Chpt 7 Medical Abbreviations
Terms
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- A & D
- admitting & discharge
- CS
-
Central Supply
Supply - OR
- operating room
-
PT
OT -
physical therapy
occupational therapy - X-ray
- radiology
- Lab
- Medical Laboratory
- MR
- Medical Records
- Peds
- pediatrics
- Med-Surg
- ward for medical & surgical patients
- OB
-
obstetrics
includes labor & delivery
postpartum ward, newborn nursery for healthy babies -
ICN
NICU -
intensive care nursery
newborn intensive care unit
for premmies or unhealthy babies - OPD
- out patient department
- ER
-
emergency room
ED
emergency department - ENT
- ear nose throat
- GU
- genitourinary
- NP
- Neuropsychiatric
- SS
- social service
-
CCU
ICU -
coronary care unit
intensive care unit - DOU
-
definitive observation unit
(less than intensive care, but more than floor care) - Dietary (FS)
- food service/dietary department
- Housekeeping
- janitorial service
- Pharmacy
- drugstore
- Morgue
- unit for autopsies/hold dead
- Pathology (Path)
- laboratory for study of diseased tissues, including blood
- q
- every
- qd
- once a day
- qod
- every other day
- q _ h
- every _ hours
- bid
- twice a day
- tid
- three times a day
- qid
- 4 times a day
- hs
- at bedtime (hour of sleep)
- ac
- before meals
- pc
- after meals
- prn
- when needed
- ab lib
- as desired
- stat
- immediately (ASAP; as soon as possible)
- tabs
- tablets
- g gm
- grams
- cc
- cubic centimeters
- mL ml
- milliliters
- L
- liter (liter 1000 cc or ml)
- mEq
- milliequivalent
- U
- units
- gtts
- drops
- oz
- ounces
- dr
- drams
- PO
-
by mouth
(per os) - IV
- intravenously (into a vein usually a peripheral vein)
- IM
- intermuscualry (into a muscle)
- H
- hypodermically (with a needle)
- subcu, subq
- subcutaneously (under the skin, into the fatty tissue)
- R
- rectally (by rectum)
- parenteral
- a solution given intravenously
- enteral
- tube feeding (into stomach or small intestine)
- D 5 W
-
5% glucose in distilled water
used IV - caps
- capsules
- supp
- suppository
-
..
ss - one-half
- mg
- milligrams
- N.S.
-
normal saline solution:
isotonic solution - clysis
-
to cleanse
injection of fluid into the body other than orally - TKO
- to keep open (vein)
- KVO
- keep vein open
- NPO
-
nothing per os
nothing to eat or drink orally - I & O
- intake and output (measured)
- Cl Liq
-
full liquid only
ginger ale tea broth Jell-0
7-Up coffee - F Liq
-
full liquid
addition of milk & milk products; liquid at body temp. - Lo salt, low Na, Salt Free
-
restricted in sodium;
ordered by mg or g of sodium desired, i.e.
2 g Na, 500 mg Na - NAS
-
no added salt;
usually 4-6 g Na (mild restrition) - reg
-
regular diet (house or normal sometimes used)
a balanced diet w/o restrictions as to the type of food texture, seasoning or preperation method - mech soft
- mechanical soft; a reqular diet w/ alteration in texture only. sometimes called 'edentulous.'
- med soft
- medical soft; alternations in texture, preparation methods, and seasoning
- bland
- a medical soft diet further atlered to omit acid-producing beverages and restrict seasoning. Altered feeding intervals
- Lo res
- low residue; alternation in texture and a limited food selection to yield little intestinal residue
- high fiber
- a regular diet with increased amounts of foods containing dietary fiber
- FF or PF
-
force or push fluids
increase the liquid intake by addition of extra fluids -
int fdg
int nour DAT -
interval feeding
supplemental nourishment served b/t meals diet as tolerated - ADA diet
- American Dietetic Association diet; refers to claculated diet plans used primarily for diabetics
- AHA diet
-
American Heart Association diet;
to calculated diet plans used primarily to reduce risk of heart disease - CBR
- complete bed rest
- ABR
- absolute bed rest
- dangle
- sit at edge of bed legs over side
- ambulate
- walk
- OOB
- out of bed
- BPR
-
bathroom privileges
may be up to bathroom only - commode
- bedside toilet
- AP or Lat
-
routine X-ray picture of chest
front to back and side view - up
- upright x-ray
- decub
-
decubitus
lying down position - IVP
- intravenous pyelgram (kidney)
- BE
- barium enema (colon)
- 2GI series
- upper (barium swallow); x-ray of stomach/duodenum; lower (same as BE); x-ray of lower bowel/colon
- GB series
- gallbladder x-ray picture
- MRI
- magnetic resonance imaging; noninvasive procedure using a megnetic fields that yields images for Dx
- RAI RAIU
- radioactive iodine (uptake) for diagnosing thryroid function
- SCAN
-
CT; CAT: computed tomography, computerized axial tomography
tomography is a technology of slicing photos to yeild an
excellent picture of just that of what is needed.
CAT = computed Axial Tomography - CBC
- complete blood count
- UA
- urinalysis
- VC
- vital capacity (lungs)
- qns
- quanity not sufficient (lab requires a larger specimen) Also refers to insufficient food/liq intake
-
-
c - with (con)
-
-
s - without (sans)
- dc
- discontinue
- TLC
- tender loving care
- EUA
- examination under anesthesia
- DOA
- dead on arrival
- OD
-
overdose;
also means right eye (refer to context where used) - prep
- prepare
- V/S
- vital signs
- ECG EKG
- electrocardiogram
- EEG
- electroencephalogram
- Dx
- diagnosis
- Tx
- treatment
- Rx
- prescription
- Sx
- symptions
- Na+
-
natrium; sodium (chemical symbol for)
Na = natrium = latin for salt - K+
- potassium (chemical symbol for)
- Ca+
- calcium (chemical symbol)
- P+
- phosphorus (chemical sign)
- Cl-
- chloride (chemical sign)
- I+
- iodine (chemical sign)
- Fe+
- iron (chemical sign)
- Hg+
- mercury (chemical sign)