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If you happen to should keep in a hospital in a single day or longer, it’s possible you’ll be higher off if you happen to study the meanings of a number of the extra widespread

abbreaviations you’ll hear being spoken or written by your physician and nurse. I spent two weeks at Rush Hospital in Chicago as an inpatient (INPT).

Listed below are some abbreviations it’s possible you’ll come throughout if you’re unlucky sufficient to wish care in a single:

a.c.  earlier than meals

AMB.  ambulatory

A.O.B.  alcohol on breath

BA  band assist

b.i.d.  twice a day

B.M.  bowel motion

b/c  as a result of

B.S.  blood sugar

B/P  blood pressure

bkfst  breakfast  (yum!)

CA  most cancers

CBC  full blood rely

CCU  coronary care unit

chol  ldl cholesterol

C/O  complaining of

CP  cerebral palsy

Ctx  contractions

CXR  chest x-ray

Dx  prognosis

ETOH  Alcohol

FA  father

GB  gallbladder

H/O  historical past of

IBW  splendid body weight

J.R.A.  juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Okay/O  maintain open

LPN or L.P.N.  Licensed Sensible Nurse

m/m  gentle/average

NKA   no identified allergy

NPO   nothing by mouth

O.T.   Occupational Remedy

ODS   One Day Surgical procedure

PAT   Pre-AdmissionTesting

p.r.n.   as wanted or every time essential

q.h. or qh   each hour

ROM   vary of movement

R.N. or RN   Registered Nurse

S/S  indicators and signs

T.P.R.   temperature, pulse and respiration

UGI   Higher GI

V  Airflow

WNL   inside regular limits

wt.   weight

x-ray  xray

YOBF   yr old black feminine

YOWM   yr old white male

ZSR   zeta sedimentation fee