Abbreviations Flashcards

Question

BUN

Answer 1

blood urea nitrogen (same as urea)

Answer 2

complete blood cell count

Answer 3

congestive heart failure

Answer 4

closed head injury

Answer 5

carbohydrtae

Answer 6

centimeter

Answer 7

carbon dioxide

Answer 8

complains of

Answer 9

continuous positive airway pressure * is a machine that uses mild air pressure to keep breathing airways open while you sleep. Your healthcare provider may prescribe CPAP to treat sleep-related breathing disorders including sleep apnea. CPAP also may treat preterm infants who have underdeveloped lungs.

Answer 10

chronic renal failure

Answer 11

C reactive protein

Answer 12

continuous renal replacement therapy * a method of slower, continuous dialysis to allow solute and fluid homeostasis; different techniques

Answer 13

cryosurgery * a treatment that uses extreme cold produced by liquid nitrogen or argon gas to destroy cancer cells and abnormal tissue. It is a local treatment, which means that it is directed toward a specific part of your body

Answer 14

Computerized Tomography scan

Answer 15

central venous catheter

Answer 16

central venous line

Answer 17

Continuous veno-venus hemo-dialysis * a temporary treatment for patients with acute renal failure who are unable to tolerate hemodialysis and are unstable. With CVVH, a dialysis catheter is placed in one of the main veins of the body.

Answer 18

diet as tolerated

Answer 19

discontinued

Answer 20

docosapentanoic acid

Answer 21

Diabetes mellitus

Answer 22

enteric coded

Answer 23

enteral nutrition

Answer 24

eicosapentaenoic acid

Answer 25

endotracheal tube * it is a tube constructed of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) that is placed between the vocal cords through the trachea to provide oxygen and inhaled gases to the lungs.

Answer 26

fresh frozen plasma

Answer 27

fraction of inspired oxygen

Answer 28

failure to thrive

Answer 29

fructo-oligosaccharides

Answer 30

Glasgow Coma Scale * used to objectively describe the extent of impaired consciousness in all types of acute medical and trauma patients. The scale assesses patients according to three aspects of responsiveness: eye-opening, motor, and verbal responses.

Answer 31

general surgery

Answer 32

gastroesophageal reflux disease

Answer 33

glomerular filtration rate

Answer 34

Gastrointestinal

Answer 35

gastrointestinal bleed

Answer 36

glucose infusion rate

Answer 37

gastric residual volume

Answer 38

Harris Benedict equation

Answer 39

hematocrit

Answer 40

hepatic encephalopathy

Answer 41

hemoglobin

Answer 42

heparin induced thrombocytopenia * a life-threatening complication of exposure to heparin (anticoagulant)

Answer 43

head of bed

Answer 44

hypertension

Answer 45

intensive care unit

Answer 46

inch (Note 2.54 cm = 1 inch)

Answer 47

international normalized ratio * blood test tells you how long it takes for your blood to clot. It is used to test clotting times in people taking warfarin (a medicine used to treat and prevent blood clots). Your doctor will use your INR result to work out what dose of warfarin you should take.

Answer 48

idiopathic thrombocytopenia * a blood disorder characterized by an abnormal decrease in the number of platelets in the blood. A decrease in platelets can result in easy bruising, bleeding gums, and internal bleeding. ITP may be acute and resolve in less than 6 months, or chronic and last longer than 6 months.

Answer 49

intravenous

Answer 50

kilogram (Note: 1 kg=2.2 pounds)

Answer 51

laceration

Answer 52

lean body mass

Answer 53

long chain triglycerides

Answer 54

liver function tests (i.e. AST, ALT)

Answer 55

left lower quadrant

Answer 56

Liver (or lung) transplant

Answer 57

medium chain triglycerides

Answer 58

mean corpuscule volume * blood test measures the average size of your red blood cells

Answer 59

medical doctors

Answer 60

Magnetic resonance imaging

Answer 61

methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus

Answer 62

motor vehicle accident

Answer 63

multivitamin

Answer 64

nutrition care plan

Answer 65

nasogastric

Answer 66

nasojejunal

Answer 67

nothing by mouth

Answer 68

gammaglutamyltranspeptidase (LFT)

Answer 69

gastrojejunal

Answer 70

once daily

Answer 71

orogastric

Answer 72

oral glucose tolerance test

Answer 73

operating room

Answer 74

open reduction with internal fixation * surgery used to stabilize and heal a broken bone.

Answer 75

occupational therapist

Answer 76

phosphorus

Answer 77

percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy * a procedure to place a feeding tube. These feeding tubes are often called PEG tubes or G tubes.

Answer 78

protein, energy malnutrition

Answer 79

peripheral intravenous line

Answer 80

Past medical history

Answer 81

parental nutrition

Answer 82

per os (by mouth)

Answer 83

post-operative day

Answer 84

packed red blood cells

Answer 85

physiotherapist

Answer 86

prothromin time

Answer 87

Physiotherapy Assistant; or Prior To Admission

Answer 88

post trauma day

Answer 89

partial thromboplastin time

Answer 90

four times per day

Answer 91

red blood cells

Answer 92

registered dietician

Answer 93

resting energy expenditure

Answer 94

reason for admission

Answer 95

right lower quadrant

Answer 96

registered nurse

Answer 97

registered respiratory therapist

Answer 98

ready to feed

Answer 99

subarachnoid hemmorhage * there is bleeding in the space that surrounds the brain. Most often, it occurs when a weak area in a blood vessel (aneurysm) on the surface of the brain bursts and leaks.

Answer 100

short bowel syndrome

Answer 101

stress factor

Answer 102

syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone

Answer 103

speech language pathologist

Answer 104

shortness of breath

Answer 105

social work

Answer 106

tuberculosis

Answer 107

trace elements

Answer 108

total fluid intake (order)

Answer 109

three times daily

Answer 110

transplantation

Answer 111

venous carbon dioxide

Answer 112

vancomycin resistant enteroccoci * Antibiotic resistance occurs when the germs no longer respond to the antibiotics designed to kill them

Answer 113

white blood cell count

Answer 114

years of age

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