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ABCs of Medical Records: Medical Abbreviations
Second
Edition
Contains
over 5,700 abbreviations and symbols.
Compiled by
Med League Support Services
2008, Med League
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Puzzled by abbreviations in medical
records? This handy reference will help you interpret medical
records. You
can use this guide to decipher the meaning of commonly used medical
abbreviations found in medical records.
From A to Z, this
updated second edition contains and defines over 5,700 abbreviations
and symbols.
See
a sample page (pdf).
Samples |
| A
– area, allergy, anterior, assist, arterial, assessment |
CFFCSF
– clear free flowing cerebral spinal fluid |
| BIBA
– brought in by ambulance |
CST
– cookie swallow test |
| BOMA
– bilateral otitis media, acute |
CT
– chest tube, computerized tomography, count |
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