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April 11, 2009

Physicians and other healthcare professionals are notorious for using jargon, slang, and abbreviations in their travels around the hospital. These … [Read more...]

A

December 8, 2006

Physicians and other healthcare professionals are notorious for using jargon, slang, and abbreviations in their travels around the hospital. These … [Read more...]

B

December 7, 2006

bariatric surgery - area of surgery including procedures performed to cause weight loss bifid - this means a body part or tissue has cleft into two … [Read more...]

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December 6, 2006

Physicians and other healthcare professionals are notorious for using jargon, slang, and abbreviations in their travels around the hospital. These … [Read more...]

D

December 5, 2006

Physicians and other healthcare professionals are notorious for using jargon, slang, and abbreviations in their travels around the hospital. These … [Read more...]

E

December 4, 2006

EF - ejection fraction … [Read more...]

F

December 3, 2006

FFP - fresh frozen plasma FOS - full of stool FOS - fructooligosacchharides, a type of prebiotic placed in enteral tube feeding … [Read more...]

H

December 2, 2006

hep C - hepatitis C HIV - human immunodeficiency virus … [Read more...]

J

December 1, 2006

Joint Commission - organization that accredits hospitals in the United States, formerly known as JCAHO. Copyright 2009 InsideSurgery.com®. All … [Read more...]

I

December 31, 1969

I and D - incision and drainage. Usually down with a knife or Bovie cautery to treat an abscess. Sometimes made in a cruciate (cross-like) pattern to … [Read more...]

L

December 31, 1969

Physicians and other healthcare professionals are notorious for using jargon, slang, and abbreviations in their travels around the hospital. These … [Read more...]

M

December 31, 1969

Physicians and other healthcare professionals are notorious for using jargon, slang, and abbreviations in their travels around the hospital. These … [Read more...]

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