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every 2 hours quaque secunda hora q.4.h., q4h every 4 hours quaque quarta hora q.6.h., q6h every 6 hours quaque sexta hora q.8.h., q8h every 8 hours quaque octava hora q.a.m., qAM, qam every morning: quaque ante meridiem q.d., qd every day / daily quaque die q.h.s., qhs every night at bedtime quaque hora somni q.d.s, qds, QDS 4 times a day
evening or afternoon p.o. per os: by mouth or orally AMA style avoids use of this abbreviation (spell out "orally") ppt. præparata: prepared p.r., PR per rectum: rectally p.r.n., PRN pro re nata: as needed PRN is pertactin, a virulence factor of the bacterium that causes pertussis: pt. perstetur: continue pulv. pulvis: powder p.v., PV per vaginam
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
once every 6 hours q2wk: once every 2 weeks qAc Before every meal (from Latin quaque ante cibum) q.a.d. every other day (from Latin quaque altera die) QALY: quality-adjusted life year: q.AM: every day before noon (from Latin quaque die ante meridiem) q.d. every day (from Latin quaque die) q.d.s. four times each day (from Latin quater die ...
A medical procedure is a course of action intended to achieve a result in the delivery of healthcare. A medical procedure with the intention of determining, measuring, or diagnosing a patient condition or parameter is also called a medical test .
(97802–97804) medical nutrition therapy (97810–97814) acupuncture (98925–98929) osteopathic manipulative treatment (98940–98943) chiropractic manipulative treatment (98960–98962) education and training for patient self-management (98966–98969) non-face-to-face nonphysician services (99000–99091) special services, procedures and ...
Many surgical procedure names can be broken into parts to indicate the meaning. For example, in gastrectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Gastro-" means stomach. Thus, gastrectomy refers to the surgical removal of the stomach (or sections thereof).
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