Kettenbach Flashcards
1
Q
assessment
A
A:
2
Q
Acquired Brain Injury
A
ABI
3
Q
Atrial Fibrilation
A
afib
4
Q
Arterial Line
A
A-line
5
Q
arteriovenous
A
A-V
6
Q
abdominal aortic aneurysm
A
AAA
7
Q
active assistive range of motion
A
AAROM
8
Q
Abduction
A
abd
9
Q
Arterial Blood Gases
A
ABG
10
Q
before meals
A
ac
11
Q
acromioclavicular joint
A
AC joint
12
Q
Anterior Cruciate Ligament
A
ACL
13
Q
Adduction
A
Add or add
14
Q
Activities of Daily Living
A
ADL
15
Q
at discretion
A
ad lib
16
Q
admission
A
adm
17
Q
above elbow
A
AE
18
Q
ankle foot orthosis
A
AFO
19
Q
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
A
AIDS
20
Q
anterior inferior Iliac spine
A
AIIS
21
Q
Above Knee
A
AK
22
Q
morning
A
a.m
23
Q
against medical advice
A
AMA
24
Q
ambulation
A
amb
25
Autonomic Nervous System
ANS
26
anterior
ant
27
anterior-posterior
AP
28
active range of motion
AROM
29
as soon as possible
asap
30
anterior superior iliac spine
asis
31
assistance
assist.
32
arteriovenous malformation
AVM
33
bedside
B/S
34
Below Elbow
BK
35
twice a day
BID bid
36
bilateral
bilat. or B
37
Below knee
BK
38
bowel movement
BM
39
base of support
BOS
40
blood pressure
BP
41
beats per minute
bpm
42
bedrest
BR
43
bathroom privileges
BRP
44
bowel sounds
BS
45
complains of
c/o
46
cancer
CA
47
Chief complaint
CC or C/C
48
congestive heart failure
CHF
49
Cardiac output
CO
50
continue
cont.
51
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COPD
52
Cerebral Palsy
CP
53
Chronic Renal Failure
CRF
54
Cerebrospinal Fluid
CSF
55
crutch walking instruction
CWI
56
Discontinued/Discharged
D/C
57
Department
dept.
58
Distal interphalangeal
Dip
59
degenerative joint disease
DJD
60
Date of Birth
DOB
61
Deep tendon reflex
DTR
62
Deep Venous Thrombosis
DVT
63
Diagnosis
Dx
64
extended care facility
ECF
65
emergency department
ED
66
Emergency room
E.R.
67
evaluation
eval.
68
extension
ext.
69
family history
FH
70
flexion
flex
71
full weight bearing
fwb
72
fracture
fx
73
history of
h/o
74
home exercise program
HEP
75
heart rate
HR
76
at bedtime
hs
77
height
ht.
78
hypertension
Htn or HTN
79
history
Hx
80
instrumental activities of daily living
IADL
81
intensive care unit
ICU
82
impression
imp.
83
inches
in.
84
independent
indep
85
inferior
inf
86
intravenous
IV
87
lateral
lat
88
pound
lb.
89
lower back pain
LBP
90
lower back pain
LBP
91
Lower Extremity
L.E
92
loss/level of consciousness
LOC
93
lower motor neuron
LMN
94
length of stay
LOS
95
Medical Doctor
MD
96
medications
Meds.
97
minute
min.
98
month
mo.
99
moderate
mod
100
night
noc
101
non-weight bearing
NWB
102
Objective
O:
103
osteoarthritis
OA
104
once daily
od
105
out of bed
OOB
106
outpatient
O.P.
107
Operating room
O.R.
108
ORIF
open reduction, internal fixation
109
Poor
P
110
Plan
P:
111
after meals
pc
112
afternoon
p.m.
113
positive
+ or pos.
114
posterior
post
115
after surgery
post-op
116
before surgery
pre-oo
117
Passive range of motion
PROM
118
Partial weight bearing
PWB
119
every
q
120
four times a day
qid.
121
every hour every night
qh qn
122
regarding
re:
123
rule out
r/o
124
intervention
RX
125
seconds
sec.
126
SOAP
subjective, objective, assessment, plan
127
immediately
stat.
128
superior
suo
129
Symptoms
Sx
130
traction
tx
131
v.s.
vital signs
132
w/c
wheelchair
133
week
wk.
134
WNL
within normal limits
135
wt.
weight
136
parallel bars
//
137
with
c with dash or c
138
without
s with dash
139
p with dash
after
140
before
a with dash
141
approximately
~
142
change
triangle
143
minus or negative
-
144
per
/
145
and
&
146
to and from
<->
147
progressing
—>
148
1 degree
primary
149
2 degree
secondary
