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Please, share abbreviations that you know are ok to use and not on the USMLE website. Please, only those who passed CS exam recently reply. Thank you so much!
Are these ok to use?
NC - noncontributory
HSM- Hepatospleenomegaly
LEs - lower extremities
UEs - upper extremities
COC - contraception
OCP- oral contraceptive pills
ABD: S/ no HSM - soft, hepatosplenomegaly
IDU - illicit drug use
ttp - tender to palpation
E/C/C- No edema, cyanosis, clubbing
LAP or LAD - Lymphedenopathy
MRG - Murmurs, rubs, and gallaps
c/o -
EtOH /cig/drugs
S1S2nl
RUQ,LUQ,RLQ, LLQ, - how do we say left/right middle quadrant -RMQ?
Are these ok to use?
NC - noncontributory
HSM- Hepatospleenomegaly
LEs - lower extremities
UEs - upper extremities
COC - contraception
OCP- oral contraceptive pills
ABD: S/ no HSM - soft, hepatosplenomegaly
IDU - illicit drug use
ttp - tender to palpation
E/C/C- No edema, cyanosis, clubbing
LAP or LAD - Lymphedenopathy
MRG - Murmurs, rubs, and gallaps
c/o -
EtOH /cig/drugs
S1S2nl
RUQ,LUQ,RLQ, LLQ, - how do we say left/right middle quadrant -RMQ?
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