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    Medical and Scientific Abbreviations
    Medical and Scientific Abbreviations
    Medical and Scientific Abbreviations
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    Medical and Scientific Abbreviations

    By B.A. Reed

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    MEDICAL & SCIENTIFIC

    ABBREVIATIONS



    Specially designed for Medical Assistants,
    Nurses and medical students

    _____________________________,

    This book is an excellent tool for use by
    Medical Assistants
    And health care professionals.
    It simplifies the process
    Of finding and applying
    medical and scientific abbreviations.

    What a great tool for your
    Medical Assistant Education!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJul 21, 2011
    ISBN9781463412531
    Medical and Scientific Abbreviations
    Author

    B.A. Reed

    B. A. Reed, Author Beginning his vocational and technical career in 1974, as a student intake advisor and then campus director a couple years later, 37 years has provided Mr. Reed the experience and insight needed prepare students for the demands of today’s working environment. He has served on many City, State, and Federal advisory and regulatory boards. He is the only individual in the State of Texas who has served on the Career Colleges and Schools Association Board in each of four separate decades serving as Board Chairman in 1996. His focus has been developing effective teaching approaches that unleash application learning that produces skills and performance. Mr. Reed believes that specialized career education is the quickest and most effective vehicle for a person to enter the professional workforce and reach their God intended potential. He believes post-secondary education is the necessary preparatory foundation to the life-long learning experience that starts on the job.

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      Medical and Scientific Abbreviations - B.A. Reed

      Contents

      Preface

      B. A. Reed, Author

      RESEARCH CREDITS

      Preface

      Medical and Scientific Abbreviations is the newest

      Addition to the reference library of American

      Commercial Colleges. As an additional resource

      Guide, this book’s use will compliment the Medical

      Roots, Suffixes and Prefixes book currently used by

      The Allied Health students on all of our campuses and

      By many others who have discovered it.

      Abbreviations are commonly used in all of the

      Healthcare field and a conscientious and concise

      Understanding of them will contribute to an

      Individual’s professionalism and effectiveness along

      Their chosen career path. This reference book can be

      Helpful to Medical Assistants, Medical Coders and

      Billers, Nursing & Patient Care Personnel, Medical

      Records Techs and Physical Therapy Aids/Assistants

      And … .

      We hope that you find this to be a helpful addition to

      Your professional reading library.

      B.A. Reed

      B. A. Reed, Author

      Beginning his vocational and technical career in 1974, as a student intake advisor and then campus director a couple years later, 37 years has provided Mr. Reed the experience and insight needed to prepare students for the demands of today’s working environment. He has served on many City, State, and Federal advisory and regulatory boards. He is the only individual in the State of Texas who has served on the Career Colleges and Schools Association Board in each of four separate decades serving as Board Chairman in 1996. His focus has been developing effective teaching approaches that unleash application learning that produces skills and performance.

      Mr. Reed believes that specialized career education is the quickest and most effective vehicle for a person to enter the professional workforce and reach their God intended potential. He believes post-secondary education is the necessary preparatory foundation to the life-long learning experience that starts on the job.

      A

      a       area; asymmetrical; systemic absorption

             coefficient (used as a subscript); artery

      a.       accommodation

      A        assessment, applanation tonometry;

             aborbance ( often italic); alveolar gas

             (used as a subscript); adenine; ammeter;

             AMP (in polynucleotides); ampere; angstrom;

             area (often lowercase); abnormal; adult; age; allergy;

             anaphylaxis; anesthesia; anterior; antibody; auscultation

      A2       aortic valve closure; acid

      A & P Repair        anterior and posterior repair

      A 1%       atropine 1%

      A & E       accident and emergency

      AGN       acute glomerulonephritis

      A&P        auscultation & percussion; anterior & posterior

      A&W       alive and well

      A.D.       right ear (auris dextra)

      A.M.        before noon

      A.S.       left ear (auris sinistra)

      A.U.       both ears (auris uterque)

      A/A        alveolar-arterial oxygen content gradient

      A/B        apnea & bradycardia; acid-base

      A/BE       acid/base equilibrium

      A/G       albumin globulin ratio

      A/H       auditory hallucination

      A2       aortic second sound

      A/O        alert and oriented, anterior oblique

      A’Dione        androstenedione

      AA        Alcoholics Anonymous; Aplastic anemia; amino acid;

             Affected area; alopecia areata; asthma; asthmatic

      aa        of each

      aa.       (Latin) arte’riae (arteries)

      AAA        abdominal aortic aneurysm; American Association of Anatomists

      AAAA       American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants

      AAAAI       American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology

      AAAS       American Association for the Advancement of Science

      AAB       American Association of Bioanalysts

      AABB       American Association of Clinical Anatomists

      AACAP       American Association of Clinical Anatomists

      AACC       American Association for Clinical Chemistry

      AACE       American Association of Clinical Endocrinoliogists

      AACH       American Academy on Communication in Healthcare

      AACN       American Association of College of Nursing;

             American Association of Critical-Care Nurses

      AAD       American Academy of Dermatology

      AADS       American Association of Dental Schools

      AAE       American Association of Endodontists

      AAFP       American Academy of Family Physicians

      AAGP       American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

      AAHC       American Association of Healthcare Consultants;

             Association of Academic Health centers; American

             Accreditation HealthCare Commission, Inc.

      AAHD       American Association of Hospital Dentists

      AAHE       Association for the Advancement of Health Education

      AAHPER       American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

      AAHS       American Association for Hand Surgery

      AAHSL       Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries

      AAI       American Association of Immunologists

      AAID       American Academy of Implant Dentistry

      AAL        anterior axillary line, Allergy Clinic; acute lymphoblastic leukemia; anterior axillary line

      AALNC       American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants

      AAMA       American Association of Medical Assistants

      AAMC       American Association of Medical Colleges

      AAMFT       American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

      AAMI       Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation

      AAMP       American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics;

             American Association of Medical Personnel

      AAMR       American Academy of Mental Retardation

      AAMT       American Association for Medical Transcription

      AAN       American Academy of Neurology;

             American Academy of Nursing

      AANA       American Association of Nurse Anesthetists

      AANN       American Association of Neuroscience Nurses

      AANP       American Academy of Ophthalmology;

             American Association of Naturopathic physicians;

             American Association of Neuropathologists

      AAO       alert, awake and oriented; American Academy of Ophthalmology;

             American Academy of Osteopathy;

             American Academy of Otolaryngology;

             American Association of Orthodontists

      AAOHN       American Association of Occupational Health Nurse

      AAO-HNS        American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery

      AAOM       American Academy of Oral Medicine;

             American Association of Oriental Medicine;

             American Association of Orthopedic Medicine

      AAOMR       American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology

      AAOMS       American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

      AAOP       American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

      AAOx3        alert, awake and oriented to time, place

      AAP       American Academy of Pediatrics;

             American Academy of Pedodontics;

             American Academy of Periodontology;

             American Academy of Psychotherapists;

             American Association of Pathologists;

             Association of American Physicians

      AAPA       American

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