MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS & HIEROGLYPHS

[Pages:6]MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS & HIEROGLYPHS

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# Diff or Px J? N,

1/7 2/52 3/12 T38.6? T-14

T+7 35+4/40 37+3/40 = 3

Much / many / present in excess Fracture Diagnosis Differential diagnosis Nil / nothing / no No jaundice Up / increasing Down, decreasing Central (of the trachea) One day Two weeks 3 months Temperature 38.6 Term (ie baby's due date) less 2 weeks Term plus 1 week 35 weeks & 4 days 37 weeks and 3 days Equivalent to OK or satisfactory

AAL ABG

ACTH AE AF AFB AFP

AJ Anti-D

Apgar

A/V

Anterior axillary line Arterial Blood Gas (also `SATs)

Adrenocorticotropic hormone Air entry Atrial Fibrillation Acid fast bacillus 9tbO Alpha-fetoprotein

Ankle jerk Type of gamma globulin

Apgar score

Anteverted

Blood test to see how much oxygen there is in the blood (percentage saturation with oxygen)

Irregular heartbeat

Maternal serum and occasionally amniotic fluid levels tested in pregnancy to screen for neural tube defect in fetus Reflex; see also BJ, KJ, SJ, TJ Must be given by injection to Rhesus negative mother who delivers/aborts Rhesus positive baby to prevent mother developing antibodies which could damage a subsequent Rhesus positive baby. Means of recording baby's condition at birth by observing and scoring (0, 1 or 2) 5 parameters

Bd / bid BJ

BNF

Twice a day Biceps jerk

British National Formulary

BO BNO BOR BP + date BP BPd

BPs

BS

C C2H5OH Ca

Caps

Bowels open Bowels not opened Bowels opened regularly British Pharmacopoeia Blood pressure Diastolic Blood Pressure

Systolic Blood Pressure

Breath sounds Bowel sounds Blood sugar

With (Latin, cum) Alcohol (a) Carcinoma / cancer (b) Calcium Capsules

Hitting the arm with a patella hammer to test reflexes Prescriber's bible supplied free to all NHS doctors. New edition each year.

The lower blood pressure (heart relaxed) The higher blood pressure (heart contracted)

CAT scan CNS CFS CO

Computed axial tomograph Central nervous system Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Complaining of

Also called ME

CO2 COETT

COT

CPD

CRP CSF CT or CAT CTG

Carbon Dioxide Cuffed oral endotracheal tube (see COT & ETT) Cuffed oral tube

Cephalo-pelvic disproportion

C-reactive protein Cerebro-spinal fluid Computerised Axial Tomography Cardiotacograph

Endotracheal tube used for ventilating a patient who cannot breath unaided Baby too big to fit through pelvis

Body Scan Trace during labour of

CVA CVS Cx CXR

DH DNA

DNR D & V DOA DVT Dx

EGG ECT EDC EDO EEC ENT ERCP

ERPC

ESR

EtOH ETT

FBC FBS

FH FHH FHHR FHR FLK FMF FROM FSE FSH

FTT Fx

GA GCS GFR GIT GTT GUT

Hb HBP HNPU HPC HR HS

Cardio-vascular accident Cardio-vascular system Cervix or cervical spine Chest X-ray

Drug history (a) Did not attend (b) Deoxyribonucleic acid Do not resuscitate Diarrhoea and vomiting Dead on arrival Deep vein thrombosis Diagnosis

baby's heart and mum's contractions

Stroke

Electro-cardiogram Electro-convulsive therapy Expected date of confinement Expected date of delivery Electroencephalogram Ear, nose & throat Endoscopic retrograde choledochopancreatico/graphy/scopy Evacuation of retained products of conception Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (blood) Another code for alcohol Endotracheal tube

Electric heart recording Brain scan

Full blood count Full blood sampling (carried out during labour to check baby's condition) Family history Fetal heart heard Fetal heart heard regular Fetal heart rate Funny looking kid Fetal movements felt Full range of movement Fetal scalp electrode (a) Family and social history (b) Follicle stimulating hormone Failure to thrive Fracture

General anaesthetic

Glasgow Coma Scale Glomerular filtration rate Gastro-intestinal tract Glucose tolerance test Genito-urinary tract

