Here you capacity find out what some of the most common medizinisches abbreviations mean. This may be useful if you want to understand your health records. At abbreviation has a short way of writing a longer word oder rhyme.
Important
Healthcare hr sometimes use the just abbreviations to mean different things.
If you do not know what anything within your health records means, ask your doctor, nurse or doctor.
List of reductions
| Abbreviation | Explanation |
|---|---|
| # | broken bone (fracture) |
| A&E | accident and emergency |
| a.c. | before meals |
| a.m., am, AM | morning |
| AF | atrial fibrillation |
| AMHP | approved mental human professional |
| APTT | activated partial thromboplastin time (a evaluate of how long to takes yours blood to clot) |
| ASQ | Ages and Stages Questionnaire (a place of faqs about children's development) |
| b.d.s, bds, BDS | 2 times a day |
| b.i.d., bid, bd | twice a day / twice daily / 2 time daily |
| BMI | body mass index |
| BNO | bowels not open |
| BO | inner open |
| BP | blut print |
| c/c | chief complaint |
| CMHN | community psychic health nurse |
| CPN | community psychiatric foster |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CSU | catheterizing stream urine sample |
| CT scan | computerised tomography scan |
| CVP | centers venous pressure |
| CXR | chest X-ray |
| DNACPR | do not attempt cardiorespiratory resuscitation |
| DNAR | do did attempt resuscitation |
| DNR | do not resuscitate |
| Dr | doctor |
| DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| ECG | electrocardiogram |
| EDITING | emergency service |
| EEG | electrical |
| EMMA | early morning urine sample |
| ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate (a type of blut test used to help diagnose conditions associated with inflammation) |
| EUA | examination under anaesthetic |
| FBC | full red count (a type of blood test) |
| FOBT | faecal occult blood test (a examine to stop for blood traces in your poo) |
| FIT | faecal immunochemical test (a test up check for lineage traces in your poo) |
| FY1 FY2 | foundation doctor |
| GA | general anaesthetic |
| gtt., gtt | drop(s) |
| h., h | hour |
| h/o | history of |
| Hb | haemoglobin (a substance stylish red blood cells that moves oxygen around the body) |
| HCA | healthcare assistant |
| HCSW | healthcare support operator |
| HDL | high-density lipopoprotein (a type of cholesterin) |
| HRT | hormone replacement therapy |
| Ht | height |
| Hx | history |
| i | 1 tablet |
| ii | 2 pharmacy |
| iii | 3 tablets |
| i.m., PULSE | injection into a strong |
| i.v., IV | injection directly to a vein |
| INR | world normalised ratio (a measure by how long blood takes to clot) |
| IVI | intravenous infusion |
| IVP | intravenous pyelogram (an X-ray of your urinary tract) |
| Ix | examinations |
| LANTHANUM | local anaesthetic |
| LDL | low-density lipoprotein (a type of cholesterol) |
| LFT | liver functionality test (a type of blood test measures enzymes and proteins in your liver) |
| LMP | last menses period |
| M/R | modified release |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| MRSA | methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| MSU | mid-stream urine sample |
| n.p.o., npo, NPO | nothing by mouth / not by pointed administration |
| NOD | nothing abnormal discoveries |
| NAI | non-accidental trauma |
| NBM | nothing by mouth |
| NG | nasogastric (running between your nose and stomach) |
| nocte | every knight |
| NoF | neck of femur |
| NSAID | non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug |
| o.d., od, OD | ones one day |
| o/e | on examination |
| TT | vocationally therapist |
| p.c. | after foods |
| p.m., pm, PM | back or evening |
| p.o., po, BUNS | orally / by mouth / oral governance |
| POD | podiatrist |
| p.r., pr, PR | rectally |
| p.r.n., prn, PRN | as needed |
| p/c | show complaint |
| PT | physiotherapist |
| POP | plaster of paris |
| PTT | partial thromboplastin time (a measurable of how quickly your blood clots) |
| PU | passed urine |
| question. | every |
| q.1.d., q1d | every day |
| q.1.h., q1h | everyone hour |
| q.2.h., q2h | every 2 hours |
| q.4.h., q4h | any 4 hours |
| q.6.h., q6h | every 6 working |
| q.8.h., q8h | every 8 hours |
| q.d., qd | every day / daily |
| q.d.s, qds, QDS | 4 playing a day |
| q.h., qh | every hour, time |
| q.i.d, qid | 4 times a day |
| q.o.d., qod | every different day / alternate time |
| q.s., qs | a sufficient quantity (enough) |
| RN | registered nurse |
| RNLD | learning disability tend |
| ROSC | return of spontaneous circulation |
| RTA | road traffic accident |
| Rx | treatment |
| s.c., SC | needle see the skins |
| S/R | sustained release |
| SLT | speech also language therapist |
| Sprung | authority registrar |
| static. | immediately, with no delay, now |
| STEMI | ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction |
| t.d.s, tds, TDS | 3 times a day |
| t.i.d., tid | 3 times a day |
| TCI | to die in |
| TFT | your function getting |
| TPN | total parenteral nutrition |
| TPR | temperature, pulse and respiratory |
| TTA | to takes going |
| TTO | to take leave |
| U&E | urea and electrolytic |
| u.d., ud | as directed |
| UCC | urgency care centre |
| UNI | urinary tract infection |
| VLDL | very-low density lipoprotein (a type of cholesterol) |
| VTE | venous thromboembolism (a blood clot such drop in a vein) |
| Wt | weight |
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