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ABBREVIATIONS
• Abd-ABDOMEN
• ac- BEFORE
• ATS- ANTI TETANUS SERUM
• ANST- AFTER NEGATIVE SENSITIVITY TESTING
• AB- ABORTION
• AGE- ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS
• AUB- ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING
• ACLS- ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR LIFE SUPPORT
• ARF – Acute Renal Failure
• ADH- Anti Diuretic Hormone
• ARDS – Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• AKA- ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION
• AP- ANTERIOR POSTERIOR/ APICAL PULSE/ ASPIRATION PRECAUTION
• AOD-ANESTHESIOLOGIST ON DUTY
• BID- TWICE A DAY
• BCG- BACILLUS CALMETTE GUERINE
• BM- BOWEL MOVEMENT
• BOW- BAG OF WATER
• BAIAE –BRONCHIAL ASTHMA IN ACUTE
EXACERBATION
• BA- BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
• BPN- BRONCHOPNEUMONIA
• BTL- BILATERAL TUBAL LIGATION
• BKA- BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION
• BM- BOWEL MOVEMENT
• CVA- CEREBRO VASCULAR ACCIDENT
• CPD-CEPHALO PELVIC DISPROPORTION
• COD- CHANGE OF DRESSING
• COPD- CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
• C & S- CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY
• CXR- CHEST X-RAY
• CC- CHIEF COMPLAINT
• CBR- COMPLETE BED REST
• CBR s BP – COMPLETE BED REST WITHOUT BATHROOM
PRIVELEDGES
• CIO – Complete Intestinal Obstruction
• d/c- DISCONTINUE
• DOB- DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING/ DATE OF BIRTH
• DPT- DIPTHERIA, PERTUSIS, TETANUS
• DM- DIABETES MELLITUS
• DOE- DYSPNEA ON EXERTION
• DOI-DATE OF INCIDENT
• DNR- DO NOT RESUSCITATE
• DOA- DEAD ON ARRIVAL
• DR-DELIVERY ROOM
• ENT - EARS,NOSE, THROAT
• EDC- EXPECTED DATE OF CONFINEMENT
• EDD- EXPECTED DATE OF DELIVERY
• ECG- ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
• ER-EMERGENCY ROOM
• E/L – EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY
• HPN/HTN- HYPERTENSION
• HAMA- HOME AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE
• HDL- HIGH DENSITY PIPOPROTEIN
• hs- AT BED TIME
• Hx – HISTORY
• ID-INTERDERMAL
• IE- INTERNAL EXAMINATION
• IM-INTRA MUSCULAR
• IV-INTRAVENOUS
• IVF-INTRAVENOUS FLUID
• IVB-INTRAVENOUS BOLUS
• IBW- IDEAL BODY WEIGHT
• IFC- INDWELLING FOLEY CATHETER
• IUFD- INTRA UTERINE FETAL DEATH
• IIH – Indirect Inguinal Hernia
• IBW- IDEAL BODY WEIGHT
• IDDM- INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS
• ICU-INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
• I & D –INCISION AND DRAINAGE
• I & O- INTAKE AND OUTPUT
• JP - JACKSON PRATT
• K- POTASSIUM
• KCl - Potassium Chloride
• LLQ- LEFT LOWER QUADRANT
• LUQ-LEFT UPPER QUADRANT
• LLL- LEFT LOWER LOBE
• LMP- LAST MENSTRUAL PERIOD
• L & D- LABOR AND DELIVERY
• LOC- LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS
• LDL- LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
• L- LEFT/LATERAL/LITER
• LAB- LABORATORY
• LBW-LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
• LSP- LUMBO-SACRAL PAIN
• LGA-LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE
• LR-LABOR ROOM
• MI- MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
• MVA- MOTOR VEHICULAR ACCIDENT
• MAR- MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION RECORD