Medical Term MR Abbrev/Medicolegal Flashcards
An abbreviation for a Latin word that means nothing by mouth?
NPO
Which of the following is short for 3 times/daily?
tid
“tid,” on a medical prescription, means three times a day. It is an abbreviation for “ter in die” which in Latin means three times a day
TR is short for:
Repetetion time
TE is short for:
Echo Time
DSC refers to:
Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast
DSC refers to Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast, or better known as T2* gradient Perfusion imaging
DCE refers to:
Dynamic Contrast Enhancement
DCE refers to Dynamic Contrast Enhancement, or Basic T1 perfusion imaging (pituitary dynamic sequences)
ADC stands for:
B and/or C
Analog to digital converter or Apparent diffusion coefficient
NMV is short for:
Net magnetization vector
SSFP is an abbreviation for:
Steady state free precession
RBW is an abbreviation for:
Receiver bandwidth
FA is short for:
A or C
Fractional anisotropy or Flip angle
NSA is an abbreviation for:
Number of signals averaged
NEX is short for:
Number of excitations
FSE is an abbreviation for:
Fast spin echo
LPM stands for:
Liters per minute
mmol is short for:
millimol
mL is an abbreviation for:
MilliLiter
Which of the following is short for 2 times/daily?
Bid
ROI is short for:
Region of interest
TI is short for:
Inversion Time
_____________ is a tort doctrine that states employers are responsible for the actions of their employees.
Respondeat superior
Respondeat Superior (Latin: “let the master answer”) is a legal doctrine which states that, in many circumstances, an employer is responsible for the actions of employees performed within the course of their employment
__________ is defined as “the thing speaks for itself”, or, a doctrine or legal ruling that permits the presumption that a defendant was negligent even without direct evidence of how any defendant behaved
Res Ipsa Loquitur
___________ is professional negligence by act or omission by a health care provider in which the treatment provided falls below the accepted standard of practice in the medical community and causes injury or death to the patient
Malpractice
___________ is a failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances.
Negligence
________ may be defined as a personal injury; or as “a civil action other than a breach of contract.”
Tort
A _____________ is a medical or psychological treatment guideline, and specifies appropriate treatment based on scientific evidence and collaboration between medical professionals involved in the treatment of a given condition.
Standard of care
A _________ can mean something that is a hindrance or puts an individual or group at a disadvantage, or something that someone is responsible for, or something that increases the chance of something occurring.
Liability
________ is defined as a patient’s permission to a medical or surgical procedure or to participation in a clinical study after being properly advised of the relevant medical facts and the risks involved.
Informed consent
In emergency situations, a physician can order a procedure under ____________ if the benefits outweigh the risks, in reference to an unconscious patient, for example.
Implied consent
_____________ requires that a patient’s information be kept confidential and not shared or released unless required by law.
HIPAA
Which of the following situations would NOT violate ARRT ethics?
Reaching out to an ordering MD when an incorrect order has been placed
Law that pertains to private legal rights and matters is defined as:
Civil law
Law that pertains to crimes and their punishment is defined as:
Criminal law
A ___________ is a medical or psychological treatment guideline, and can be general or specific.
Standard of care
A ___________ is an instrument (or document) that allows a patient to appoint an agent to make health care decisions in the event that the primary individual is incapable of executing such decisions.
Health care proxy
