What happened to the patient at the end of the visit
Discharge
To send home
Prophylaxis
Preventive treatment
Observation
To watch
Palliative
Treating the symptoms
,Reassurance
To tell the patient that the problem is not serious or dangerous
Supportive care
To treat the symptoms and make the patient feel better
Sterile
Extremely clean, germ-free conditions; especially important during medical procedures and
surgery
Ad lib
The abbreviation that means as desired is....
y/o
Years old
h/o
, History of
PCP
Primary care physician
f/u
Follow up
SOB
Shortness of breath
SOA
Shortness of air
NAD
No acute distress
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