The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital THE ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL ABBREVIATIONS A’s ABK AC ACG ACLO AF AgNO3 AION AK AKC ALT AMD AMPPE ANA ANCA AOM APD ARC ARMD ARN AU:a.u. Aur Aur.dextr Aur.laev. AVR AWO AZOOR BAWO BC BCC BD BD BE BERA BIH Bil BINA BINE BINS BIPP BP BRVO BSL BSM Adenoids Aphakic bullous keratopathy Air conduction Anterior chamber Angle closure glaucoma Anterior cortical lens opacity Atrial fibrillation Silver nitrate Anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy Astigmatic keratectomy Atopic keratoconjunctivitis Argon laser trabeculectomy Age related macular degeneration Acute multifocal placoid pigment epithlopathy Antinuclear antibodies Anitneutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies Acute otitis media Afferent pupillary defect Abnormal retinal correspondence Age related macula degeneration Acute retinal necrosis Aures unitas/uterque = both ears Auris=the ear Auris dextrae = to right ear Auris leav = to left ear Aortic valve replacement Antrum washout Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy Bilateral antral washout Bone conduction Basal cell carcinoma Twice daily Base down Both eyes Brain evoked response audiometry Benign intracranial hypertension Bilateral Bilateral intranasal antrostomy Bilateral intranasal ethmoidectomy Bilateral intranasal sphenoidectomy Bismuth iodine paraffin pack Blood pressure Branch retinal vein occlusion Blood sugar level Bilateral suction myringotomy 1 The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital BU BV Bx C Ca CABG CAT C.A.T. Scan Caut. CCF CDR CF CI Cipro CIN CL CLO CMV CMO COAD C/O COAG Conj. Conv CPEO CRAO CRVO CRF Cryo CS CSF CSG CSOM CSMO CSR CT CVA C/W Cyl CWS CXR D DAWO DCR DD DDT DDx Det. DINA DINE Base up Binocular vision Biopsy with correction (with glasses) Carcinoma Coronary artery bypass graft Cataract Computerised axial tomography scan Cautery Congestive cardiac failure Cup disc ratio Count fingers (vision) Cochlear Implant Ciprofloxacin Conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia Contact lens Cortical lens opacity macular oedema Cytomegalovirus Cystoid macular oedema Chronic obstructive airways disease Complained of Chronic open angle glaucoma Conjunctivae/Conjunctival Convergence Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia Central retinal artery occlusion Central retinal vein occlusion Chronic renal failure Cryopexy / Cryotherapy Convergent squint Cerebrospinal fluid Chronic simple glaucoma Chronic serous otitis media Clinically significant macular oedema Central serous retinopathy Computerised tomography / Cover test Cerebrovascular accident Consistent with Cylinder Cotton wool spots Chest X ray Diopter Double antrum washout Dacryocystorhinostomy Disc diameter Dye disappearance test Differential diagnosis Detachment Double intranasal antrostomy Double intranasal ethmoidectomy 2 The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital DINS DNA DNS DR DS DVD Dx E / ESO E1/ ESO1 EAC ECCE EM ENG ENT EOG EOM ERA ERG ERM ESR ESO ET ET ET1 E(T) EUA EXTR. FB FBE FEVR FESS FHx # FTSG GA GCA Gutt./guttae GH HCL HM H/O HSK HSV HT HVF Hx HZO HZV IAC IAM Double intranasal sphenoidectomy Did not attend Deviated nasal septum Diabetic retinopathy Deoptres spherical Dissociated vertical deviation Diagnosis Esophoria at distance Esophoria at near External auditory canal Extracapsular cataract extraction Emmetropia Electro nystamograph Ear, Nose and Throat Electrouvlogram Extra ocular muscle Evoked response audiometry Electroretinogram Epiretinal membrane Erythrocyte sedimentation rate Esophoria at near Eustachian tube Esotropia at distance Esophoria at near Intermittent esotropia Examination under anaesthesia Extraction Foreign body Full blood examination Familial exudative vitreo-retinopathy Functional endoscopic sinus surgery Family history Fracture Full thickness skin graft General anaesthetic Giant cell arteritis Drops General Health Hard contact lens Hand movement & vision History of Herpes simplex Keratitis Herpes simplex virus Hypertension Humphrey visual field History Herpes zoster ophthalmicus Herpes zoster virus Internal auditory canal Internal auditory meatus 3 The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital ICCE ICE ICP IDDM IHD IK IMPL INA INO Inf Inj +IO -IO IOFB IOL IOOA IOP IR IRMA Irrig ISQ IV K KC KCS KP LA Lat LE LHT LIO LL LLL LMR LN LP LR L/R LUL MA MMC MK MR MRD MRM MRSA NAD NCVH NET NIDDM Intracapsular cataract extraction Iridocorneal endothelial syndrome Intracranial pressure Insulin dependant diabetes mellitus Ischaemic heart disease Interstitial keratitis Implant Intranasal antrostomy Internuclear ophthalmoplegia Infusion Injection Inferior oblique overaction Inferior Oblique underaction Intra ocular foreign body Intra ocular lens Inferior oblique over action Intra ocular pressure Inferior rectus Intraretinal microvascular abnormality Irrigation In status quo; (no change) Intravenous Keratometer reading Keratoconus Keratoconjunctivitis sicca Keratic precipitate Local anaesthetic Lateral Left eye Left hypertropia Left inferior oblique Lower lid Left Lower Lid Left medial rectus Lymph