ABBREVIATIONS

AAA AAS ABG ACLS ac ACE ACL ACTH ADH ADL AF AFB AFP AGA AI AIDS AKA ALL ALT AMA AMI AML AOB AODM AP AP Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Acute Abdominal Series Arterial Blood Gas Advanced Cardiac Life Support Before meals Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Anterior Cruciate Ligament Adrenocorticotrophic hormone Anti-diuretic Hormone Activities of daily living Atrial Fibrillation or Afebrile Acid-fast bacilli Alpha-fetoprotein Appropriate for Gestational Age Aortic insufficiency Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Above knee amputation Acute lymphocytic leukaemia Alanine transaminase Against Medical Advice Acute Myocardial Infarction Acute Myelogenous Leukaemia Alcohol on Breath Adult Onset Diabetes Mellitus Anterioprosterior Apical Pulse BMR BP BPH BPM BRP BS BSA BSE BT BUN BX C & S Ca CABG CAD CAPD CAT CBC CBD CBE CBG CBI CBS CC CCK CCPD CCU CF CFT CHF CI CIN Basal Metabolic Rate Blood Pressure Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy Beats per minute Bathroom Privileges Bowel Sound Body Surface Area Breast Self-Examination Bowel Tones Blood Urea Nitrogen Boipsy Culture and Sensitivity Calcium / Cancer Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Coronary Artery Disease Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Computerized Axial Tomography Complete Blood Count Common Bile Duct Clinical Breast Examination Capillary Blood Glucose Continues Bladder Irrigation Capillary Blood sugar Chief Complaint Cholecystokinin Continues Cyclic Peritoneal Dialysis Clean Catch Urine/ Cardiac Care Unit Cystic Fibrosis Compliment Fixation Test Congestive heart Failure Cardiac Index Cervical Intraepithelial

APSGN Acute Poststreptococcal Glumerulonephritis ARF Acute Renal Failure ASD Atrial Septic Defect AST Aspartate aminotransferase ATN Acute tubular Necrosis AU Both Ears

AV AVB AVO2 BBS BCAA BE BEE BG BI BID B/K BKA Bilat BM

Atrioventriculat Atrio- ventricular block Arteriovenous oxygen Bilateral Breath Sounds Branched Chain Amino Acids Barium Enema Basal Energy Expenditure Blood Glucose Brain Injury Twice a Day Below knee Below the knee amputation Bilateral Bowel Movt / Breast Milk

Neoplasm CL Cleft Leap CMV Cytomegalo Virus CNS Central Nervous System C/O Complaining if CO Cardiac Output COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease CP Chest pain/ Cleft palate CPAP Continues Positive airway Pressure CPD Cephalo-pelvic Disproportion CPP Several Perfusion Pressure CPPD Chest Percussion and Post Drainage CPR Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation CRF Chronic Renal Failure CRRT Continues Renal Replacement Therapy GTT GU GVHD GXT HA HAA Hb HBP HCG HCO3 HCT HD HDL HEENT Hgb H/H HIV Glucose Tolerance Test Genitourinary Graft-Versus-host-disease Graded exercise tolerance Headache Hepatitis B surface Antigen Hemoglobin High Blood Pressure Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Bicarboante Hematocrit Hemodialysis High Density Lipoprotein Head, Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat Hemoglobin haemoglobin/ haematocrit Human Immunodeficiency virus

CRT CSF CT CVA CVP Cx CXR DAT DC DDx DEX DI DIC DIP DKA DM DNA

Capillary Refill Time Cerebrospinal Fluid/ Colony Stimulating Factor Chest Tube/ Computed Tomography Cerebrovascular Accident/ Central venous Pressure Cervix Chest X-ray Diet As Tolerated Discontinue/ Discharge Differential Diagnosis Blood Sugar Diabetes Insipidus Disseminated IntravascularCoagulation Distal Interphalangeal joint Diabetic Ketoacidosis Diabetes Mellitus Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DNR DOA DPL DTR DVT Dx EBL EBV ECF ECT EENT EMG ENT ERCP ESR ESRD ET ETOH FA FBS FD FFP FTT FUO FVD Fx GB GERD GETT GFR GGT GI

Do Not Resuscitate Dead On Arrival Diagnostic peritoneal Lavage Deep Tendon Reflex Deep Vein Thrombosis Diagnosis Estimated Blood loss Epstein- Barr Virus Extracellular Fluid, Electroconvulsive test Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat Electromyogram Ear, Nose and Throat Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Erythrocyte sedimentation rate End Stage Renal Disease Endotracheal Tube Ethanol Fatty Acid Fasting Blood Sugar Fatal dose, Focal Distance Fresh Frozen Plasma Failure to thrive Fever of unknown origin Fluid volume Deficit Fracture Gallbladder Gastroesophageal reflux disease General by endotracheal tube Glumerolar Filtration rate Gamma-glutamyl transferase Gastrointestinal

