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.
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-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:
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