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Pharmacology
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06/06/2011
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Term
ADD
 Definition
ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER
Term
ADR
 Definition
ADVERSE DRUG REACTION
Term
AIDS
 Definition
ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
Term
AV
 Definition
ATRIAL-VENTRICULAR
Term
AMI
 Definition
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Term
ANS
 Definition
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
Term
AWP
 Definition
AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE
Term
BM
 Definition
BOWEL MOVEMENT
Term
BP
 Definition
BLOOD PRESSURE
Term
BPH
 Definition
BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
Term
BS
 Definition
BLOOD SUGAR
Term
BSA
 Definition
BODY SURFACE AREA
Term
CA
 Definition
CANCER
Term
CAD
 Definition
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Term
CF
 Definition
CARDIAC FAILURE
Term
CHF
 Definition
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
Term
CMV
 Definition
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
Term
CNS
 Definition
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Term
COPD
 Definition
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
Term
CVA
 Definition
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (STROKE)
Term
DAW
 Definition
DISPENSE AS WRITTEN
Term
D/C
 Definition
DISCONTINUE
Term
DM
 Definition
DIABETES MELITUS
Term
DOB
 Definition
DATE OF BIRTH
Term
DUR
 Definition
DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW
Term
DX
 Definition
DIAGNOSIS
Term
EC
 Definition
ENTERIC COATED
Term
ECG, EKG
 Definition
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
Term
ENT
 Definition
EARS, NOSE, THROAT
Term
ER
 Definition
EMERGENCY ROOM
Term
FH
 Definition
FAMILY HISTORY
Term
GERD
 Definition
GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
Term
GI
 Definition
GASTROINTESTINAL
Term
Gtt
 Definition
DROP
Term
HA
 Definition
HEADACHE
Term
HBP
 Definition
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Term
HDL
 Definition
HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
Term
HIV
 Definition
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
Term
HR
 Definition
HEART RATE
Term
IO, I/O
 Definition
FLUID INTAKE AND OUTPUT
Term
IOP
 Definition
INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE
Term
IV
 Definition
INTRAVENOUS
Term
KVO
 Definition
KEEP VEINS OPEN
Term
LBW
 Definition
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
Term
LDL
 Definition
LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
Term
LOC
 Definition
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Term
MI
 Definition
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Term
MICU
 Definition
MEDICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Term
MRI
 Definition
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
Term
NKA
 Definition
NO KNOWN ALLERGIES
Term
NPO
 Definition
NOTHING BY MOUTH
Term
NS
 Definition
NORMAL SALINE
Term
NVD
 Definition
NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA
Term
OR
 Definition
OPERATING ROOM
Term
PMH
 Definition
PAST MEDICAL HISTORY
Term
PVD
 Definition
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE
Term
RA
 Definition
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Term
RBC
 Definition
RED BLOOD COUNT OR RED BLOOD CELL
Term
s
 Definition
WITHOUT
Term
SBP
 Definition
SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE
Term
SOB
 Definition
SHORT OF BREATH
Term
STD
 Definition
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
Term
T
 Definition
TEMPERATURE
Term
T&C
 Definition
TYPE AND CROSS-MATCH
Term
TB
 Definition
TUBERCULOSIS
Term
TEDS
 Definition
THROMBO-EMBOLIC DISEASE STOCKINGS
Term
TPN
 Definition
TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION
Term
Tx
 Definition
TREATMENT
Term
U
 Definition
UNITS
Term
U/A
 Definition
URINALYSIS
Term
UCHD
 Definition
USUAL CHILDHOOD DISEASES
Term
URD
 Definition
UPPER RESPIRATORY DISEASES
Term
UTI
 Definition
URINARY TRACT INFECTION
Term
VD
 Definition
VENEREAL DISEASE
Term
VS
 Definition
VITAL SIGNS
Term
WBC
 Definition
WHITE BLOOD COUNT OR WHITE BLOOD CELL
Term
WT
 Definition
WEIGHT
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