Abbreviation

Question 1

AOM

Answer 1

Acute otitis media

Question 2

Bil

Answer 2

Bilateral

Question 3

BW

Answer 3

Body weight

Question 4

COAD

Answer 4

Chronic obstructive airway disease

Question 5

BID

Answer 5

Twice daily

Question 6

BiPAP

Answer 6

Biphasic positive airway pressure

Use: tx obstructive sleeping apnea

BiPAPs use a higher pressure for the inhalation phase and a lower pressure for the exhalation phase. Dual pressures facilitate more natural breathing and reduce the human pressure needed to exhale.

Question 7

CPAP

Answer 7

Continuous positive airway pressure:

CPAP devices use one setting to keep the sleeper’s air passage open.

Question 8

DO

Answer 8

Drug overdose

Question 9

GA

Answer 9

General anaesthesia

Question 10

HD

Answer 10

Haemodialysis:
To filter waste and water from blood

Question 11

EDH

Answer 11

Epidural haematoma

Question 12

LL

Answer 12

Lower limb

Question 13

LLZ

Answer 13

Left lower zone

Question 14

MI

Answer 14

Myocardial infarction:

decreased or complete cessation of blood flow to a portion of the myocardium

Question 15

NSND

Answer 15

Non smoker non drinker

Question 16

RHD

Answer 16

Rheumatic heart disease:

a condition in which the heart valves have been permanently damaged by rheumatic fever

Question 17

QID

Answer 17

4 times a day

Question 18

RLL

Answer 18

Right lower lobe

Question 19

RT

Answer 19

Radiotherapy

Question 20

RTA

Answer 20

Road traffic accident

Question 21

S/F

Answer 21

Slipped and fell

Question 22

SOL

Answer 22

Space occupying lesion

Question 23

URTI

Answer 23

Upper respiratory tract infection

Question 24

PEG

Answer 24

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Question 25

APO

Answer 25

Accurate pulmonary oedema