Unit 9- neonatology Flashcards
ED
ER
Emergency Department
Emergency Room
ICU
Intensive Care Unit
OB
Obstetrics
OPD
Outpatient Department
OR
Operating Room
Peds
Pediatrics
GTPAL
Gravida, Term Births, Preterm Births, Abortions, Living Children
Gravida
Total Number of Pregnancies
G/P
Gravida/Para
Para
Births
EDC
Estimated Date of Confinement; Due Date
LMP
Last Menstraul Period
BOW
Bag of Waters
C/S, C-Section
Cesarean Section
NB
Newborn
p/o
PO
Post-Operative
Postoperative
Amni/o
Fetal Membrane
Amniocentesis
Surgical Puncture to Remove Fetal Membrane for Diagnostic Purposes
cephal/o
Head
fet/i
fet/o
fetus; unborn child
gravid/o
Pregnancy
embry/o
Embryo (fist two months of gestation)
lact/o
milk
nat/o
birth
umbilic/o
belly button, navel
par/o
give birth to, labor
prim/i
first
pseud/o
false
micro-
small
multi-
many
nulli-
none
post-
after
pre-
before
peri-
around, surrounding
dystocia
difficult labor
-partum
childbirth, labor
-rrhexis
rupture