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List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes). This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology ...
CPT. 96372. [ edit on Wikidata] Intramuscular injection, often abbreviated IM, is the injection of a substance into a muscle. In medicine, it is one of several methods for parenteral administration of medications. Intramuscular injection may be preferred because muscles have larger and more numerous blood vessels than subcutaneous tissue ...
Intercostal nerve block. Intercostal nerve block. Intercostal nerves with the superficial muscles removed. ICD-9-CM. 04.81. MeSH. D009407. [edit on Wikidata] Intercostal nerve block (abbreviated ICNB) is a nerve block which temporarily or permanently interrupts the flow of signals along an intercostal nerve, usually performed to relieve pain.
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set is a procedural code set developed by the American Medical Association (AMA). It is maintained by the CPT Editorial Panel. [1] The CPT code set describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services and is designed to communicate uniform information about medical services and procedures among ...
ICD-10-PCS. G97.1. MeSH. D017217. [edit on Wikidata] An epidural blood patch (EBP) is a surgical procedure that uses autologous blood, meaning the patient's own blood, in order to close one or many holes in the dura mater of the spinal cord, which occurred as a complication of a lumbar puncture or epidural placement. [1][2] The punctured dura ...
Pain Medicine. [edit on Wikidata] Epidural steroid injection (ESI) is a technique in which corticosteroids and a local anesthetic are injected into the epidural space around the spinal cord in an effort to improve spinal stenosis, spinal disc herniation, or both. It is of benefit with a rare rate of major side effects. [1][2]
Intraosseous infusion (IO) is the process of injecting medication, fluids, or blood products directly into the bone marrow; [ 1 ] this provides a non-collapsible entry point into the systemic venous system. [ 2 ] The intraosseous infusion technique is used to provide fluids and medication when intravenous access is not available or not feasible ...
An injection (often and usually referred to as a " shot " in US English, a " jab " in UK English, or a " jag " in Scottish English and Scots) is the act of administering a liquid, especially a drug, into a person's body using a needle (usually a hypodermic needle) and a syringe. [ 1 ] An injection is considered a form of parenteral drug ...