Here is a list of some of common medical abbreviations:

Abdominal aortic aneurysm - AAA

Above knee amputation - AKA

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - AIDS

Acute myocardial infarction- AMI

Adult respiratory distress syndrome - ARDS

Advanced Cardiac Life Support - ACLS

Advanced Life Support- ALS

Allergic to - No

Ampule - amp

Anterior- ant

Arteriosclerotic heart disease - ASHD

As soon as possible - ASAP

Aspirin - ASA

Atrial fibrillation - A-fib

Atrioventricular - AV

Automated external defibrillator- AED

Axillary- ax

Basic life support-BLS

Below knee amputation- BKA

Bicarbonate- HCO3

Bilateral- B/L

Blood pressure- BP

Both ears- AU

Both eyes- OU

By mouth- p.o.

Cancer- CA

Carbon dioxide- CO2

Carbon monoxide- CO

Cardiac catheterization C-cath

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation- CPR

Cardiovascular- CV

Chest x-ray- CXR

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease- COPD

Chronic renal failure- CRF

Congestive heart failure- CHF

Coronary artery bypass graft- CABG

Coronary artery disease- CAD

Decubitus ulcer- decub

Deep vein thrombosis- DVT

Defibrillate / defibrillation - defib

Delirium tremens- DTs

Dextrose 5% in water- D5W

Dextrose 50% in water- D50W

Dextrose stick- d/s or d/stick

Diabetes mellitus- DM

Diabetic ketoacidosis- DKA

Diagnosis- Dx/diag

Discontinue- D/C

Do not resuscitate - DNR

Electrolytes m - meter lytes

Endotracheal - ET

Endotracheal tube- ETT

Epinephrine - Epi

Epinephrine pen- EpiPen

Every- q

Every hour- qh

Fibromyalgia- FMA

Flexion- flex

Foot- ft

Forearm- FA

Foreign body- FB

Four times daily- QID

Fracture- Fx

Gastroesophageal- GE

Gastroesophageal reflux disease- GERD

Gastrointestinal- GI

Gastrostomy tube- G-tube

Genitourinary- GU

Gonococcus- GC

Gynecology- Gyn

Hematocrit- Hct

Hemoglobin- Hgb

Hepatitis B Virus- HBV

history- Hx

High Blood Pressure-HBP

Human Immunodeficiency Virus- HIV

hydrogen peroxide- H202

hypertension- HTN

index finger- IF

inferior- inf

Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus- IDDM

intramuscular- IM

intraosseous - IO

intravenous - IV

iron- Fe

irregular- irreg

irrigation- irrig

jejunostomy tube- J-tube

joint- jt

jugular vein distension- JVD

keep vein open- KVO

large - lg

lateral- lat

left- L

left ear- AS

left eye- OS

left lower lobe - LLL

left lower quadrant- LLQ

left upper lobe - LUL

left upper quadrant- LUQ

left ventricle- LV

left ventricular hypertrophy- LVH

lidocaine - lido

liquid- liq

lumbosacral- LS

magnesium - Mg

Magnetic Resonance Imaging- MRI

maximum- Max

medications- meds

methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus- MRSA

microgram - mcg

milligram- mg

mitral valve prolapsed- MVP

moderate - Mod

morphine sulfate - MS

multiple sclerosis- MS

myocardial infarction- MI

nasal cannula- NC

nasogastric - NG

nitroglycerin- NTG

no known allergies- NKA

no known drug allergies- NKDA

non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitis- NIDDM

normal sinus rhythm- NSR

not applicable- NA

nothing by mouth- npo

nursing home- NH organic brain syndrome- OBS

oxygen- O2

paroxismal supraventricular tachycardia- PSVT

paroxysmal atrial tachycardia- PAT

Penicillin-PCN

peptic ulcer disease - PUD

percent oxygen saturation- SpO2

posterior - post

premature atrial contraction - PAC

premature ventricular contraction- PVC

pulmonary edema - Pulm Ed

regular- reg

respiration- resp

right R

right ear - AD

right eye- OD

right lower lobe- RLL

right lower quadrant- RLQ

right middle lobe- RML

right upper lobe- RUL

right upper quadrant- RUQ

small- sm

sodium- Na

sodium bicarbonate- NAHCO3

spontaneous - spont.

supraventricular tachycardia SVT

tablet - tab

teaspoon - tsp

temporo mandibilar joint- TMJ

tetracycline- TCN

three times a day - tid

to keep open - TKO

tracheal/tracheostomy - trach

treatment - Tx

tuberculosis-- TB

twice daily bid

ultra-high frequency - UHF

upper gastrointestinal- UGI

upper respiratory infection- URI

urinary tract infection- UTI

ventilator- vent

ventricular fibrillation- V-fib

ventricular tachycardia- VT/V tach

very-high frequency - VHF

water - H20