Can someone please help me understand a Vet's medical terminology regarding my Cat's medical history?

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The vet has disappeared to who knows where. Would someone please help me understand what the following terms mean? They appear on the medical history that was written up during her last check-up. (Please note: the left margin of the page is somewhat missing because of the fax machine. I've tried - in some cases - to make out or guess what letters they were.) Also, does any of this technical data specifically refer to the checking of gums or teeth for disease?

No V/D
No Pu/PD
BAR, caution H, mm=pi
EENT: Muzzled, mild NS, IA
PLN: WNc
Hor: HR=180, NMA, lungs C&E, SSP
ABD: SNP, NMP
LG: F/S, No d/c, No MGTS
NSI: AMB x 4 BCS=5/9 GHC
Nuno: CNI
CBC/SMA

Thank you all very, very, VERY much for your time and kind assistance. I can't tell you how much I appreciate the help:)

Answer 1

No V/D (no vomiting or diarrhea)

No Pu/PD (no polyuria/no polydipsia-which means no increased urinations or increased water intake)

BAR, caution H, mm=pi (BAR-bright alert and responsive, i'm not sure what caution H means, perhaps he is difficult to handle, mm=pi means mucus membranes are pink-which is good)

HR=180-heart rate 180

BCS 5/9-body condition score is 5 out of nine, which is ideal (way to judge if animal is underweight or overweight)

CBC-complete blood count-it is a blood test to count red blood cells and type of white blood cells, routine test.



The clinics i have worked at don't the other shorthand listed here. I don't want to make guesses and be wrong.



I just found this list of abbreviations from (http://www.vin.com/main/misc/m05000/m00162.htm)



AB or Abx - Antibiotic(s)

Abd - abdomen

ABG - Arterial Blood Gasses

ACEI -Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor

ACTH - Adrenal CorticoTrophic Hormone

ADH - AntiDiuretic Hormone

ADR - Ain't Doing Right

AF - Atrial Fibrillation

AIHA - Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

ANP - Atrial Natriuretic Peptide

APC - Atrial Premature Contraction

ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

ARF - Acute renal failure

ASIT - Allergen-specific immunotherapy, Antigen-Specific ImmunoTherapy

AT - Adrenal Tumor

ATE - Aortic thromboembolism

AT I - Angiotensin I

AT II - Angiotensin II

AT III or AT 3 - Antithrombin Three

ATT - At This Time

B/F - Before

BAL - Brocho-aleveolar lavage

BARH - Bright, Alert, Responsive and Hydrated

BBB - Blood Brain Barrier

BDLD - "Big Dog/Little Dog"

BID - Twice per day

BMBT - Buccal Mucosal Bleeding Time

C/S - Culture and Sensitivity

CBC - Complete Blood Count

CC - Chief Complaint

CDA/CMA - Color Dilution Alopecia, Color Mutant Alopecia

CDI - Central Diabetes Insipidus

CEM - Client Education Materials

CESF - Circular External Skeletal Fixator

CHESF - Circular Hybrid External Fixator (combination CESF/ ESF)

CHF - Congestive Heart Failure

CHO - Carbohydrate

CKD - Chronic Kidney Disease

CMO - Cranio-Mandibular Osteopathy and Craniomandibular Osteopathy

cPLI - Canine Pancreatic Lipase Immunoreactivity

CR - Computed Radiography

CRF - Chronic Renal Failure

CRI - Constant Rate Infusion

CSVD - Coughing, Sneezing, Vomiting, Diarrhea

CTCL - Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

CVT - Certified Veterinary Technician

CXR - Chest X-Ray (Radiograph)

D - Diarrhea

DAMNITV - Degenerative/Developmental, Allergic/Autoimmune/Anomalous, Metabolic/Mechanical, Neoplastic/Neurologic/Nutritional, Idiopathic/Immune/Inflammatory/Infectious/Iatrogenic, Traumatic/Toxic, Vascular

