STUVIA 2024/2025
Medical Abbreviations
Alert and Oriented - ✔✔A & O
abdomen - ✔✔abd
before meals - ✔✔a.c.
activities of daily living - ✔✔ADL
ankle-foot orthotic - ✔✔AFO
above knee amputation - ✔✔AKA
assisted living facility - ✔✔ALF
ambulate - ✔✔amb
amount - ✔✔amt
%
as soon as possible - ✔✔ASAP
twice a day - ✔✔BID
below knee amputation - ✔✔BKA
Bilateral Lower Extremities - ✔✔BLE
bowel movement - ✔✔BM
blood pressure - ✔✔B/P; BP
benign prostatic hyperplasia - ✔✔BPH
bedside commode - ✔✔BSC
With - ✔✔Č
cubic centimeter - ✔✔cc
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culture and sensitivity - ✔✔c & s
coronary artery disease - ✔✔CAD
catheter - ✔✔cath
contact guard assistance - ✔✔CGA
congestive heart failure - ✔✔CHF
certified nursing assistant - ✔✔CNA
complains of - ✔✔c/o
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - ✔✔COPD
cardiopulmonary resuscitation - ✔✔CPR
cerebrovascular accident (stroke) - ✔✔CVA
%
discontinue, discharge - ✔✔D/C; DC
do not resuscitate - ✔✔DNR
director of nursing services - ✔✔DNS/DON
date of birth - ✔✔DOB
durable power of attorney - ✔✔DPOA
dressing - ✔✔drsg/dsg
deep vein thrombosis - ✔✔DVT
diagnosis - ✔✔Dx
extended care facility - ✔✔ECF
fasting blood sugar - ✔✔FBS
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