node Lumbar puncture Lateral rectus Left hypertropia Left Upper Lid Microaneurysm Mitomycin C Microbial keratitis or Marginal Keratitis Medial rectus Margin reflex distance Modified radical mastoidectomy Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus No abnormalities detected Non clearing vitreous haemorrhage Neovascular membrane Non-insulin dependant diabetes mellitus 4 The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital NIHL NLD NLDO nocte NPDR NPL NS NTG NVD NVE NVG NVI OCP OCR OD OE OKN OM OME Ophth. OS OSA Oss. OU PAS PBK PC PCIOL PCO PD PDR PEARL PEARLA PEE Peel PED PEI PF PH Phaco / PKE PHPV PHx PIC PICA PK PND PNS POAG POHS Noise induced hearing loss Nasolacrimal duct Nasolacrimal duct obstruction At night Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy No perception of light Nuclear sclerosis Normal tension glaucoma Neovascularisation at the disc Neovasularisation elsewhere Neovascular glaucoma Neovascularisation at the iris Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid / pemphigus Ossicular Chain Reconstruction oculus dexter = Right eye Otitis externa Optokinetic nystagmus Otitis Media Otitis media with effusion Ophthalmology oculus sinister = Left eye Obstructive sleep apnoea Ossicular Both eyes Peripheral anterior synechia Psuedophakic bullous keratopathy Posterior chamber Posterior chamber intra ocular lens Posterior capsular opacity Pupillary distance / Prism Dioptre Proliferative diabetic retinopathy Pupils equal and reactive to light Pupils equal and reactive to light and accommodation Punctate epithelial erosions Membrane Peel Persistent epithelial defect Penetrating eye injury Palpebral fissure Pin hole Phacomulsificaiton Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous Past history Punctate inner choroidopathy Posteriorinferior cerebellar artery Penetrating keratoplasty Post nasal drip Post nasal space Primary open angle glaucoma Presumed histoplasmosis syndrome 5 The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital PONV PORN PORP PPD PPV Pr PRK PRP PS PSCC PTK PVD PVR PXF RAPD RAWO RA RD RE REM Ret. RF Rhino RHT RIO RIR RIW RLL RND ROP ROS RP RPE RRD RUL RVO S SAH SAL SCC SCC SCH SCL SDT SEI SEP Septo Septo/Rhino SHL SLE Post operative nausea and vomiting Progressive outer retinal necrosis Partial ossicular replacement prosthesis Posterior polymorphous dystrophy Pars plana vitrectomy Presbyopia Photo refractive keratectomy Pan-retinal photocoagulation Posterior synechiae Posterior sub capsular cataract Phototherapeutic keratectomy Posterior vitreous detachment Proliferative vitroretinopathy Pseudoexfoliation Relative afferent pupillary defect Right antrum washout Rheumatoid arthritis Retinal detachment Right eye, right ear, refractive error Rapid eye movement Retinal / retinoscopy Rheumatoid factor Rhinoplasty Right hypertropia Right inferior oblique Right internal rectus Return if worried Right lower lid Radical neck dissection Retinopathy of prematurity Removal of sutures Retinitis pigmentosa Retinal pigment epithelium Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment Right upper lid Retinal vein occlusion Sans (without corrective glasses) Subarachnoid haemorrhage Sensorineural acuity level Semicircular canal Squamous cell carcinoma Sub-conjunctival haemorrhage Soft contact lens Speech detection threshold Subepithelial infiltrates Somatosensory evoked responses Septoplasty Septoplasty and Rhinoplasty Sudden hearing loss Systemic lupus erythematosus 6 The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital SLK SLM SM SMD SMR SNHL SO SOM S/P SPK SR SRF SRN / SRNVM SRNV SSG SSNHL Stapes T’s & A’s TAB T.M.J TMJ Dys. TM TML TORP TRD Turbs UPPP URTI VA VB VF VKH Vit. VH Vity VZV W4D X1 X X(T) XT1 XT YAG Superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis Soft lens matter Suction myringotomy Submucosal diathermy (of inferior turbinates) Sub mucous resection Sensorineural hearing loss Superior oblique Serous otitis media Status Post Superficial punctate keratopathy Superior rectus Sub-retinal fluid Sub retinal neovascular membrane Sub retinal neovasularisation Split skin graft Sudden sensorineural hearing loss Stapedectomy Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy Tonsils and Adenoids Temporal artery biopsy Temporo-mandibular joint Temporo-mandibular joint dysfunction Tympanic membrane Trachea midline Total ossicular replacement prosthesis Traction retinal detachment Turbinates Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty Upper respiratory tract infection Visual acuity Venous beading Visual field Vogt-koyanagi-harada syndrome Vitreous Vitreous haemorrhage Vitrectomy Varicella zoster virus Worth 4 dot test Exophoria at near Exophoria Intermittent exotropia Exotropia at rear Exotropia Neodynium – yitrium alumerium garnet laser 7 The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Source Material HIMAA; The Australian Dictionary of Clinical Abbreviations, Acronyms and Symbol, Health Information Management Association of Australia limited, 1997. Ophthalmology and ENT Specialists – The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, 2002. 8 The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital 9