DAR - Dorsal Acetabular Rim

Dig - Digoxin

D/C - Discontinue or Discharge

DCM - Dilated CardioMyopathy

DDAVP - Desmopressin Acetate

DDD - Degenerative Disc Disease

DDX - Differential Diagnosis

DES - Diethylstilbesterol

DJD - Degenerative Joint Disease

DLH - Domestic Long Haired

DMH - Domestic Medium Haired

DOCA - Desoxycorticosterone Acetate

DOCP - Desoxycorticosterone Pivalate

DR - Digital Radiography

DSH - Domestic Short Hair (cat)

DTM - Dermatophyte Test Medium

Dx - Diagnosis

ECE - Epizootic Catarrhal Enteritis

ECG - Electrocardiogram

EDUD - Eating, drinking, urinating, and defecating

EENT - Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat (Teeth)

EF - Ejection Fraction

EGC - Eosinophilic Granuloma Complex

EKG - see ECG

EPI - Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency

EQ - Equine

ERD - Early Renal Disease; ERD Urine Screen Test; Early Retinal Degeneration; Extrapolated Response Dose; Erosive Reflux Disease.

ESF - External Skeletal Fixator

FATE - Feline aortic thromboembolism

FDA - Food and Drug Administration

Fel - Feline

FFP - Fresh Frozen Plasma

FHNEA - Femoral Head and Neck Excisional Arthroplasty

FHNO - Femoral Head and Neck Ostectomy

FHO - Femoral Head Ostectomy

FHO/FHNEA - Femoral Head Excision Arthroplasty

FHT - Fibular Head Transposition

FLUTD - Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease

FORL - Feline Odontoclastic Resorptive Lesion

FS - Fractional Shortening

FS - Female, Spayed

FU - Follow Up in reference to next lab procedure, re-evaluation, etc.

GALT - GI Accessory Lymphoid Tissue

GDV - Gastic Dilatation Volvulus

GIF-Tube - Greta Implantable Fluid Tube

GFR - Glomerular Filtration Rate

GME - Granulomatous MeningoEncephalitis

GSW - Gun Shot Wound

HAC - HyperAdrenoCorticism

HBC - Hit By Car

HCM - Hypertrophic CardioMyopathy

HDDST - High Dose Dexamethasone Suppression Test

HDM - House Dust Mite

H/L - Heart & Lungs

HPA - Hypothalamic Pituitary-Adrenal axis

HPP - Heat-Precipitable Protein (on large animal Complete Blood Count)

HR - Heart Rate

HTS - Hypertonic Saline

HUC - Histiocytic Ulcerative Colitis; Boxer Colitis

HW - Heartworm

Hx - History

IDAT - IntraDermal Allergy Test

IME - In My Experience

IMHO - In My Humble Opinion

IPPV - Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation

IRIS - International Renal Interest Society

ISC - idiopathic sterile cystitis

IT - ImmunoTherapy

ITP - Immune-mediated Thrombocytopenia

IWOP - In With Other Pet

JPS - Juvenile Pubic Symphysiodesis

K9 - Canine

LN - Lymph Node(s)

LA - Left Atrium

LDDST - Low Dose Dexamethasone Suppression Test

LFT - Liver Function Test

LRIT - Lateral Retinacular Imbrication Technique

LSA - LymphoSArcoma

LV - Left Ventricle

LVEDD - Left Ventricular End Diastolic Dimension

LVESD - Left Ventricular End Systolic Dimension

LVT - Licensed Veterinary Technician

MC - Male Castrated

MCT - Mast Cell Tumor or Medium Chain Triglycerides

MDB - minimum database (usually considered to be a complete blood count, serum chemistry panel that includes electrolytes, complete UA)

ME - Metabolizable Energy

MEMO - Multimodal Environmental MOdification (MEMO) therapy

MEN - Metabolic Epidermal Necrosis (synonym for SND, NME, hepatocutaneous syndrome)

