Abbreviations

Sx	Symptoms	Asx	Asymptomatic
Dx	Diagnosis	DDx	Differential Diagnosis
Lab	Laboratory	Tx	Treatment / Management
Hx	History	PMHx	Past Medical History
S/S	Signs & Symptoms	Clx	Clinical
PEx	Physical Examination	Bx	Biopsy
RF	Risk Factors	Path	Pathology/Pathogenesis
Comp	Complications	Assoc	Associations
Pt	Patient	Inv	Investigations
#	Epidemiology / Count	PPx	Prophylaxis
?	definition, causes	Def	Definition
B/w	Between	R/O	Rule out
D/T	Due to	D/c	Discharge
MoA	Mechanism of Action	/	Or
1˚	· First Step (In Tx or Management) · OR it can mean primary (example: 1˚ HTN = Primary Hypertension)	2˚	· Second step (In Tx or Management) · OR it can mean secondary (example: 2˚ HTN = Secondary Hypertension)
⊕	Positive	⊖	Negative
⤴️	Increase	⤵️	Decrease
Ⓡ	Right	Ⓛ	Left
ⓤ	Unilateral	ⓑ	Bilateral
ⓝ	Normal	🆎	Abnormal
→	Then / Next	👩🏻	Female (not to be used in a feminist context)
👾	Bug = Organism = Causative bacteria or viruses or fucked-up human (sometimes).	👨🏻	Male (His name is Khalid, he’s 31, divorced and has 3 children. He is currently unemployed and depressed. He is indifferent when it comes to patriarchy until he finds a job)
🚨	EMERGENCY	👶🏼	Pediatric / Children / Baby
💊	Drug

Diseases / Investigations / Drugs

DM	Diabetes Mellitus	HTN	Hypertension
DLP	Dyslipidemia	PCOS	Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
MI	Myocardial Infarction	PTX	Pneumothorax
COPD	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Echo	Echocardiogram
EMG	Electromyogram	CO	Cardiac Output
HR	Heart Rate	BP	Blood Pressure
VS	Vital signs	SqCC	Squamous Cell Carcinoma
LN	Lymph Nodes	UA	Urinalysis
Cx	Culture	CXR	Chest X-ray
US	Ultrasound	TVUS	Trans-vaginal Ultrasound
PNA	Pneumonia	AUB	Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
PID	Pelvic Inflammatory disease	UTI	UTI
Abx	Antibiotics	Ab	Antibody