Diagnoses Abbreviations Flashcards
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
AAA
Abortion
Ab
Acute myocardial infarction
AMI
Adult respiratory distress syndrome
ARDS
Alcohol
ETOH
Atherosclerotic heart disease
ASHD
Cerebral vascular accident (stroke)
CVA
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COPD
Chronic Renal failure
CRF
Congestive heart failure
CHF
Coronary artery bypass graph
CABG
Coronary artery disease
CAD
Cystic fibrosis
CF
Dead on arrival
DOA
Delirium tremens
DTs
Deep vein thrombosis
DVT
Diabetes mellitus
DM
Dilation and curettage
D&C
Duodenal ulcer
DU
End-stage renal failure
ESRF
Epstein-Barr virus
EBV
Foreign body obstruction
FBO
Fracture
Fx or #
Hepatitis B virus
HBV
Hiatal hernia
HH
Hypertension
HTN
Infectious disease
ID
Inferior wall myocardial infarction
IWMI
Insulin-dependant diabetes mellitus
IDDM
Intracranial pressure
ICP
Mass-casualty incident
MCI
Mitral valve prolapse
MVP
Motor vehicle collision
MVC
Multiple sclerosis
MS
Non-insulin dependant diabetes mellitus
NIDDM
Organic brain syndrome
OBS
Otitis media
OM
Overdose
OD
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
PND
Pelvic inflammatory disease
PID
Peptic ulcer disease
PUD
Pregnancies/births
G/P
Pregnancy induced hypertension
PIH
Pulmonary embolism
PE
Rheumatic heart disease
RHD
Sexually transmitted disease
STD
Transient ischemic attack
TIA
Tuberculosis
TB
Upper respiratory infection
URI
Urinary tract infection
UTI
Venereal disease
VD
Wolff-Parkinson-white syndrome (disease)
WPW