Haemoglobin High Blood Pressure Has not passed urine History of presenting complaint Heart rate Heart sounds

(a) Family and social history

HVS Hx

ICS

IJ IM IVI

JVP

K KJ kPa

L LA LFTs

LIH LMP LN LOA

LOC LOL LOP LSCS

LSKK

Mcg MCL

MCV

ME

g mg MI mist ml mmHg mMol MRI

N & V Na NaCHO3

NAD

NAI NBM NBI NFR

High vaginal swab History

Intercostal space

Usually as xICS, where x= a number from 1 to 11

Internal jugular vein Intramuscular Intravenous infusion (drip)

Jugular vein pressure

Potassium Knee jerk Kilopascal, approximately 7.5mmHg

Litre Local anaesthetic Liver function tests

Left inguinal hernia Last menstrual period Lymph node Left occiput anterior

Loss of consciousness Left occipitolateral Left occiput posterior Lower segment caesarian section

Liver, spleen and kidneys

Blood tests for liver function

Position of baby's head at delivery; see also LOP, ROA, ROP

The "normal" type of caesarian

Microgram Midclavicular line

Mean corpuscular volume

Myalgic Encephalomyletis

Microgram Milligram Myocardial Infarction Mixture Millilitre Millimetres of mercury (pressure) Millimole Magnetic Resonance Imaging

An imaginary line down the body from the middle of the collarbone to the described area A measure of the size of red blood cells Also called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Body / Brain scan

Nausea and vomiting Sodium Sodium bicarbonate

Nothing abnormal diagnosed / detected Non-accidental Injury Nil by mouth No bone injury Not for resuscitation

Alkaline substance; inter alia given to counteract metabolic acidosis following oxygen deprivation

ng NG NLM NMCS NOF N/S

O2 OA o.d OE Om On OP

P Pco2

PERLA

PE

PET PFR

pg pH

PH PID

PMH or PHx PN (R) PO2

POH po pr prn pv

RBC Rh

RIH ROA ROL ROM ROP RS RTI Rx

s S/B S/D

SH

Nanogram Carcinoma (neoplastic growth) Nice looking mother No malignant cells seen Neck of femur Normal size

Oxygen Occipito-anterior Once a day On examination In the morning At night Occipito-posterior

Pulse Period Partial pressure of carbon dioxide (normally in blood) Pupils are equal and react to light and accommodation

(a) pulmonary embolism (b) Pre eclampsia Pre-eclamptic toxaemia Peak Flow Rate

Picogram Negative low of hydrogen ion activity:

Past/previous history (a) Pelvic inflammatory disease (b) Prolapsed invertebral disc

Breathing test ? speed of expiration

Acidity and alkalinity scale. Low is acidic, high is alkaline. pH7 is about neutral.

Past medical history percussio note (resonant) Partial pressure of oxygen (normally in blood) Past obstetric history per os (by mouth) per rectum As required, of eg, pain killers per vaginam

Red blood cell (erythrocyte) Rhesus blood type

Right inguinal hernia Right occiput anterior Right occiput lateral Range of movement Right occiput posterior Respiratory system Respiratory tract infection Prescription or treatment

Can cause problems in pregnancy if mother is Rhesus negative and father is Rhesus positive

Without (latin sine) Seen by Systolic/diastolic (heart & circulation) Social history

SJ SOA SOB (OE) SOS

SROM

SVC SVD SVT

TCI 2/52 TGH THR TIA TJ TVF

U & E

URTI USS

VE VF VT V/V

WBC

XR

Supinator jerk Swelling of ankles Short of breath (on exertion)

(a) si opus sit (if necessary) (b) see other sheet

Spontaneous rupture of membranes (labour) Superior vena cava Spontaneous vaginal delivery Supraventricular tachycardia

To come in, in 2 weeks time To go home Total hip replacement Transient ischaemic attack Triceps jerk Tactile vocal fremitus

Urea and electrolytes (biochemical tests) Upper respiratory tract infection Ultrasound Scan

Vaginal examination Ventricular fibrillation Ventricular tachycardia Vulva and vagina

White blood corpuscle / white blood cell count

X-ray

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