MER - Maintenance Energy Requirements

MI - Mitral Insufficiency - in humans commonly used for Myocardial Infarction

MIC - Minimum Inhibitory Concentration

MN - Male, Neutered/Castrated

MODS -Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

MOTT - Modified Over the Top Technique

MPS - Mucopolysaccharidosis

MR - Mitral Regurgitation

MRIT - Medial Retinacular Imbrication Techique - (Flo Technique)

MRSA - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

MSU - Michigan State University

MVD - MicroVascular Dysplasia

NAD - No Abnormalities Detected

NAF - No Abnormal Findings

NDI - Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus

NMDA - N-methyl-D-aspartate

NME - Necrolytic Migratory Erythema (human dermatology term for SND, glucagonoma syndrome)

NPE - Neurogenic Pulmonary Edema

NPO - Nothing Per Os (no food/no water)

NSA - Normal Sinus Arrhythmia

NSF - No Significant Findings

NSIA - Nuclear Sclerosis Iris Atrophy

NSIAOU - Nuclear Sclerosis Iris Atrophy Both Eyes

NSR - Normal Sinus Rhythm

NSU - No Significant Change from last exam

NVL - No Visible Lesions

OSI - Owner Stopped In

OTT - Over the Top Technique

PCFO - Phone Call From Owner

PCR - Polymerase Chain Reaction

PCTO - Phone Call To Owner

PCV - Packed Cell Volume

PDH - Pituitary Dependent Hyperadrenocorticism

PE - Physical Examination

PE - Pulmonary Edema

PITA - Pain In The *** (note: If the client inadvertantly sees PITA notation, the staff is instructed to assure them it means, "Patient Important - Treat Accordingly")

Pl Eff - Pleural Effusion

PLE - Protein Losing Enteropathy

PLN - Protein Losing Nephropathy

PO - Orally

POMM - problem-oriented medical management

PPA - Phenylpropanolamine

PPID - Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (Equine Cushing's)

PPMSH - Past Pertinent Medical & Surgical History

PRN - as needed

PSOM - Primary Secretory Otitis Media

PU/PD - polyuric/polydypsic

Px - Prognosis

QAR - Quiet, Alert, Responsive

QID - 4 times daily

QD - Every Day

QOD - Every other day

Q.S. - Quantum Sufficit, Quantum Satis, Quantum Sufficiat, "Quantity Sufficient"

R/O- Rule-out

RAAS - Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System

RA - Right Atrium

RBC - Red Blood Cell

RBF - Renal Blood Flow

RDVM - Referring Veterinary Colleague

RER - Resting Energy Requirement

R/O - Rule Out

RTA - Road Traffic Accident; or Renal Tubular Acidosis

RTT - Response To Treatment

RUIN - Radial Ulnar Ischemic Necrosis

RV - Right Ventricle

RVN - Registered Veterinary Nurse

RVT - Registered Veterinary Technician

Rx - Prescription

SA - Sinus Arrhythmia

SAM - Systolic Anterior Motion (of the septal mitral valve leaflet)

SARDS - Sudden Acquired Retinal Degeneration Syndrome

SAS - SubAortic Stenosis

SBI - Something Bad Inside (along the lines of ADR, when an animal is seriously ill but has no specific Dx yet)

SF - Shortening Fraction

SHOVE IT - (Mnemonic for Scrotum Masses) Spermatocele, Hydrocele/Haematocele, Orchitis, Varicocele, Epidymal cyst, Indirect inguinal hernia, Torsion/Tumor

SIADH - Syndrome of Inappropriate AntiDiuretic Hormone

SIBO - Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth

SID - Once per day

SIPS - Sub-Involution of Placental Sites

SMZ - Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole or Sulfadiazine

SND - Superficial Necrolytic Dermatitis (synonym for NME, hepatocutaneous syndrome)

