MEDICAL ABRREVIATIONS Flashcards
(45 cards)
1
Q
AIDS
A
ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
2
Q
ASHD
A
ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE
3
Q
ARC
A
AIDS-RELATED COMPLEX
4
Q
BID
A
TWICE DAILY
5
Q
CAD
A
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
6
Q
CBC
A
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
7
Q
CHF
A
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
8
Q
COPD
A
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
9
Q
CSF
A
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
10
Q
CVA
A
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (STROKE0
11
Q
ECG/EKG
A
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
12
Q
EEG
A
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM
13
Q
EMG
A
ELECTROMYOGRAM
14
Q
FUO
A
FEVER OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN
15
Q
HH
A
HIATAL HERNIA
16
Q
HHS
A
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
17
Q
HIPAA
A
HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILTY AN ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996
18
Q
H/O
A
HISTORY OF
19
Q
ICCU
A
INTENSIVE CORONARY CARE UNIT
20
Q
I/O
A
INTAKE AND OUTPUT
21
Q
IVP
A
INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAM
22
Q
KUB
A
KIDNEYS, URETERS, AN BLADDERS
23
Q
LMP
A
LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD
24
Q
MI
A
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (HEART ATTACK)
25
NG
NASOGASTRIC
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noc
NIGHT
27
npo
NOTHING BY MOUTH
28
OTC
OVER THE COUNTER
29
PAR
POST-ANESTHESIA RECOVERY
30
PID
PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
31
p/o
POST-OPERATIVE
32
prn
AS NEEDED
33
QID
FOUR TIMES DAILY
34
r/o
RULE OUT
35
ROM
RANGE OF MOTION
36
SIDS
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
37
SOB
SHORTNESS OF BREATH
38
S/P
STATUS POST
39
STAT
IMMEDIATELY
40
STD
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE
41
TIA
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
42
TID
THREE TIMES DAILY
43
TKO
TO KEEP OPEN (REFERS TO IV LINES)
44
TPN
TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION (IV FEEDING0
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TPR
TEMPERATURE, PULSE, & RESPIRATION
