Medical Abb: Timing, Charting, & Labs

Acute

New Onset, likely concerning

Acute on chronic

New exacerbation of a chronic condition

Chronic

Long-standing, constant

Fluctuating

Symptoms that are always present but changing in severity, never fully resolving

intermittent

Symptoms that completely resolve at times, but continue to return repeatedly

Paroxysmal

Occasional, sporadic, transient

Resolved

Gone, no longer existing

Transient

Resolving spontaneously after onset

FHx

Family History

HIPAA

Health insurance Portability and Accountability Act

HPI

History of present illness

pt

Patient

r/o

rule out

ROS

Review of System

S/p

Status post (symptom after something)

SHx

Social History

Tx

Treatment

UTD

Up to date

WNL

Within Normal Limits

Sx

Symptoms

Dx

Diagnosis

BMP

Basic metabolic panel

CXR

Chest X-ray

CBC

Complete blood count

CMP

Comprehensive metabolic panel

CT/CAT

Computerized assisted tomography

EKG/ECG

Electrocardiogram

H&H

Hemoglobin and hematocrit

UA

Urinalysis