Medical abbreviations
AS is the abbreviation for
Left ear
List 3 ways you can help increase the palatability of an animals food
Heating in microwave, adding some water to it, sprinkling an additive on top, adding wet food to dry kibble
List 5 things veterinary personnel can do to reduce stress in cats at the vet clinic
Cat only exam room, wash hands, speak softly, Feliway, antianxiety meds, talk about cat carrier socialization etc.
Which endocrine disease results in weight loss and a ravenous appetite in cats?
Hyperthyroidism
Relating to medical records, SOAP stands for
Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan
What is the abbreviation that means pertaining to both eyes?
OU
Which vitamins are water soluble
Vitamin B complex and Vitamin C
When restraining a cat for a blood draw from the medial saphenous vein, the patient is restrained in
Lateral recumbency
A hospital acquired disease is known as
Nosocomial
Femoral artery pulses are no longer palpable when MAP is below
60mmHg
What abbreviation would we use to indicate a patient should not be fed or receive anything orally?
NPO (Nothing per os)
Because guinea pigs lack the enzyme involved in synthesizing glucose to ascorbic acid, they require a dietary source of which vitamin
Vitamin C
A dogs dewclaw is on the ______ surface of their body
Medial
Describe the clinical signs you would expect to see in a patient diagnosed with pyometra
Fever, vaginal discharge, diarrhea, dehydration, anorexia, polyuria, polydipsia
Hypoxemia is defined as
Low blood oxygen levels
How often would you give a medication labelled QID
4 times daily or every 6 hours
Patients with pancreatitis or hyperlipidemia should avoid foods that are
High in fats
Which bovine restraint is most commonly used for drawing a blood sample from the coccygeal (tail) vein?
Tail jacking
Anterior drawer movement detects a problem with what joint
Stifle - Cranial cruciate ligament rupture
Our patient has an elevated total protein accompanied by an elevated packed cell volume - what does this likely indicate?
Dehydration
The abbreviation CRI means
Constant rate infusion
List 2 essential amino acids in dogs and cats (this means they need to be supplemented in the diet)
Arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine
Which directional plane divides an animals body into unequal left and right parts?
Sagittal
An older canine patient presents with a head tilt, facial paresis, nystagmus, positional strabismus and ataxia - what disease do you suspect the doctor will diagnose them with?
Vestibular disease
A dog on intravenous fluids has initially received 25% of the 1000mL in the IV bag. How many mLs has it received?
250mL