Medical Practitioner Service Policies and Procedures Abbreviations & Symbols {COHSASA Reference – 39.6.1.19} Policy: The following list of Abbreviations and Symbols may be used in compiling patients’ records in the hospital. Procedure: Use only the following Abbreviations and Symbols when compiling patients’ records. ~ -VE +VE I I . A2 Ab Ag ABPA Ac ACE ACTH ADH ADA AF AFB AFP AIDS Al ALL ALP AMP ANA ANCA APTT ARDS ASD APPROXIMATELY NEGATIVE POSITIVE INCREASED DECREASED NORMAL DEGREES AORTIC COMPONENT OF SECOND HEART SOUND ANTIBODY ANTIGEN ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS ANTE` CIBUM ( BEFORE FOOD ) ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME ADRENOCORTICOTROPHIC HORMONE ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE ADENINE DEAMINASE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ACID FAST BACILLI ALPHA FETO PROTEIN ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFIENCY SYNDROME ALUMINIUM ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LUEKEMIA ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE ANTINUCLEAR ANTTTIBODY ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY ACTIVATED PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT Abbreviations/Sd/Ta/Fjm/6Oct2000 ASO AST ATN AV AVM AXR AZT Ba BAL bd/BD BKA BP CA CABG CAMP CBD CC CCF CHB CHD CK CLL CMV CNS COPD COC CPAP CPR CRF CSF CT CVP CVS CXR DIC DIP Dl DM DKA DU D&V DVT DXT EBV ECG ECHO ANTISTREPTOLYSIN O ASPARTATE TRANSAMINASE ACUTE TUBULAR NECROSIS ATRIOVENTRICULAR ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION ABDOMINAL X-RAY (PLAIN) ZIDOVUDINE BARIUM BRONCHOALVEOLAR LARVAGE BIS DIE (TWICE A DAY) BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION BLOOD PRESSURE CARCINOMA CORONARY ARTERY BY-PASS GRAFT CYCLIC AMP COMMON BILE DUCT CREATININE CLEARENCE CONGESTIVE CARDIAC FAILURE COMPLETE HEART BLOCK CORONARY HEART DISEASE CREATININE KINASE CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA CYTOMEGALOVIRUS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE COMBINED ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM CHEST X-RAY DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION DISTAL INTERPHALANGEAL DECILITRE DIABETES MELLITUS DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS DUODENAL ULCER DIARRHOEA AND VOMITING DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS DEEP RADIOTHERAPY EBSTEIN-BARR VIRUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ECHOCARDIOGRAM Abbreviations/Sd/Ta/Fjm/6Oct2000 EDTA EEG EM EMG ENT ESR EUA FB FBC FDP FEV1 FFP FiO2 FSH FVC gm GA GB GC GFR GGT GH GI GP G-6PD GTT GU HAV Hb HbsAg HBV Hct HCV HDV HHT HIDA HIV HOCM HONK HRT HSV ICP IDA IDDM Ig IHD ETHYL DIAMINE TETRA ACETIC ACID ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY ELECTRON MICROSCOPE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY EAR-NOSE&THROAT ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE EXAMINATION UNDER ANAESTHESIA FOREIGN BODY FULL BLOOD COUNT FIBRIN DEGREDATION PRODUCTS FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME IN FIRST SECOND FRESH FROZEN PLASMA PARTIAL PRESSURE OF O2 IN INSPIRED AIR FOLLICULAR-STIMULATING HORMONE FORCED VITAL CAPACITY GRAM GENERAL ANAESTHESIA GALL BLADDER GONOCOCCUS GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSPEPTIDASE GROWTH HORMONE GASTROINTESTINAL GENERAL PRACTITIONER GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST GENITOURINARY HEPATITIS A VIRUS HAEMOGLOBIN HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN HEPATITIS B VIRUS HAEMATOCRIT HEPATITIS C VIRUS HEPATITIS D VIRUS HEREDITARY HAEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA HEPATIC IMMUNODIACETIC ACID HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY