Common Veterinary Acronyms

Common Veterinary Acronyms ADR ALS

Ain’t Doing Right (*generally discouraged) Advanced Life Support

BAR BCS BDLD BID BLS BM BP BPM BX

Bright, Alert and Responsive Body Condition Score Big Dog Little Dog (attack) Twice Daily/Every 12 hours Basic Life Support Bowel Movement Blood Pressure Beats per Minute Biopsy

CC CHF CT

Chief Complaint Congestive Heart Failure Computed Tomography

D+ DACVECC DACVIM DACVR DACVS DBW DLH DNR DOA DSH DVM DX

Diarrhea Emergency & Critical Care Specialty Internal Medicine Specialty Radiology Specialty Surgical Specialty Dog Bite Wound Domestic Long Hair Do Not Resuscitate Dead on Arrival Domestic Short Hair Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Diagnosis

ECG ER

Electrocardiogram Emergency Room

F/I F/S FLUTD FNA FUO FX

Intact Female Spayed Female Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease Fine Needle Aspirate Fever of Unknown Origin Fracture

GDV GI

Gastric Dilation-Volvulus (Bloat) Gastrointestinal

HBC HGE HR Hx

Hit by Car Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis Heart Rate History

ICU

Intensive Care Unit

M/I M/N MRI

Intact Male Neutered Male Magnetic Resonance Imaging

O

Owner

PE PO PTS PU/PD

Physical Exam Per OS or By Mouth or Orally Put to Sleep (Euthanasia) Polyuria/Polydipsia (i.e., drinking and urinating more than normal)

QAR QOL

Quiet, Alert, Responsive Quality of Life

rDVM ROM RR RX

Referring Veterinarian Range of Motion Respiratory Rate Prescription

SC/SQ S/R SID SOAP

Subcutaneous

TID TPR TX

Three Time Daily/Every 8 hours Temperature, Pulse and Respiration Rates Treatment

U/S UR URI UTI

Ultrasound Urination Upper Respiratory Infection Urinary Tract Infection

V+ VTS VX

Vomiting Veterinary Technician Specialty Vaccine

WNL

Within Normal Limits

Suture Removal Once Daily/ Every 24 hours Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan — a method of organizing medical records STAT Immediately SX Surgery

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