Vital Signs
Patient Charts
Units of Measurements
Chemical Abbreviations
Abbreviations
100

BP

What is Blood pressure

100

ADL's

What are activities of daily living?

100

cg

What is centigram?

100

Ba

What is barium?

100

ADL's

What is Activities of Daily Living

200

BPM

What is beats per minute

200

AK

What is above knee

200

cm

What is centimeter?

200

C

What is Carbon

200

tiw

Whata is three times a week?

300

RR

What is respiration rate?

300

BRP

What are bathroom privledges?

300

mcg

What is microgram?

300

Ca

What is Calcium?

300

IU*

What is international units

400

NTP

What is normal temperature and pressure?

400

MH

What is marital history?

400

mEq

What is milliequivalent?

400

Mg

What is magnesium?

400

AS, AD, AU

What is left ear, right ear, both ears?

500

ROM

What is range of motion

500

WDWN

What is well developed, well nourished

500

gtt

What is drops?

500

Fe

what is Iron?

500

Orally, by mouth

What is PO?