<p> HOSPITAL ABREVIATIONS</p><p># - FRACTURE #NOF – FRACTURE NECK OF FEMUR 2/12 – TWO MONTHS 2/52 – TWO WEEKS 2/7 – TWO DAYS A A|W – AWAITING AAA – AORTIC ANEURISM ABG - ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS ADLS– ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING ADV – ADVISED AF – ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AIDS - ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME AKI – ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY AND – ALLOW NATURAL DEATH APPT - APPOINTMENT ASAP - AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AXR - ABDOMINAL X-RAY B BA - BARIUM BCG - BACILLE CALMETTE- GUERIN BD – TWICE DAILY BIPAP – BILEVEL POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE BLO – BOWLS LAST OPEN BMI - BODY MASS INDEX BNO – BOWELS NOT OPENED BO – BOWELS OPEN BP - BLOOD PRESSURE BPH – BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA C C DIFF – CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE C&S - CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY C/O – CARE OF CA – CANCER CATH – CATHETER CCF – CHRONIC CARDIAC FAILURE CCF - CONGESTIVE CARDIAC FAILURE CCU – CORONARY CARE UNIT CD - CONTROLLED DRUG CKD – CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE CNS - CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM COPD - CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE CPAP – CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE CPN - COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC NURSE CPR - CARDIO PULMONARY RESCSCITATION CSF - CEREBRO-SPINAL FLUID CSU – CATHETER SPECIMEN URINE CT – TYPE OF SCAN CTG - CARDIOTOCHOGRAPH CTSCAN - COMPUTERISED TOMOGRAPHY CVA - CEREBRO-VASCULAR ACCIDENT CVP - CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE CXR – CHEST X-RAY CY – CYANOSIS D D&C - DILATATION AND CURETTAGE D|C – DISCHARGE DNA - DID NOT ATTEND DNAR – DO NOT ATTEMPT RESUSCITATION DNR – DO NOT RESUSCITATE DOB - DATE OF BIRTH DVT – DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS E ECG - ELECTRO CARDIOGRAM EEG - ELECTRO ENCEPHALOGRAM ENT - EAR NOSE AND THROAT ET - TUBE ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE EVAR – ENDOVASCULAR ANEURISM REPAIR EXT - EXTERNAL USE F FB – FLUID BALANCE FBC - FULL BLOOD COUNT FFP - FRESH FROZEN PLASMA FG - FRENCH GAUGE FI – FECAL INCONTINENT/FEEDING INTOLERANCE FSH - FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE FU – FOLLOW UP FU OP – FOLLOW UP OUTPATIENT G GI - GASTRO INTESTINAL GP - GENERAL PRACTITIONER GYNAE - GYNAECOLOGY H H/O - HISTORY OF HB - HAEMOGLOBIN HDU - HIGH DEPENDENCY UNIT HF – HEART FAILURE HIV - HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HO - HOUSE OFFICER HOH – HARD OF HEARING HT - HEIGHT HTN – HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HTN – HYPERTENSION HV - HEALTH VISITOR HVS - HIGH VAGINAL SWAB I IDC – INDWELLING CATHETER IDDM – INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES IGA - FRACTION OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN IGG - FRACTION OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN IGM. - FRACTION OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN IHD – ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE IKKS – LIVER, KIDNEY, KIDNEY, SPLEEN IM - INTRA MUSCULAR IM CANULLA – INTRA-MUSCULAR CANULLA INH - INHALATION ITU/ICU – INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IUCD - INTRA UTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE IV - INTRAVENOUS IVAB’S/IVABX– INTRAVENOUS ANTIBIOTICS IVI - INTRAVENOUS INFUSION J J – JAUNDICE K K – POTASSIUM L LA - LOCAL ANAESTHETIC LP - LUMBAR PUNCTURE LRTI – LOW RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION LSW – LEFT SIDE WEAK LTOT – LONG TERM OXYGEN THERAPY LVF – LEFT VENTRICULAR FAILURE M