abbreviations Flashcards
Y/o
Years
Wt
Weight
WNL
WITH IN NORMAL LIMITS
w/c
Wheel chair
WBC
WHITE BLOOD COUNT
WA
WHILE AWAKE
V/S
Vital signs
Vol
Volume
Vo
Verbal order
Vit
Vitamin
VD
Veneral diease
VC
Vital capacity
Vag
Vaginal
V tach
Ventricular tachcardy
V fib
Ventricular fibrillation
UTI
urinary tract infection
Us
Ultrasonic
URI
UPPER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
URC
UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION
URC
USUAL,reasonable,customary
Ur
Urine
Unk
Unkown
Ung
Ointment
Unc.
Unconscious
Umb
Umbilicus
UA
URINALYSIS
TX
Traction
TVH
Total vaginal hysterectomy
TV
Tidal volume
TUR
TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION
TT
tetanus toxiod
TSH
THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE
Trah
Tracheotomy ,tracheostomy
Tr
Tincture
TPR
TEMPERSTURE,PULSE,RESPIRATION
TPN
total parental nutrition
Tol
Tolerated
TMG
TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT
tid
Three times a day
TIA
TRANSIENT
TH
THYROID
temp
Temperature
TCDB
Turn,cough,deep,breath
TB
TUBERCULOIS
TAH
total abdominal hysterectomy
Tachy
Tachycardia
Tab
Tablet
T&A
Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
T
temperature,thoracic
Sx
Symptons
SVT
supravtricular tachycardia
SVN
SMALL VOLUME NEBULIZER
SVD
spontaneous vaginal delivery
STD
SEXUALLY TRANSMITED DISEASE
sat
Immediately
SSE
soap suds enema
SQ,sub q
Subcutaneous
Sp.gr.
Specific gravity
Spec
Specimen
SOB
shortness of dreath
SMAC
sequential multiple analysis computer
SL
sublingual
Sig:
Label write
SIDS
sudden infant death syndrome
SGPT
serum glutamic pryuvic transaminase
Sc
Subcutaneous
SB
small bowel
SA
sinoatrail
Sats
Oxygen/ blood saturation level
Ss
1/2
S & S
Signs and symptons
S
Without
Rx
Take prescription
RV
Residual volume
Rt
Right
RUQ, RLL
Right lower quadrant, lobe
R.R.
recovery room
ROM
range of motion
R/O
Rule out
RO
reality orientation
RML
Right middle lobe (lung)
RLQ
Right lower quadrant
RL
Ringers lactate
RK
radial keratomy
Rh
Rhesus
Reg
Regular
RBC
red blood cell/ count
RAIU
radioactive iodine uptake study
R resp
Respirations, rectal
R (r)
Rectal
Qs
Quality sufficient
Qod
Every other day
Qns
Quality not sufficient
Qid
Four times a day
Qhs
Every night at bedtime
Q2h
Every two hour