Abbreviations and Terminology

Question 1

Hx

Answer 1

History

Question 2

PE

Answer 2

Physical exam, pulmonary embolus

Question 3

Fever (ICH)

Answer 3

immunocompromised host

Question 4

dysplagia

Answer 4

trouble swallowing

Question 5

HPI

Answer 5

history of present illness, almost everything in the diagnosis, 90% of time top three diagnosis will come from here

Question 6

history

Answer 6

introduction, role, timing,

Question 7

physical

Answer 7

confirms what you thought after HPI

Question 8

DDx

Answer 8

differential diagnosis

Question 9

IBD

Answer 9

Crohn’s + colitis, very real GI disorder, not to be confused with IBS (likely psychological cause)

Question 10

IBS

Answer 10

irritable bowel - gas, bloating, diarrhea - prob between the parasympathetic/sympathetic

Question 11

PMHx

Answer 11

past medical history

Question 12

morbidity

Answer 12

diseased state, disability, or poor health due to any cause

Question 13

-emesis

Answer 13

vomiting

Question 14

INR

Answer 14

international normalized ration - measure of clotting pathway

Question 15

DVT

Question 16

ostomy

Answer 16

bring a section of tract to the outside of the body ex. colonscopy

Question 17

adenomatous polyp

Answer 17

a polyp that is premalignant

Question 18

O/E

Answer 18

on examination

Question 19

Hb

Answer 19

hemaglobin, normal (

Question 20

colorectal main risk factors

Answer 20

family Hx, IBD, polyps

Question 21

common cause

Answer 21

lymph,

Question 22

mortality

Answer 22

deaths

Question 23

hypovolemic, hypovolemia

Answer 23

low blood volume, decrease in plasma, caused by dehydration and bleeding

Question 24

hypovolemic shock

Answer 24

stages of hypovolemia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypovolemia

Question 26

prn

Answer 26

per doctor’s orders