Medical Abbreviations Pt.1
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| CXR | Chest XRay
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| DM | Diabetes Mellitus
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| DON | Director of Nursing
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| gtt | Drop(s)
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| GTT | Glucose Tolerance Test
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| h.hr | Hour
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| DOA | Dead on arrival
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| DOS | Dead on scene
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| DPT | Diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus toxoids vaccine
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| Dx | Diagnosis
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| H/A | Headache
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| Hb | Hemoglobin
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| Hct | Hemocrit
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| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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| HTN | Hypertension
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| Hx | History
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| ICU | Intensive Care Unit
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| IDDM | Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
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| NAD | No Apparent Distress
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| NC | Nasal Cannula
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| NICU | Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
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| nka | No Known Allergies
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| NS | Normal Saline (.09%)
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| N/V | Nausea/Vommitting
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| N/V/D | Nausea/ Vomiting/ Diarrhea
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| NVD | Neck Vein Distension
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| OB | Obstetrics
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| FHx | Family History
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| fl, fld | Fluid
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| g.gm | gram
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| GB | Gallbladder
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| GI | Gastrointestinal
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| gr | grain
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| IM | Intramuscular
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| IV | Intravenous
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| L | liter
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| lb | pound
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| L/M | liters per minute
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| mcg | microgram
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| mg | milligram
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| min | minute
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| mL | milliliter
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| mm | millimeter
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| MVA | Motor Vehicular Accident
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| N | normal
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| PID | Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
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| pt | Patient
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| PT | Physical Therapy
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| PVC | premature ventricular complex , polyvinyl chloride
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| PVD | peripheral vascular disease
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| q | every
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| qd | everyday
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| qh | every hour
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| qid | 4xD (4 times a day)
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| AIDS | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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| ant | anterior
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| Aq | Aqueous
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| ARDS | Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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| ASAP | As soon as possible
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| bid | twice daily
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| BP | Blood Pressure
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| BS | Blood Sugar, breath sounds, bowel sounds, bachelor of science (degree)
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| BSA | body surface area
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| bx | biopsy
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| C | degrees Celsius, centrigrade
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| Ca | Calcium
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| CA | cancer, cardiac arrest, chronologic age, coronary artery, cold agglutinin
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