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1
Q
AD
A
RIGHT EAR
2
Q
AS
A
LEFT EAR
3
Q
AU
A
BOTH EARS
4
Q
ID
A
INTRADERMAL
5
Q
IM
A
INTRAMUSCULARLY
6
Q
IV
A
INTRAVENOUSLY
7
Q
OD
A
RIGHT EYE
8
Q
OS
A
LEFT EYE
9
Q
OU
A
BOTH EYES
10
Q
p.o.
A
ORALLY
11
Q
PR
A
RECTALLY
12
Q
SL
A
SUBLINGUALLY
13
Q
SQ
SC
subq
subQ
A
SUBCUTANEOUSLY
14
Q
vag.
A
VAGINALLY
15
Q
NPO
A
NOTHING BY MOUTH
16
Q
OTC
A
OVER THE COUNTER
17
Q
c̅
A
WITH
18
Q
s
A
WITHOUT
19
Q
ABG
A
ATERIAL BLOOD GAS
20
Q
AKA
A
ABOVE-KNEE AMPUTATION
21
Q
BKA
A
BELOW-KNEE AMPUTATION
22
Q
bx
A
BIOPSY
23
Q
CABG
A
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT
24
Q
CHF
A
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
25
COPD
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
26
CSF
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
27
CXR
CHEST X-RAY
28
DNR
DO NOT RESUSCITATE
29
Fx
FRACTURE
30
GSW
GUNSHOT WOUND
31
MRSA
METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS
32
MRI
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
33
MVA
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT
34
NaCl
SODIUM CHLORIDE
35
NKA
NO KNOWN ALLERGIES
36
O2
OXYGEN
37
oint.
OINTMENT
38
PEG
PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY
39
pre-op
PREOPERATIVE
40
PVD
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
41
T&A
TONSIL & ADENOIDS
42
TAH
TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY
43
TIA
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
44
TKR
TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT
45
TNM
TUMOR, NODES AND METASTASES
46
gtts
DROPS
47
STAT
IMMEDIATELY
48
PRN
AS NEEDED
49
BID
TWICE A DAY
50
BMI
BODY MASS INDEX
51
EUA
EXAMINATION UNDER ANRSTHESIA
52
i
1 TABLET
53
ii
2 TABLETS
54
iii
3 TABLETS
55
IVP
INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAM
X-RAY OF URINARY TRACT
56
PTT
PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME
MEASURE OF HOW QUICKLY BLOOD CLOTS