5.2.3 ABBREVIATIONS
What You Will Learn:
■ The mostcommonly used abbreviations used in resident charting, prescriptions, and othermedical specialists’ speecb and writing.
To Think About as You Read:
■ Isthere an unacceptable increase in risk of misinterprctation by using so manyabbreviations?
COMMOMLY USED ABBREVIATIONS
aa ofeach
Abd abdomen
Ad lib as much asdesired, at pleasure
ac beforemeals
A/G albumin/globulin ratio
AIDS acquiredimmune deficiency syndrome