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Medical Abbreviations
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A & P
100

May be useful in the treatment of gastric acid-related pathologies in dogs, cats, foals, camelids, and ruminants, particularly when the IV route is required

Pantoprazole

100
Often called "universal antidote".Most commonly used adsorbent in toxicologic decontamination. 

Activated Charcoal

Fun fact: Activated charcoal is produced by heating wood pulp to 900* C and, then washing it with inorganic acids and drying it. The resulting small charcoal particles are "activated". with steam or strong acids. 

100

Country’s oldest folk parade, dating back to 1901

The Mummers Parade!

100

AUS

Abdominal ultrasound

100

What are the 3 major layers of the skin

1) Epidermis

2) Dermis

3)Hypodermis (or subcutis)

200

Local-acting treatment for GI ulcers/esophagitis; may also protect somewhat against GI ulceration

Sucralfate

200

________ ________ poisoning is common in dogs and cats and often results in death if not diagnosed  and treated promptly. Second most common cause of fatal poisoning in animals according to American Association of Poison Control Centers. This toxicity is biotransformed to highly toxic metabolites that result in severe metabolic acidosis and acute renal failure. 

Ethylene Glycol (EG)
200

This is the home to many medical oddities including slices of Einstein’s brain, a tumor removed from President Grover Cleveland, and tissue from the body of John Wilkes Booth

Mütter Museum

200

FNA

Fine needle aspiration

200

This muscle originates: medial/lateral supracondylar tuberosities of femur

This muscle intersects proximal surface tuber calcanei

This muscle extends the tarsus and flexes stifle

Gastrocnemius muscle

300
-Use with caution in cats as they appear to be more sensitive to the cardiodepressant and CNS effects and are avoided IV with cats. Use with caution in patients with liver disease, congestive heart failure, shock, hypovolemia, severe respiratory depression, marked hypoxia, bradycardia, or incomplete heart block with PVCs, unless the heart rate is first accelerated.
-When an IV bolus is given too rapidly, dose-dependent hypotension may occur; consider starting with a lower dose. Seizures are possible.

Lidocaine

300

The primary cause of death in most smoke inhalation toxicoses is....

Carbon monoxide (CO) 

Carbon monoxide does not injure the lungs, ut it decreases the oxygen-carrying capacity of hemoglobin in the blood resulting in dyspnea, depression, ataxia, nausea and death. 

300

This famous Philadelphian created the swim fins

Benjamin Franklin

300

POCUS

Point of Care Ultrasound

300

This nerve is in charge of the smell sensory

Olfactory

400

α- and β-adrenergic agonist agent used systemically for treatment of anaphylaxis, cardiac resuscitation, and for refractory hypotension, as well as to prolong local effects of local anesthetic agents

Epinephrine

400

________ (also known as Persea americana) has been shown to be toxic to rabbits, mice and caged birds. All above-ground parts of the plant are toxic. Persin, a compound isolated from the leaves, is beleived to be the toxin responsible for the toxiity. Intoxicated mammals display cardiac arrhythmias, necrosis of the myocardium and acute death. Caged birds show respiratory distress. They should not be included in the diet of herbivorous captive reptiles until more is researched.

Avocado
400

1 out of every ____ doctors in the U.S is trained in Philly

6

400

PRN

Pro Re Nata (as needed)

400

The _____ is the indented area of the kidney where the ureter, renal artery, renal vein, and nerves enter and leave the organ

Hilus

500

Dissociative general anesthetic that also inhibits N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and may be for adjunctive therapy to control pain

Ketamine

Dissociative anesthetic is a class of psychedelic drugs, sometimes shortened to “dissociatives” and meaning detached from reality. They cause feelings of disconnection from the environment and self and distort sensory perception

500

________ is required for synthesis of the forms of clotting factors II, VII, IX, and X that are active in fibrin formation. 

Vitamin K

This is important because the coagulopathy with anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning occurs because of reduction in activatable forms of clotting factors II, VII, IX, and X. The reduction in activatable forms of these clotting factors occurs because of insufficient amounts of vitamin K at the site of postranslational modification of these clotting factors. 

500

The Eagles are named for the Eagle that appeared on posters during the ________ ________ ___, which was part of FDR’s New Deal

National Recovery Act

500

OU

Oculus Uterque (each eye)

500

The large blood vessel that leaves the left ventricle is the _____

Aorta

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