Medical Abbreviations Flashcards

Abreviationes Medicas

• /p: significa "post" (after)
• P: representa "pulso" (pulse)
• PA: abrevia "assistantia de medico" (physician's assistant)
• PAC: indica "contractio atrial premature" (premature atrial contraction)
• PAP: refere-se al "test de Papanicolaou" (papanicolaou test eller smear)
• para: designa le numero de gravidezes (number of pregnancies)
• Path: abrevia "pathologia" (pathology)
• Pb: indica "plumbo" (lead)
• PBI: significa "iodine ligate al proteine" (protein bound iodine)
• pc: representa "post cibum" (after meals)
• PCA: indica "analgesia controlate per le paciente" (patient controlled analgesia)
• PCC: abrevia "centro de control de poison" (poison control center)
• PCP: refere-se al "plano de cura del paciente" (patient care plan)
• PCT: significa "tecnico de cura personal" (personal care technician)
• PDR: representa "Referentia de Desk de Medico" (Physicians Desk Reference)
• PE: indica "examen physico" (physical examination)
• Peds: abrevia "pediatria" (pediatrics)
• per: significa "per" o "attraverso" (through)
• PET: refere-se al "tomografia de emission de positrones" (positron emission tomography)
• pH: representa un "medida de acido" (measure of acidity)
• Pharm: abrevia "pharmacia" (pharmacy)
• PI: significa "illness presente" (present illness)
• PID: indica "disease inflammatory pelvic" (pelvic inflammatory disease)
• PKU: refere-se a "phenylketonuria"
• PM, pm: representa "post meridie" (after noon)
• PMC: significa "cura postmortem" (postmortem care)
• PMS: indica "sindrome premenstrual" (premenstrual syndrome)
• PNS: refere-se al "sistema nervoso periferic" (peripheral nervous system)
• po: significa "per os" (by mouth)
• PO: abrevia "ordine per telefono" (phone order)
• post: indica "posterior" (posterior)
• post-op: significa "post-operation" (after an operation)
• PP: refere-se a "postpartum"
• PPE: representa "equipo de proteccione personale" (personal protective equipment)
• PPO: indica "organisazione de proveedores preferite" (preferred provider organization)
• pre-op: significa "ante le operation" (before an operation)
• prep: refere-se a "preparar" (prepare)
• prn: significa "quando necessari" (whenever necessary)
• Psy: abrevia "psychologia" (psychology)
• pt: indica "patient" (patient)
• Pt: refere-se a "tempore de prothrombin" (prothrombin time)
• PT: significa "therapia physica" (physical therapy)
• PTT: abrevia "tempore thromboplastin partial" (partial thromboplastin time)
• PVC: indica "contractio ventricular premature" (premature ventricular contraction)
• PVD: refere-se a "disease vascular periferic" (peripheral vascular disease)
• Px: significa "prognose" (prognosis)