Common lab stest abbreviations
Surgery
Disease Abbreviations
Electrolyte and Mineral Abbreviations
Time
100

CBC

What is complete blood count?

100

Removal of tonsils

What is a tonsillectomy?

100
HIV

What is human immunodeficiency disorder?

100

Mg

What is magnesium?

100

AM

What is morning?
200

H & H

What is hemoglobin and hematocrit?

200

Removal of appendix

What is appendectomy?

200

CAD

What is coronary artery disease?

200

Ca

What is calcium?

200

PM

What is evening/afternoon?

300

BMP

What is basic metabolic panel?

300

The birth of a baby through an incision in the stomach

What is a cesarean section?

300

CHF

What is congestive heart failure?

300

Fe

What is iron?

300

BID

What is twice a day?

400

UA

What is urinalysis?

400

The removal of the gallbladder

What is a cholecystectomy/lap chole?

400

TB

What is tuberculosis?

400

Na

What is sodium?

400

Q2H

What is every 2 hours?
500

BUN

What is blood urea nitrogen?

500

The grafting of veins to the outside of the heart to bypass blockages in the coronary arteries

What is coronary artery bypass graft/CABG?

500
HBV

What is hepatitis B virus?

500

K

What is potassium?

500

QID

What is four times a day?

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