Musculoskeletal
Common Abbreviations
Ear, Nose, Throat
Cardiovascular
Respiratory
100

R.O.M.E

What is range of motion exercise?

100

Twice a day

What is BID?

100

Another term for infectious conjunctivitis?

What is "pink eye?"

100

This common diuretic is administered in infants with heart failure

What is furosemide (Lasix)?

100

Inflammation and infection of the two palatine tonsils

What is tonsillitis?

200

This musculoskeletal disorder is initially treated with serial casting

What is clubfoot?

200

Drops

What is gtts?

200

Term for crossed eyes

What is strabismus?

200

Hold digoxin in an infant if the apical heart rate is below this number

What is 90 beats per minute?

200

This common symptom can develop around the 3rd postop day after a tonsillectomy?

What is an earache?

300

When a bone bends and cracks, instead of breaking completely into separate pieces.  

What is a greenstick fracture?

300

LUQ

What is left upper quadrant?

300

Area of the ear affected in otitis media

What is the middle ear?

300

Approximately 50% of children with this genetic disorder are born with congenital heart defects

What is Down syndrome?

300

Term describing a harsh, tight sound while breathing in that a child with croup can develop

What is stridor?

400

The 5 "P's" of a neurovascular assessment

What are pallor, paresthesia, pain, paralysis, and pulses

400

BKA

What is below-the-knee amputation?

400

Place an avulsed tooth in this common liquid

What is milk?

400

An abnormal, rounded shape of the nail bed that is often seen in children with chronic cardiovascular disease

What is clubbing?

400

Immunization with this vaccine is an effective way to prevent epiglottitis

What is the Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine (Hib)? 

500

This disorder in infants is typically treated with a Pavlik harness

What is hip dysplasia?

500

UGI

What is upper gastrointestinal?

500

Direction to pull the pinna in a toddler when instilling ear drops

What is down and back?

500

This noninvasive diagnostic procedure uses sound waves to create pictures of the heart.

What is an echocardiogram?

500

Type of retraction seen in babies in respiratory distress where the belly pulls in beneath the breastbone.

What is substernal retraction?