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Nothing by mouth is an American medical instruction meaning to withhold food and fluids. It is also known as nil per os (npo or NPO), a Latin phrase that translates to English as "nothing through the mouth". Nil by mouth is the term used in the UK (NBM), nihil/non/nulla per os, or complete bowel rest. [1]
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.
nil per os: nothing by mouth AMA style avoids use of this abbreviation (spell out "nothing by mouth") NS normal saline (0.9%) 1/2NS half-normal saline (0.45%) NTE not to exceed o 2, o 2 both eyes "O 2" usually means oxygen or oxygen therapy: o.d. omni die: every day (once daily) (preferred to "qd" in the UK [10]) o.d. oculus dexter
nil per os (nothing by mouth) NPPV: noninvasive positive pressure ventilation NPT: neuropsychiatric testing NPTAC: no previous tracing available for comparison NPV: negative predictive value NRB: non-rebreather mask: NRBC: nucleated red blood cells NREM: non–rapid eye movement: NRT nicotine replacement therapy: n.s. not significant: NS ...
Per os (/ ˌ p ɜːr ˈ oʊ s /; P.O.) is an adverbial phrase meaning literally from Latin "through the mouth" or "by mouth". The expression is used in medicine to describe a treatment that is taken orally (but not used in the mouth such as, for example, caries prophylaxis). [2] The abbreviation P.O. is often used on medical prescriptions ...
nil nisi malis terrori: no terror, except to the bad: Motto of The King's School, Macclesfield: nil per os, rarely non per os (n.p.o.) nothing through the mouth: Medical shorthand indicating that oral foods and fluids should be withheld from the patient. nil satis nisi optimum: nothing [is] enough unless [it is] the best
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").
Nothing by mouth or nil by mouth, a medical instruction; Nil by Mouth, a 2015 album by Blancmange; Nil by Mouth (charity), an anti-sectarian charity in Glasgow, Scotland; Nil by Mouth, a 1997 British film directed by Gary Oldman "Nil by Mouth", a 2001 song by Blindspott "Nil by Mouth", a 2018 instrumental by Haken from Vector