SHORT HAND MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS Flashcards
1
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ABD
A
ABDOMEN
2
Q
ABGs
A
ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES
3
Q
AC
A
BEFORE MEALS
4
Q
ACLS
A
ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT
5
Q
AD LIB
A
AS DESIRED
6
Q
ADHD
A
ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
7
Q
AKA
A
ABOVE THE KNEE AMPUTATION
8
Q
AMA
A
AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE
9
Q
ASA
A
ASPIRIN
10
Q
ASAP
A
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
11
Q
BE
A
BARIUM ENEMA
12
Q
BKA
A
BELOW THE KNEE AMPUTATION
13
Q
BM
A
BOWEL MOVEMENT
14
Q
BMI
A
BODY MASS INDEX
15
Q
BP
A
BLOOD PRESSURE
16
Q
BPH
A
BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY
17
Q
BPM
A
BEATS PER MINUTE
18
Q
BRP
A
BATHROOM PRIVILEGES
19
Q
BSA
A
BODY SURFACE AREA
20
Q
BUN
A
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN
21
Q
BX
A
BIOPSY
22
Q
C
A
CELSIUS
23
Q
C&S
A
CULTURE & SENSITIVIY
24
Q
CA
A
CALCIUM
25
CABG
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT
26
CAD
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
27
CBC
COMPLETE BLOOD CELL COUNT
28
CC
CHIEF COMPLAINT
29
CDC
CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL
30
CM
CENTIMETER
31
CNS
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
32
CP
CHEST PAIN
33
CPR
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
34
C/O
COMPLAINS OF
35
COPD
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
36
CSF
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
37
CT
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
38
CV
CARDIOVASCULAR
39
CVA
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (STROKE)
40
CXR
CHEST X-RAY
41
D
DAY
42
D&C
DILATION AND CURETTAGE
43
D/C
DISCHARGE, DISCONTINUE
44
DM
DIABETES MELLITUS
45
DNR
DO NOT RESUSCITATE
46
DOB
DATE OF BIRTH
47
DTap
DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS, ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINE
48
DX
DIAGNOSIS
49
ECG, EKG
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
50
ED
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
51
EEG
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM
52
ENT
EAR, NOSE, THROAT
53
F
FAHRENHEIT
54
FBS, FBG
FASTING BLOOD SUGAR/GLUCOSE
55
F/U
FOLLOW UP
56
FUO
FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN
57
FX
FRACTURE
58
GI
GASTROINTESTINAL
59
GTT
GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST
60
GU
GENTOURINARY
61
GYN
GYNECOLOGY
62
HR
HOUR
63
H2O
WATER
64
HCT
HEMATOCRIT
65
HEENT
HEAD, EARS, EYES, NOSE, THROAT
66
HF
HEART FAILUE
67
HGB
HEMOGLOBIN
68
HIV
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
69
HPV
HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS
70
HTN
HYPERTENSION
71
I&D
INCISION AND DRAINAGE
72
I&O
INTAKE AND OUTPUT
73
ICU
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
74
IUD
INTRAUTERINE DEVICE
75
K
POTASSIUM
76
KUB
KIDNEYS, URETERS, BLADDER
77
L
LITER
78
LB
POUND
79
LLE
LOWER LEFT EXTREMITY (LEFT LEG)
80
LLL
LEFT LOWER LOBE
81
LLQ
LEFT LOWER QUADRANT
82
LMP
LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD
83
LUE
LEFT UPPER EXTREMITY (LEFT ARM)
84
LUQ
LEFT UPPER QUADRANT
85
MG/DL
MILLIGRAMS PER DECILITER
86
MI
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
87
ML
MILLILITERS
88
MM
MUCOS MEMBRANE
89
MM HG
MILLIMETERS OF MERCURY
90
MRI
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
91
MS
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
92
N/V
NAUSEA/VOMITING
93
NB
NEWBORN
94
NG
NASOGASTRIC
95
NKA
NO KNOWN ALLERGIES
96
NPO
NOTHING BY MOUTH
97
NS
NORMAL SALINE
98
NSAID
NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG
99
O2
OXYGEN
100
OB
OBSTETRICS
101
OC
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE
102
OOB
OUT OF BED
103
OP
OUTPATIENT
104
OT
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY/THERAPIST
105
OTC
OVER-THE-COUNTER
106
PA
POSTEROANTERIOR, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
107
PC
AFTER MEALS
108
PE
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
109
PID
PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
110
PMS
PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME
111
PO
BY MOUTH
112
PRN
AS NEEDED
113
PT
PHYSICAL THERAPIST/THERAPY
114
pt
PATIENT
115
RA
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
116
RA
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
117
RBC
RED BLOOD COUNT
118
RLE
RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY
119
RLL
RIGHT LOWER LOBE
120
RLQ
RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT
121
R/O
RULE OUT
122
ROM
RANGE OF MOTION
123
RT
RESPIRATORY THERAPY
124
RUE
RIGHT UPPER EXTREMITY (RIGHT ARM)
125
RUQ
RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT
126
RX
PRESCRIPTION
127
SOB
SHORTNESS OF BREATH
128
STI
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION
129
SX
SYMPTOMS
130
T&A
TONSILLECTOMY AND ADENOIDECTOMY
131
TB
TUBERCULOSIS
132
TIA
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
133
TX
TREATMENT
134
UA
URINALYSIS
135
URI
UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION
136
UTI
URINARY TRACT INFECTION
137
VS
VITAL SIGNS
138
WBC
WHITE BLOOD CELLS
139
WNL
WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS
140
YO, Y/O
YEARS OLD
