BCC

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA

bx, Bx

BIOPSY

SLE

SYSTEMATIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

SqCCa

SQYAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA

TBSA

TOTAL BODY SURFACE AREA

DJD

DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE

DMD

duchenne muscular dystrophy

ACL

ANTEIOR CRUCIATE LEGIMENT , A LIGAMENT THAT STABILIZES THE KNEE JOINT

CTS

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

DO

PHYSICIAN SPECIALIZING IN OSTEOPATHY

EMG

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY

HNP

HERNIATED NUCLEUS PULPOSUS, A HERNIATED INTERVERTEBRAL DISK

MG

MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

NSAID's

NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMATORY DRUGS

OA

OSTEOARTHRITIS

RA

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

RICE

REST, ICE, COMPRESSION AND ELEVATION

ROM

RANGE OF MOTION

SCI

SPINAL CORD INJURY

THR

TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT

TKA

TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

TKR

TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT

TMJ

TEMPORMANDIBULAR JOINT

VERTIBRAE

C1 -C7

THE SEVEN CERVICAL VERTEBRAE

VERTEBRAE

T1 THROUGH T12

THE TWELVE THORACIC VERTEBRAE

VERTABRAE

L1 THROUGH L5

THE FIVE LUMBAR VERTIBRAE

BE

BARIUM ENEMA

 C&S

STOOL CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY

EGD

ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY

FOBT

FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST

GERD

GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE

GI

GASTROINTESTINAL

HCC

HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

IBD

INFLAMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

IBS

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

LGI

LOWER GI SERIES

LI

LACTOSE INTOLERANT

N&V

NAUSEA AND VOMITING

UGI

UPPER GI SERIES

ABGs

ARTERIAL BLOOD GASES

AFB

ACID-FAST BACILLI

CF

CYSTIC FIBROSIS

CPAP

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE DIVICE

CXR

CHEST X-RAY

NRDS

NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME

NSCLC

NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER

PE

PULMONARY EMBOLISM

PPD

PURIFIED PROTEIN DERIVATIVE

PFT's

PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST

RDS

RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME

SARS

SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME

SCLC

SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER

sob

SHORTNESS OF BREATH

URI

UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION

V/Q scan

VENTILATION-PERFUSION SCANNING

AED

AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR

A-fib

ARTRIAL FIBRILLATION

AI

AORTIC INSUFFICIENCY

AS

AORTIC STENOSIS

ASD

ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT

ASHD

ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE

AV

ARTIOVENTRICULAR

CABG

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT

CAD

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

CHF

CONJESTIVE HEART FAILURE

CP

CHEST PAIN

ICD

INPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR

LA

LEFT ATRIUM

LV

LEFT VENTRICLE

MI

MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

MVP

MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE

PET

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY

RA

RIGHT ATRIUM

RV

RIGHT VENTRICLE

SCA

SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST

VSD

VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT