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Chapter 2 Keywords
Health Records: abbreviations and definitions
Term | Definition |
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Ipsilateral | Same Side |
NPO | Nil Per Os (nothing by mouth) |
BID | Twice Daily |
PACU | Postanesthesia Care Unit |
Plantar | Side of the Foot |
Caudal | Toward the Bottom |
Prophylaxis | Preventive Treatment |
Disposition | What Happened to the Patient at the End of/After the Visit |
Impression | Another way of saying Assessment |
Occult | Hidden |
Lesion | Diseased Tissue |
Auscultation | To Listen |
Lethargic | A Decrease in the Level of Consciousness |
Coronal | Divides the Body into slices Front to Back |