HYPEROSMOLAR NONKETOTIC (DIABETIC COMA) HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE Abbreviations/Sd/Ta/Fjm/6Oct2000 IM IFN INR IPPV ITP ITU IU IV IVI IVC IVU JVP KCCT Kg KP2 L LBBB LDH LFT LH LIF LMN LP LUQ LVF LVH mg MC&S MCV ME MI MND MRI MS MSU NAD NPM ND NGT NIDDM NSAID N&V OCP OD OGD OGS INTRAMUSCULAR ALPHA INTERFERON INTERNATIONAL NORMALISED RATIO INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA INTENSIVE THERAPY UNIT INTERNATIONAL UNIT INTRAVENOUS INTRAVENOUS INFUSION INFERIOR VENA CAVA INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY JUGULAR VENOUS PRESSURE KAOLIN CEPHALIN CLOTTING TIME KILOGRAM KILO PASCAL LEFT LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE LIVER FUNCTION TEST LUTEINIZING HORMONE LEFT ILIAC FOSSA LOWER MORTOR NUERONE LUMBAR PUNCTURE LEFT UPPER QUADRANT LEFT VENTRICULAR FAILURE LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY MILLIGRAM MICROSCOPY;CULTURE;SENSITIVITY MEAN CELL VOLUME MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS MIDSTREAM URINE NO ABNORMALITY DETECTED NIL PER MOUTH NOTIFIABLE DISEASE NASOGASTRIC TUBE NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELITUS NON STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG NAUSEA AND VOMITING ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE PILL OVER DOSE OESOPHAGEAL GASTRO DUODENOSCOPY OXOGENIC STERIOD Abbreviations/Sd/Ta/Fjm/6Oct2000 P2 PaCO2 PaO2 PAN PBC PCR PCV PE PEEP PEFR PERLA PID PIP PND PO PR PPF PRL PRN PRV PTH PUO PV Qid R RA RBBB RBC RFT Rb RhF RIF RUQ RVF RVH Rx Sec SBE S/C S/L SLE SOB SR STAT SVC SXR PULMONARY COMPONENT OF 2nd HEART SOUND PARTIAL PRESSURE OF CO2 IN ARTERIAL BLOOD PARTIAL PRESSURE OF O2 IN ARTERIAL BLOOD POLYARTERITIS NODOSA PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION PACK CELL VOLUME PULMONARY EMBOLISM POSITIVE END-EXSPIRATORY PRESSURE PEAK EXSPIRATORY FLOW RATE PUPILS EQUAL REACTIVE TO LIGHT&ACCOMODATION PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL DYSPNEA PER OS (BY MOUTH) PER RECTUM PURIFIED PLASMA FRACTION PROLACTIN PRO RE NATA (AS REQUIRED ) POLYCYTHEMIA RUBRA VERA PARATHYROID HORMONE PYREXIA OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN PER VAGINA QUARTER IN DIE (FOUR TIMES A DAY) RIGHT RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK RED BLOOD CELLS RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TEST RHESUS RHEUMATIC FEVER RIGHT ILIAC FOSSA RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT RIGHT VENTRICULAR FIALURE RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY RECIPE (TREAT WITH) SECONDS SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS SUBCUTANEOUS SUBLINGUAL SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHROMATOSUS SHORTNESS OF BREATH SLOW RELEASE STATIM (IMMEDIATELY) SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SKULL X-RAY Abbreviations/Sd/Ta/Fjm/6Oct2000 T’ T3 T4 TB TIA Tid TRH TSH UC U&E UMN URTI USS UTI VDRL VE VF VMA V/Q VSD WBC WR ZN TEMPERATURE TRIIODOTHYRONINE THYROXINE TUBERCULOSIS TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK TER IN DIE (THREE TIMES A DAY ) THYROTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE ULCERATIVE COLITIS UREA AND ELECTROLYTES UPPER MOTOR NEURONE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECION ULTRASOUND SCAN URINARY TRACT INFECTION VENEREAL DISEASE RESEARCH LABORATORY VENTRICULAR EXTRASYSTOLE VENTRICULAR FIBRILATION VANILYL MANDELIC ACID VENTILATORY PERFUSION RATIO VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT WHITE BLOOD CELLS WASSERMANN REACTION ZIEHL-NEELSEN Signed: Chair of QIP Committee Signed: Medical Superintendent Date: Review Date: Abbreviations/Sd/Ta/Fjm/6Oct2000