medical abbreviations

Question 1

CXR
ACS
MI
SOB
SOBOE
SATS

Answer 1

CHEST XRAY
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
SHORTNESS OF BREATH
SHORTNESS OF BREATH ON EXTERTION
OXYGEN SATURATION

Question 2

AE
AF
LVF
PPM
TAVI
CABG

Answer 2

AIR ENTRY
ATRIAL FIBRILATION
LEFT VENTRICULAR FAILURE
PERMENANT PACE MAKER
TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT

Question 3

PTX
(P)TB
PE
CAD
CAP/HAP
COPD

Answer 3

PNEUMOTHORAX
(PULMONARY) TUBERCULOSIS
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
COMMUNITY/HOSPITAL ACQUIRED DISEASE
CORONARY OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

Question 4

LBP
ANK SPOND
TB
OA
RA
SIJ

Answer 4

LOWER BACK PAIN
ANKYLOSING SPONDYLYTIS
TUBERCULOSIS
OSTEOARTHRITIS
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
SACROILLIAC JOINTS

Question 5

ACDF
NRB
CA
LMP
WB
?#

Answer 5

ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISECTOMY AND FUSION
NON-REBREATHER MASK
CORONARY ARTERY/CARDIAC ARREST/CANCER
LAST MENSTURAL PERIOD
WEIGHT BEARING
QUERY FRACTURE

Question 6

DISH
CES
CSF
MS
NSAID

Answer 6

DIFFUSE IDIOPATHY SKELETAL HYPERSTOSIS
CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME
CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
NON-STEROIDAL ANTI INFLAMMATORY DRUG