Table 1 Most-commonly used abbreviations from the baseline audit
Abbreviation | Frequency | Expansion |
|---|---|---|
IV | 73 | Intravenous |
ED | 64 | Emergency department |
GP | 44 | General practitioner |
PO | 42 | Per-oral |
BD | 40 | Twice daily (Latin: bis in die) |
PRN | 37 | When necessary (Latin: pro re nata) |
CT | 34 | Computer tomography |
PMHX | 30 | Past medical history |
ABX | 28 | Antibiotics |
GA | 25 | General anaesthetic |
HPI | 23 | History of presenting illness |
QID | 22 | Four times daily (Latin: quater in die) |
EUC | 21 | Electrolytes urea creatinine |
FU | 21 | Follow-up |
HR | 21 | Heart rate |
HTN | 21 | Hypertension |
OE | 21 | On examination |
ECG | 20 | Electrocardiogram |
WCC | 19 | White cell count |
SHX | 19 | Social history |
CXR | 19 | Chest X-Ray |
BP | 19 | Blood pressure |
CRP | 17 | C-reactive protein |
AF | 17 | Atrial fibrillation |
MCS | 17 | Microscopy, culture and sensitivity |
T2DM | 16 | Type 2 diabetes mellitus |
DVT | 17 | Deep vein thrombosis |
IVF | 16 | Intravenous fluid |
TDS | 15 | Three times daily (Latin: ter die sumendum) |
UA | 14 | Urinalysis |
BG | 14 | Background |
CTB | 14 | Computer tomography brain |
LFTs | 13 | Liver function tests |
CCF | 13 | Congestive cardiac failure |