Med Term-abbreviations

The abbreviation "ASAP" refers to:

As soon as possible

DM

Diabetes Mellitus

EBL

Estimated blood loss

The abbreviation for "hemoglobin" is ______________.

Hgb

The abbreviation for "intradermal" is ______________.

ID

The abbreviation for "intramuscular" is ______________.

IM

QD or qd is an abbreviation for:

Is no longer accepted for use

If a patient is to receive a pill four times per day, you could abbreviate "four times per day" as:

Qid

When assessing a patient, you might record the TPR, which stands for:

Temperature, Pulse and Respiration

Tx

Treatment

AAA

abdominal aortic aneurysm

adm

admission, admitted, administer

AMA

against medical advice

AA

aortic aneurysm

BMR

basal metabolic rate

BPM

beats for minute

"a" stands for

before

BP

blood pressure

The abbreviation for "complains of" is _____________.

c/o

The abbreviation for "cholesterol" is ______________.

chol

Dx

diagnosis

dc

discontinue

DNR

do not resuscitate

If a patient needs to receive morphine, you could abbreviate "morphine" with:

must spell out morphine

N/V refers to:

nausea/vomiting

aa

of each

If a patient is to receive a medication "by mouth (orally)", you might abbreviate with:

po

Every two hours

q2h

every morning

qm

every night

qn

"c" stands for

with

"s" stands for

without