SOAP - subjective, objective, assessment, plan

SX - Surgery

TCM - Traditional Chinese Medicine

TDG - TransDermal Gel

TDN - Total Digestable Nutrients

TgAA - Thyroglobulin AutoAntibody

TID - Three times per day

TLI - Trypsin-like Immunoreactivity

TMJ - Temporomandibular Joint

TMPS - Trimethoprim-sulfadiazine

TNTC - Too Numerous To Count

TP - Total Protein

TPLO - Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy

TPO - Triple Pelvic Osteotomy

TTA - Tibial Tuberosity Advancement

TTCO - Tried To Call Owner

TTOP - Talked To Owner on Phone

TTTT - Travel, ticks, toxins, trauma

Tx - Treatment

U - Urine

UA - UrinAlysis

UAP - Ununited Anconeal Process

UPC - urine protein:creatinine ratio

URI - Upper Respiratory Infection

US - ultrasound

USMI - Urethral sphincter mechanism incompetence

UTD - Up To Date

UTI - Urinary Tract Infection

V - Vomiting

VA - Veterinary Assistant

V/D - Vomitting/diarrhea

VELCAP-L, VELCAP-S - Vincristine, Elspar, Cyclophosphamide, Adriamycin, Prednisone (L for Long; the S for Short, in terms of treatment time)

VPC - Ventricular Premature Contraction

Vx/Vax - Vaccines

WNL - Within Normal limits, or We Never Looked

Common Nonmedical Terms

AFAIK - As Far As I Know

ASAP - As Soon As Possible

BTW - By The Way

FWIW - For What It's Worth

GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike

IMO - In My Opinion

IMHO - In My Humble Opinion

IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion

LMK - Let Me Know

LMOM - Left Message On Machine

LOL - Laugh Out Loud

MBSV - Must Be Some Virus

ROFL - Rolling on The Floor Laughing

TBH - To Be Honest

WRT - With Respect to

YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Hi. I'm a 4th year veterinary medical student. This is all pretty standard terminology for veterinary medicine. There are a few places where the handwriting was misread (eg UG not LG, WNL not WNc), and some of the abbreviations I haven't seen before. Here's my interpretation:



No vomiting/diarrhea

No polyuria (excessive urination) or polydipsia (excessive drinking)

Bright, alert, responsive; Caution (may bite), mucous membranes pink

Eyes, ears, nose, throat: muzzled (can't see throat),

Peripheral lymph nodes, within normal limits

Heart/Lung: heart rate 180, no murmurs ausculted, lungs clear and eupneic (breathing normally), Strong and synchronous pulses

Abdomen: sensitive to normal palpation (?), no masses palpated

Urogenital: female spayed, no discharge (from vulva), no mammary gland tumors (?)

Musculoskeletal: ambulatory on all four limbs, body condition score 5/9

Neuro: ??



So, basically, a pretty healthy looking cat with no significant findings on physical exam. The vet wasn't able to really check the gums or teeth because the cat was cranky and had to be muzzled.





-Teresa

Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

I'm sure if you bring what information you have to another vet. you will get the answers you are looking for.



Of course there's always the library. However, that would be more time consuming.



Again, I suggest bring your information to another vet. They'll be glad to help you out.

Answer 7

Other people have interpreted most of the abbreviations. I would add that ABD:SNP, NMP means Abdomen: Soft Normal something, No Masses Present.

F/S is female, spayed



CBC is Complete Blood Count (a lab test)



There is nothing here about the teeth or gums. In fact it says that the throat and mouth were not examined because the cat was muzzled.



All in all, this seems to indicate that you have a healthy cat in good condition.

Answer 8

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Answer 10

I know a little of it from working in medical transcription, but I type human medical records, so I will just put what I'm pretty sure of:



EENT: Eyes, ears, nose, throat.



NMA is PROBABLY no murmurs appreciated (good)



ABD is abdomen. Best guesses: SNP: Spleen not palpable. NMP: No masses palpable (good).



SMA is a blood chemistry screen, which might have included all or some of the things listed here:

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/Chemistry-Screen

Answer 11

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