MAA Ch.6 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| CXR | Chest XRay |
| DM | Diabetes Mellitus |
| DON | Director of Nursing |
| gtt | Drop(s) |
| GTT | Glucose Tolerance Test |
| h.hr | Hour |
| DOA | Dead on arrival |
| DOS | Dead on scene |
| DPT | Diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus toxoids vaccine |
| Dx | Diagnosis |
| H/A | Headache |
| Hb | Hemoglobin |
| Hct | Hemocrit |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HTN | Hypertension |
| Hx | History |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| IDDM | Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
| NAD | No Apparent Distress |
| NC | Nasal Cannula |
| NICU | Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| nka | No Known Allergies |
| NS | Normal Saline (.09%) |
| N/V | Nausea/Vommitting |
| N/V/D | Nausea/ Vomiting/ Diarrhea |
| NVD | Neck Vein Distension |
| OB | Obstetrics |
| FHx | Family History |
| fl, fld | Fluid |
| g.gm | gram |
| GB | Gallbladder |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| gr | grain |
| IM | Intramuscular |
| IV | Intravenous |
| L | liter |
| lb | pound |
| L/M | liters per minute |
| mcg | microgram |
| mg | milligram |
| min | minute |
| mL | milliliter |
| mm | millimeter |
| MVA | Motor Vehicular Accident |
| N | normal |
| PID | Pelvic Inflammatory Disease |
| pt | Patient |
| PT | Physical Therapy |
| PVC | premature ventricular complex , polyvinyl chloride |
| PVD | peripheral vascular disease |
| q | every |
| qd | everyday |
| qh | every hour |
| qid | 4xD (4 times a day) |
| AIDS | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
| ant | anterior |
| Aq | Aqueous |
| ARDS | Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
| ASAP | As soon as possible |
| bid | twice daily |
| BP | Blood Pressure |
| BS | Blood Sugar, breath sounds, bowel sounds, bachelor of science (degree) |
| BSA | body surface area |
| bx | biopsy |
| C | degrees Celsius, centrigrade |
| Ca | Calcium |
| CA | cancer, cardiac arrest, chronologic age, coronary artery, cold agglutinin |
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