HLA HO HPF HR HRT HS Hx HSM HSV I&O IBC IBD IBS IBW ICCE ICF ICP ICS ICT ICU IDM IDDM IH IHD IHSS IM IMV INR IPD IPPB IRDM ITP

Histocompatibility locus antigen History of High power field Heart rate Hormone Replacement therapy Bedtime History Hepatosplenomegaly Herpes Simplex Virus Intake and Output Iron Binding Capacity Inflammatory bowel disease Irritable Bowel Syndrome Ideal Body Weight Intracapsular Cataract Extraction Intermediate Care Facility Intracranial Pressure Intercostal Space Inflammation of Connective Tissue Intensive Care Unit Infant of Diabetic Mother Insulin Dependent Diabetes mellitus Infectious Hepatitis Ischemic Heart Disease Idiopathic Hypertrophic subaortic stenosis Intramuscular Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation International Normalization Ratio Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing Insulin Resistant Diabetes Mellitus Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic

GSW IVP IVC IVF JODM JVD JVP K KCl KI KOR KUB KVO L L & A LAD LAHB LAE LAP LB LDH LDL LFTs LIH LIJ LLQ LMP LOC LP LPN LSC LV LVH LBBB

Gun Shot Wound Intravenous Pyelography Intravenous Cholangiogram IN Vitro Fertilization Juvenile Onset Diabetes Mellitus Jugular Venous Distension Jugular Venous Pressure Potassium Potassium Chloride Potassium Iodine Keep on Rate Kidney, Ureter, Bladder Keep vein open Left Light and Accommodation Left axis Deviation, left anterior descending Left anterior hemiblock Left atrial enlargement Left atrial pressure of leukocytes alkaline phosphate Large Bowel Lactate hydrogenase Low Density Lipoprotein Liver Function test Left Inguinal Hernia Left Internal Jugular Left Lower Quadrant Last Menstrual Period Level / Loss Of Consciousness Lumbar Puncture Licensed Practical Nurse Left Subcalvian Left Ventricle Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Left Bundle Branches Block

IV ml MLC MLE MM MMEF mmol MMR MoAbs MOM MR MRI MRM MRSA MS MSSA MVA MVI MVV Na NaCl NAD NAS NCV NED

purpura Intravenous Mililiter Midline catheter Midline Episiotomy Mucous membrane Maximal Mid Expiratory Millimole Measles, mumps, rubella Monoclonal Antibodies Milk of Magnesia Mental Retarded Magnetic Resonance Imaging Modified Radical mastectomy Methicillin resistant staph aureus Multiple Sclerosis, Mitral Stenosis, Methicillin-sensitive staph aureus Motor Vehicle Accident Multivitamin Injection Maximum Voluntary Ventilation

Sodium Sodium Chloride No Active Disease No Added Salt Nerve Conduction Velocity No Evidence of Recurrent disease ng Nanogram NG Nasogastric NICU Neonatal Intensive Care Unit NIDDM Non-insulin Independent Diabetes Mellitus NKA No known allergies NKDA No known drug allergies NKMA No known medication Allergies NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance NPD Nightly Peritoneal Dialysis

LE LLL LNMP LUL LUQ LVEDP MAO MAP MAR MAST MBT MCHC MCH MCL MCV MDI MI

Lupus Erythematous Left Lower Lobe Last normal menstrual period Left Upper Lobe Left Upper Quadrant Left Ventricular end Pressure Monoamine Oxidase Mean arterial Pressure Medication administration record Medical antischock trouser Maternal Blood Type Mean cell haemoglobin concentration Mean Cell Hemoglobin Modified Chest lead Mean Cell Volume Multiple Daily Vitamin Myocardial Infarction

NPO NRM NSAID NSR NT NTD NV NYD OB OCG OD OGTT OM OOB OPV OR ORIF

Nothing Per Orem/ nothing by mouth No regular medication Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs Normal Sinus Rhythm Nasotracheal Neural Tube Defect Nausea and Vomiting Not yet Diagnosed Obstetrics Oral Cholecystogram Overdose , right eye Oral Glucose tolerance test Otitis Media Out of Bed Oral Polio Vaccine Operating Room Open Reduction Internal Fixation