common vet acronyms Flashcards
(72 cards)
1
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aint doin right
A
ADR
2
Q
advanced life support
A
ALS
3
Q
bright alert responsive
A
BAR
4
Q
body condition score
A
BCS
5
Q
big dog little dog (attack)
A
BDLD
6
Q
twice daily/every 12 hrs
A
BID
7
Q
basic life support
A
BLS
8
Q
bowel movement
A
BM
9
Q
blood pressure
A
BP
10
Q
beats per min
A
BPM
11
Q
biopsy
A
BX
12
Q
chief complaint
A
CC
13
Q
congestive heart failure
A
CHF
14
Q
computed tomography
A
CT
15
Q
diarreha
A
D+
16
Q
emergency + critical care specialty
A
DACVECC
17
Q
internal medicine specialty
A
DACVIM
18
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radiology specialty
A
DACVR
19
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surgical specialty
A
DACVS
20
Q
dog bite wound
A
DBW
21
Q
domestic long hair
A
DLH
22
Q
do not resuscitate
A
DNR
23
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dead on arrival
A
DOA
24
Q
domestic short hair
A
DSH
25
doctor of vetrinary medicine
DVM
26
diagnosis
DX
27
electrocardiogram
ECG
28
emergency room
ER
29
intact female
F/I
30
spayed female
F/S
31
feline lower urinary tract disease
FLUTD
32
fine needle aspirate
FNA
33
fever of unknown origin
FUO
34
fracture
FX
35
gastric dilation-volvulus (bloat)
GDV
36
gastrointestinal
GI
37
hit by car
HBC
38
hemorrhagic gastroenteritis
HGE
39
heart rate
HR
40
history
Hx
41
intensive care unit
ICU
42
intact male
M/I
43
neutered male
M/N
44
magnetic resonance imaging
MRI
45
owner
O
46
physical exam
PE
47
per OS or by mouth or orally
PO
48
put to sleep/euthanize
PTS
49
polyuria/polydipsia
PU/PD
50
quiet alert responsive
QAR
51
quality of life
QOL
52
referring veterinarian
rDVM
53
range of motion
ROM
54
respiratory rate
RR
55
prescription
RX
56
subcutaneous
SC/SQ
57
suture removal
S/R
58
once daily/every 24 hrs
SID
59
subjective, objective, assessment, plan - method to organize medical records
SOAP
60
immediately
STAT
61
surgery
SX
62
three times daily/every 8 hrs
TID
63
temperature, pulse, respiration rates
TPR
64
treatment
TX
65
ultrasound
U/S
66
urination
UR
67
upper respiratory infection
URI
68
urinary tract infection
UTI
69
vomiting
V+
70
veterinary technician specialty
VTS
71
vaccine
VX
72
within normal limits
WNL
