R-symbols

R

RESPIRATION, RECTAL

(R), RT

RIGHT

RA

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

RBC

RED BLOOD COUNT

RDS

RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME

REHAB

REHABILITATION

REM

RAPID EYE MOVEMENT

RICE

REST ICE COMPRESSION ELEVATION

RLE

RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY

RLQ

RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT

ROT.

ROTATION

RUQ

RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT

RML

RIGHT MIDDLE LOBE

R/O

RULE OUT

ROM

RANGE OF MOTION

RR

RESPIRATORY RATE, RECOVERY ROOM

RUE

RIGHT UPPER EXTREMITY

RUL

RIGHT UPPER LOBE

RX

PRESCRIPTION, TREATMENT

S (LINE OVER)

WITHOUT

SAQ

SHORT ARC QUAD

SCI

SPINAL CORD INJURY

SCM

STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID

SHLD

SHOULDER

SIDS

SUDDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME

SLB

SHORT LEG BRACE

SLC

SHORT LEG CAST

SLR

STRAIGHT LEG RAISE

SNF

SKILLED NURSING FACILITY

SOB

SHORT OF BREATH

S/P

STATUS POST

S/S

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

STG

SHORT TERM GOALS

STAPH

STAPHYLOCOCCUS

STAT

AT ONCE

std.

STANDARD

STD

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE

STREP

STREPTOCOCCUS

SVN

SMALL VOLUME NEBULIZER

T

TRACE, TEMPERATURE

TB

TUBERCULOSIS

TBI

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

T&A

TONSILLECTOMY AND ANDENOIDECTOMY

TD

TRANSDERMAL

TENS

TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION

THER

THERAPY

THEREX

THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE

TIA

TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK

TID

3 TIMES A DAY

TKA

TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY

TKE

TERMINAL KNEE EXTENSION

TMJ

TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT

T/O

TELEPHONE ORDER

TOL.

TOLERATED

TPR

TEMPERATURE, PULSE, RESPIRATION

TSR

TOTAL SHOULDER REPLACEMENT

TTWB

TOE TOUCH WEIGHT BEARING

TURP

TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE

TX

TREATMENT

UA

URINALYSIS

UE

UPPER EXTREMITY

UK

UNKNOWN

ULN

UPPER LIMITS OF NORMAL

UTI

URINARY TRACT INFECTION

UP

UPRIGHT POSTURE

URI

UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION

US

ULTRASOUND

UVR

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION

VA

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

VC'S

VERBAL CUES

V/C

VITAL CAPACITY

VD

VENEREAL DISEASE

V/O

VERBAL ORDER

V/S

VITAL SIGNS

WB

WEIGHT BEARING

WBAT

WEIGHT BEARING AS TOLERATED

WBC

WHITE BLOOD COUNT

W/C

WHEEL CHAIR

WFL

WITHIN FUNCTIONAL LIMITS

WK

WEEK

W/O

WITHOUT

WOP

WITHOUT PAIN

WT

WEIGHT

X

TIMES

XR

X-RAY

XRT

RADIATION THERAPY

YD

YARD

Y/O

YEARS OLD

YOB

YEAR OF BIRTH

YR

YEARS

≈

APPROXIMATELY

>

GREATER THAN

<

LESS THAN

2o

SECONDARY TO

∆

CHANGE

≠

NOT EQUAL

&

AND

#

POUNDS, NUMBER

+

PLUS, POSITIVE

-

MINUS, NEGATIVE