MANE - MORNING MAXFAX – MAXILLOFACIAL (DEPARTMENT) MC&S - MICROSCOPY CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY MCA – MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY MDT – MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM METS – METASTATIC MFFD – MEDICAL FIT FOR DISCHARGE M-H – MEDICAL HISTORY MI – MYOCARDIAL INFECTION ML – MOISTURE LESION MMSE – MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION MRI - MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING MRSA – METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPH. AUREUS MS – MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS MSU – MAPLE SYRUP URINE MSU – MIDSTREAM URINE N NA - SODIUM NAD - NO ABNORMALITY DETECTED NBI - NO BONY INJURY NBM – NIL BY MOUTH ND/NF – NORMAL DIET/ NORMAL FLUIDS NEB - NEBULISATION NFR – NOT FOR RESUSCITATION NGT - NASO GASTRIC TUBE NIB –NURSED IN BED NIDDM – NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES NIV MASK – NUN-INVASION VENTILATION MASK NMFFD – NON-MEDICAL FIT FOR DISCHARGE NNU - NEONATAL UNIT NOCTE - NIGHT NOK - NEXT OF KIN NPU – NOT PASSED URINE NPU’D – NOT PASSED URINE O O - ORAL OA – OSTEOARTHRITIS OABX – ORAL ANTIBIOTICS OBS – OBSERVATIONS OD – ONCE DAILY OGD – OESOPHAGEAL/GASTRO DUOENOSCOPY OM - EACH MORNING ON - EACH NIGHT OP/OPD – OUTPATIENTS/OUTPATIENTS DEPARTMENT OT - OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY P PAEDS - PAEDIATRICS PCA – PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA PCV - PACKED CELL VOLUME PD – PARKINSON DISEASE PE - PULMONARY EMBOLUS PEG - PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSCOPY PO - BY MOUTH POC – PACKAGE OF CARE POST OP – AFTER OPERATION PPM – PERMANENT PACEMAKER PR - PER RECTAL PRE OP - BEFORE OPERATION PRN – AS REQUIRED PRN - GIVEN AS REQUIRED PT - PROTHROMBIN TIME PU’D – PASSED URINE PV - PER VAGINA PVD – PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE PX- PRESCRIBE Q QDS - FOUR TIMES DAILY QE – QUALIFICATION EXAMINE QE – QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL (BIRMINGHAM) R R|V – REVIEW RA – RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS RCA – ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS REG - REGISTRAR RH - RHESUS FACTOR RMO - RESIDENT MEDICAL OFFICER ROC – REMOVAL OF CLIPS ROS - REMOVAL OF SUTURES RSO - RESIDENT SURGICAL OFFICER RSW – RIGHT-SIDED WEAKNESS RTA - ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RV – REVIEW S S/A - SAME ADDRESS S/B - SEEN BY S/L - SUB LINGUAL S/M - STAFF MIDWIFE S/N - STAFF NURSE S|W – SOCIAL WORKER SALT - SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPIST SB – SKIN BUNDLE SC - SUB CUTANEOUS SHDU – SURGICAL NIGHT DEPENDENT DIABETES SHO - SENIOR HOUSE OFFICER SOB - SHORTNESS OF BREATH SOBOE – SHORTNESS OF BREATH ON EXERCISE SOS - SEE IF IN TROUBLE SPR - SPECIALIST REGISTRAR SR - SISTER ST/M - STUDENT MIDWIFE ST/N - STUDENT NURSE STAPH - STAPHYLOCCUS T T2RF – TYPE TWO RESPIRATORY FAILURE TB - TUBERCULOSIS TBA – TO BE ADVISED/ADVISED TCI - TO COME IN TDS - THREE TIMES DAILY TED’S - THROMBO EMBOLIC DETERRENTS TENS - TRANS CUTANEOUS ELECTRO NERVE STIMULATION TF – THICK FLUIDS THR – TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT TIA – TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK TKR – TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT TLC – (FOR) TENDER LOVING CARE TOP – TOPICAL TPN - TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION TPR - TEMPERATURE PULSE RESPIRATION TTO - TO TAKE HOME (DRUGS) TWOC – TRIAL WITHOUT CATHETER TX- TREATMENT U U/E - UREA AND ELECTROLYTES U/S – ULTRASOUND USS – ULTRASOUND SCAN UTI - URINARY TRACT INFECTION UV - ULTRA VIOLET V VE - VAGINAL EXAMINATION W W|L – WATERLOW W+S – WAIT AND SEE WCC - WHITE CELL COUNT WT – WEIGHT X X-MATCH - CROSS MATCH</p>