VITAL SIGNS
IT'S NOT A PHASE, MOM!
ABBREVIATIONS
SPOOKY SEASON
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES
100

THIS IS THE BOTTOM NUMBER IN A BLOOD PRESSURE

DIASTOLIC

100

THIS BAND SANG "WECOME TO THE BLACK PARADE"

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE

100

BID

TWICE DAILY

100

THIS BLACK BIRD IS FAMOUSLY ASSOCIATED WITH WITCHES, OMENS AND EDGAR ALLEN POE.

RAVEN

100

COMMON COLD, INFLUENZA, COVID-19: THIS ILLNESS IS CLASSICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SUDDEN ONSET FEVER, CHILLS, FATIGUE, HEADACHE, AND BODY ACHES.

INFLUENZA

200

THE TEXTBOOK TEMPERATURE OF A HUMAN AT BASELINE

98.6

200

SHE WROTE "FRANKENSTEIN" IN 1818

MARY SHELLEY

200

NPO

NOTHING BY MOUTH

200

THIS 1692 MASSACHUSETTS TOWN BECAME INFAMOUS FOR ITS WITCH TRIALS

SALEM

200

OTITIS EXTERNA, OTITIS MEDIA, EUSTACHIAN TUBE DYSFUNCTION: THIS CONDITION IS COMMONLY CALLED SWIMMER'S EAR, AND PULLING ON THE OUTER EAR OR EARLOBE CAUSES PAIN.

OTITIS EXTERNA

300

THE TEMPERATURE THAT A FEVER STARTS AT

100.4

300

THIS STORE WAS PRACTICALLY THE OFFICIAL RETAILER OF STUDDED BELTS, BAND TEES, AND QUESTIONABLE TEENAGE FASHION DECISIONS.

HOT TOPIC

300

ROS

REVIEW OF SYSTEMS

300

THIS MASKED KILLER STALKS BABYSITTERS IN THE 1978 HORROR FILM "HALLOWEEN"

MICHAEL MYERS

300

IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA, HYPERTHYROIDISM, HYPOTHYROIDISM: THIS DISORDER IS ASSOCIATED WITH ELEVATED TSH LEVELS.

HYPOTHYROIDISM
400

THE INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE A PATIENT'S HEART BEATS AND OXYGEN LEVEL

PULSE OXIMETER

400

FINISH THE SENTENCE: "MOM, IT'S NOT A PHASE IT'S A..."

LIFESTYLE

400

WNL

WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS

400

THIS PHENOMENON OCCURS WHEN A DEAD BODY IS EXPOSED TO COLD TEMPERATURES, CAUSING THE TISSUES TO BECOME STIFF

RIGOR MORTIS

400

PYELONEPHRITIS, VAGINITIS, OR UTI: THIS ILLNESS IS ACCOMPANIED BY FEVER, FLANK PAIN, AND DYSURIA.

PYELONEPHRITIS

500

THE TEXTBOOK BLOOD PRESSURE READING OF A HUMAN AT BASELINE

<120/80

500

THIS PARAMORE SONG FEATURES THE LINE "I NEVER MEANT TO BRAG, BUT I'VE GOT HIM WHERE I WANT HIM NOW"

MISERY BUSINESS

500

CMP

COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL

500

IN BEETLEJUICE, HOW MANY TIMES MUST YOU SAY THE TITLE CHARACTER'S NAME TO SUMMON HIM?

THREE TIMES

500

DIVERTICULITIS, APPENDICITIS, PANCREATITIS: THIS CONDITION CLASSICALLY CAUSES ABDOMINAL PAIN THAT BEINGS NEAR THE UMBILICUS AND MIGRATES TO THE RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT.

APPENDICITIS