Normal Lab Values
Abbreviations
Medical Terminology
Cardiac Assessment
Respiratory Terms
100
3.5 - 5.0 mEq/L
What is potassium?
100
D/C
What is discharge or discontinue?
100
dactyl
What is fingers or toes?
100
Right sternal border, 2nd ICS
What is the best place to auscultate the Aortic Valve?
100
Coughing up blood
What is Hemoptysis?
200
135-145 mEq/L
What is sodium?
200
qhs
What is nightly at bedtime?
200
lysis
What is to break down?
200
3rd ICS, Left Sternal Border
What is Erb's Point?
200
Alveolar collapse
What is atelectasis?
300
1.5-2.0 mEq/L
What is Magnesium?
300
QOD
What is every other day?
300
derma
What is the skin?
300
The term for the unusual sound that blood makes when it rushes past an obstruction in an artery.
What is a bruit?
300
The junction where the trachea branches into the left and right main stem bronchi.
What is the carina?
400
0.6-1.2 mg/dL
What is Creatinine?
400
µg
What is microgram?
400
OD
What is the right eye?
400
Significance of Pulmonary Veins
What are the only veins in the body that carry oxygenated blood?
400
The appearance of a blue or purple coloration of the skin or mucous membranes due to the tissues near the skin surface being low on oxygen.
What is cyanosis?
500
8.4-10.2 mg/dL
What is Calcium?
500
PICC
What is a peripherally inserted central catheter?
500
Per os
What is by mouth?
500
The phenomenon that occurs when you produce jugular venous distention by pressing on the right side of the abdomen.
What is hepatojugular reflux?
500
Rhinorrhea
What is a runny nose?
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