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Certain medical abbreviations are avoided to prevent mistakes, according to best practices (and in some cases regulatory requirements); these are flagged in the list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions .
This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes ). This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here .
List of medical abbreviations: 0–9. Dx - Diagnosis, Sx - Symptoms, Fx - Fracture, Tx - Treatment, Hx - History S/b-seen by.
HIV-associated dementia. HADS. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. HAE. hereditary angioedema. H/A. headache. HAI. healthcare-associated infection or hospital-acquired infection.
Acronyms in healthcare are formed from the lead letters of words relating to medications, organisations, procedures and diagnoses. [2] They come from both English and Latin roots. [2] [3] The use of acronyms and abbreviations is expanding rapidly. [5] [6]
Medical terminology is a language used to precisely describe the human body including all its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it. Medical terminology is used in the field of medicine . Medical terminology has quite regular morphology, the same prefixes and suffixes are used to add meanings to ...
abdominal aortic aneurysm (pronounced "triple-A") AAD. antibiotic-associated diarrhea. AAI. acute arterial insufficiency. AAPMC. antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis. AAT. activity as tolerated.