patient is lying on belly - face down
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| supine | lying on back - face up
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| dosal recumbent | supine position with knees bent
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| sims position | lying on left side with right knee and thigh drawn up the left arm placed along back
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| endoscopy | visual examation of the interior body cavity - usually involves a small incision
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| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid for diagnostic purposes
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| abdominocentesis | surgical puncture into abdominal cavity
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| cardiocentesis | puncture of chamber of the heart for diagnosis or therapy
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| pericardiocentesis | drawing fluid from pericardial sac
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| thoracentesis | puncture of the chest wall to obtain fluid for diagnostic purposes
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| X-Ray | Uses radiation passing through the patient. Hard tissue is light and soft tissue are gray. air is black
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| CT | computed tomography
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| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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| @ | at
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| a.c. | before meals
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| ad lib | as desired
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| bid | twice a day
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| NPO | nothing by mouth
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| p.c. | after meals
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| prn | as needed
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| p.o. | by mouth
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| q.h. | every hour
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| q.d. | every day
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| q.i.d. | four times a day
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| t.i.d. | three times a day
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| IM | intramuscular
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| SC | subcutaneous
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| IV | intravenous
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| ID | intradermal
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