RECL 198 – Medical Abbreviations & Terminology



Medical Abbreviations & Terminology

 

QUIZ 1 - #1-35

1.      MVA = motor vehicle accident

 

2.      AMA = against medical advice

 

3.       c  = with

 

4.      TBI = traumatic brain injury

 

5.      CC = chief complaint

 

6.      d/c = discontinue (do not use as discharge)

 

7.      Dx = diagnosis

 

8.      FH = family history

 

9.      AA = Alcoholics Anonymous

 

10.  S/P = status post

 

11.  AP = anterior/posterior

 

12.  ML = mediolateral

 

13.  UE = upper extremity

 

14.  LE = lower extremity

 

15.  HR = heart rate

 

16.  ROM = range of motion

 

17.  WB = weight bearing

 

18.  Tx = treatment or therapy

 

19.  ADL = activities of daily living

 

20.  COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

 

21.  Fx = fracture

 

22.  GSW = gunshot wound

 

23.  C/O = complained of / complaints

 

24.  q.i.d. = four times per day

 

25.  SBA = stand by assistant

 

26.  THR/THA = total hip replacement / total hip arthroplasty

 

27.  TKR/TKA = total knee replacement / total knee arthroplasty

 

28.  SCI = spinal cord injury

 

29.  CLBP = chronic low back pain

 

30.  DM = Diabetes Mellitus

 

31.  HTN = hypertension

 

32.  UR = utilization review

 

33.  QA = quality assurance

 

34.  UA = urinalysis

 

35.  noc. = night

QUIZ #2 - #36-70

 

36.  HCFA = Health Care Financing Administration

 

37.  JCAHO = Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

 

38.  R/O = rule out

 

39.  NPO = NOTHING by mouth (includes meds, liquids, food, etc)

 

40.  CARF = Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

 

41.  LOS = length of stay

 

42.  AEB = as evidenced by

 

43.  Hx = history

 

44.  b.i.d. = twice a day

 

45.  t.i.d. = three times a day

 

46.  2° = secondary

 

47.  EtOH = alcohol (as in drinking alcohol. Usually referred to as EtOH abuse or addiction).

 

48.  ∅ = no, none, without

 

49.  TIA = Transient Ischemic Attack

 

50.  CG = contact guarding

 

51.  ECG/EKG = electrocardiogram

 

52.  GI = gastrointestinal

 

53.   p = after

 

54.  ICD – 10 = International Classification of Diseases and Health Problems 10th Revision

 

55.  LTC = Long-Term Care

 

56.  Med = medication (medicine)

 

57.  MOD = moderate

 

58.  max = maximum

 

59.  W/O = without

 

60.  NS = no show

 

61.  O x3 = oriented to time, place, person

 

62.  OOB = out of bed

 

63.  OZ = ounce

 

64.  PTSD = Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

 

65.  p.r.n. = as occasion requires

 

66.  PWB = partial weight bearing

 

67.  RAPs = Resident Assessment Protocols

 

68.  RE = regarding

 

69.  SSI = supplemental security income

 

70.  Sx = symptom

QUIZ #3 - #71-105

 

71.  TPR = temperature, pulse, respiration

 

72.  UTI = urinary tract infection

 

73.  wt = weight

 

74.  YO = years old

 

75.  CHF = congestive heart failure

 

76.  CVA = cerebrovascular accident (stroke)

 

77.  DSM-IV = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-4th Ed.

 

78.  FIM = functional independence measure

 

79.  IBW = ideal body weight

 

80.  MDS = minimum data set

 

81.  MD = medical doctor

 

82.  MMPI = Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

 

83.  Min = minimum

 

84.  NOS = not otherwise specified

 

85.  NWB = nonweight bearing

 

86.  OA = osteoarthritis

 

87.  OSHA = Occupational Safety and Health Administration

 

88.  PM&R = physical medicine and rehabilitation

 

89.  PT = patient

 

90.  PPS = prospective payment system

 

91.  hs = bedtime

 

92.  RD = registered dietician

 

93.  SCI = spinal cord injury

 

94.  SSDI = Social Security disability income

 

95.  SSN = Social Security number

 

96.  TO = telephone order

 

97.  UMLS = unified medical language system

 

98.  WC = wheelchair

 

99.  WNL = within normal limits

 

100.          X = times

 

101.          SNF = skilled nursing facility

 

102.          ∆ = change

 

103.          COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

 

104.          AFO = ankle-foot orthosis

 

105.          ↑ = increase

QUIZ 4 – #106-135

 

106.          ↓ = decrease

 

107.          PMH = past medical history

 

108.          B = bilateral

 

109.          I&O = intake and output

 

110.          RUE = right upper extremity

 

111.          LUE = left upper extremity

 

112.          GAF = Global Assessment of Functioning (scale)

 

113.          NKA = no known allergies

 

114.          I = independent

 

115.          AKA = above-knee amputation

 

116.          BKA = below-knee amputation

 

117.          CHI = closed head injury

Acronyms Related to Therapeutic Recreation:

118. ATRA = American Therapeutic Recreation Association

119. NTRS = National Therapeutic Recreation Society

120. OBRA = Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

121. NCTRC = National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification

122. CBRPC = California Board for Recreation and Parks Certification

123. CARF = Council on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities

KEY MEDICAL TERMS:

124. Agraphia: Inability to express thoughts in writing.

125. Agnosia: inability to recognize the import of sensory impressions, to recognize a stimulus such as auditory

126. Alexia : Inability to read, a form of receptive aphasia

Ataxia: Failure of muscular coordination; irregularity of muscular action (dyssynergia); resulting from a brain or spinal cord disorder; unsteady, staggering, muscle coordination of the CNS

127. Aphasia: partial or total loss of the ability to communicate verbally or using written words

128. Apraxia: motor/sensory impaired; loss of ability to coordinate movement, manipulated objects, purposeful movement. A neurological condition rendering loss of the ability to perform activities that a person is physically able and willing to do (deficits in the signals from the brain to the body);

129. Ataxia: Unsteady movements due to a lesion in the cerebellum that normally controls balance and muscle coordination. Jerky Eye movements

130. Athetosis: uncontrolled sprawling slow, writing muscular movements; ex., head down back with protruding tongue, often accompanied by drooling; [pic]

131. Dysphagia: Difficulty in swallowing or inability to swallow

132. Tremor: involuntary shaking of limbs

133. Embolism: a bit of arterial wall tissue fragment, or blood clot carried in the bloodstream which gets weged in an organ and blocks blood flow

134. Thrombosis: the formation of a blood clot on the arterial wall and obstructs blood flow; the most common cause of a CVA

135. Spasticity: jerky and uncertain movements, awkward gait and tightly contracting muscles

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