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Flashcards by Susan B Brown, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Susan B Brown
over 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| AMI | ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
| DVT | DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS |
| CAD | CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE |
| NSU | NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS |
| LBP | LOWER BACK PAIN |
| ABC'S | AIRWAY, BREATHING, CIRCULATION |
| IH | INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS |
| DJD | DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE |
| MRSA | STAPH INFECTION |
| CHD | CORONAL HEART DISEASE |
| BKA | BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION |
| AKA | ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION |
| HBV | HEPATITIS B VIRUS |
| HCV | HEPATITIS C VIRUS |
| ischemia | blood clot |
| etiology | cause of illness |
| -cephal | head |
| -erythr | red |
| -glyc | sugar |
| gloss | tongue |
| -algia | pain |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emia | blood |
| -gram | record |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -logy | study of |
| -oma | tumor |
| -otomy | incision |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -scope | exam |
| --scopy | using a scope |
| k+ | potassium |
| h2o2 | hydrogen peroxide |
| etoh | alcoholic |
| AAROM | active assistive range of motion |
| aka | as known as |
| DAT | diet as toleraed |
| DSD | dry sterile dressing |
| FB | foreign body |
| H | HYDROGEN |
| HOH | hard of hearing |
| LOC | loss of consciousness |
| N/C | no complaints |
| NKA | no known allergies |
| NPO | NOTHING BY MOUTH |
| p.o. | by mouth |
| px | prognosis |
| b.i.d | twice a day |
| a | before |
| AAROM | active assistve range of motion |
| ad lib | as desired |
| ung | ointment |
| PRN | whenever necesssary |
| a.c. | before meals |
| NPO | nothing by mouth |
| c | with |
| s | without |
| pneum | lung |
| my | muscle |
| dysuria | difficult urination |
| apnea | absence of breathing |
| craniotomy | surgery to skull |
| hypertension | high blood presure |
| tachycardia | rapid pulse |
| leukocyte | white blood cells |
| 9 | IX |
| right hypochodriac | ascending colon, gall bladder, liver, right kidney, small intestines, colon |
| epigastric | esophagus, liver, pancreas, adrenal glands, both kidneys, small intestine, spleen, stomach, colon |
| left hypochondriac | colon, left kidney, liver, pancreas, small intestine, stomach, colon |
| right iliac | appendix, right Fallopian tube, right ovary, small intestions |
| left iliac | left fallopian tube, left ovary, small inestine, descending and sigmoid colon |
| initial observation | intgumentary- skin, nails,musculoskeletal- ,muscles,bones, joints,circulatory- heart, blood vessels,respiratory nose, throat, lungs,nervious system- brain, spinal cord, senses-eyes, ears, nose, sense of touch |
| observation and reporting | chest pains, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, weakness or dizziness, headache, pain |
| edema | swelling |
| CVA | stroke |
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