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Complete Blood Count
A CBC is a blood test done to measure different components of your blood and to show a wide range of disorders so a doctor can properly diagnose you. |
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Abrieviation: CHF
Definition: Is when the heart fails to maintain the circulation of blood throughout the body, which then results in congestion. |
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| PA is an abrieviation for Pulmonary Artery which is an artery that carries blood away from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs. |
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| Is a prefix meaning about, around, enclosing, and surrounding. |
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Is the abrieviation for shortness of breath.
Definition: When a person is having a difficult time breathing. |
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| TID means 3 times per day and is an abrieviation that is typically found on a perscription label that indicates how many times a day the medicine should be consumed. |
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| Is an abrieviation that means "by mouth" which is a method of consuming the contents into the body. |
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| c/o is an abrieviation that represents "complaint of" which means when a person can verbally tell you where and/or what in their body is hurting, upset, or broken. |
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| PRN is an abrieviation that means as needed. |
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| Two times per day is abrieviated as bid and is typically found on a perscription label that indicates how many times a day the medicine should be consumed. |
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| PT is an abrieviation that represents Physical Threapy. |
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| QID is an abrieviation for 4 times a day and is typically found on a perscription label that indicates how many times a day the medicine should be consumed. |
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| Is an abrieviation that represents Occupational Therapy. |
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| ADL is an abrieviation for Activities of daily living. They are routine tasts that people do everyday without assistance. There are some basic ADLs and they are eating, bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, walking, and personal hygiene. |
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| VO is the abrieviation for verbal order. |
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| An accumulation of excessive watery fluids in cells, tissues, or serour cavities within the body. |
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| Is any condition in which the number of red blood cells is below the normal level. |
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| Dx is the abrieviation for diagnosis which is the determination of the nature of a disease, injury, orcongential defect. |
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| Is a physician who is trained and experienced in hemotology, i.e., examining, diagnosing, and/or the treatment of blood and bone marrow. |
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| Abrievieviated as NKA and informs the reader that the specified person has no known allergeries and/or is not allergic to anything. |
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