AH Antécédents Héréditaires

AUC Area Under Curve (the concentration-time curve)

BPM Beats Per Minute

BPP Blood Pressure and Pulse

BT Body Temperature

BX Biopsy

CTA Clear To Auscultation

DA Diagnostic Accuracy

DA Diagnostic Associé

DAD Diagnostic Associé Documentaire

DAS Diagnostic Associé Significatif

DAT Direct Agglutination Test (a sero-diagnostic tool)

DDx Differential Diagnosis

DIO Dépistage Individuel Organisé

DOA Dead On Arrival

DP Distal Pulses

DP Diagnostic principal

DP Dorsalis Pedis Pulse / Pouls pédieux dorsal

DR Diagnostic Relié

DRE Digital Rectal Examination (Same as TR)

DRG Diagnosis Related Groups / Groupes apparentés par diagnostics

DSM Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

DTR Deep Tendon Reflex

Dx Diagnosis / Diagnostic

ECBU Examen CytoBactériologique des Urines

EIA Enzyme ImmunoAssay

ELISA Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Diagnostic sérologique par épreuve immunoenzymatique / A method to detect antibodies to HIV)

EOMI ExtraOcular Movements Intact

EPS Extra Pyramidal Signs and symptoms

EVA Échelle Visuelle Analogique

EVS Échelle Verbale Simple

Exam Examination / Examen

FAST Fast Agglutination Screening Test (a sero-diagnostic tool)

FD Facteur Déclenchant

FDR Facteur De Risque

FF Facteur Favorisant

FH Family History

FNAB Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy

FPIA Fluorescence-Polarization ImmunoAssay

HDM Histoire de la Maladie (- Idem HPI)

HPI History of Present Illness (same as HDM)

Hx History / Historique

JVP Jugular Venous Pulse

Merck The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (online version)

MH Medical History

MMT Manual Muscle Test

MRG Murmurs, Rubs or Gallops

NED No Evidence of Disease

NPV Negative Predictive Value

PE Physical Examination

PH Past History

PMH Past Medical History

PPP Peripheral Pulses Palpable

PPV Positive Predictive Value

PT Posterior Tibial artery pulse

SAS Signs And Symptoms

SIGYCOP membres Supérieurs, membres Inférieurs, état Général, Yeux, Couleurs, Oreilles, Psychisme

STD Short Term Disability

SV Signes vitaux (Id. VS)

SX Symptoms

TPR Temperature, Pulse, Respiration

TR Toucher Rectal (Idem DRE)

VS Vital Signs (same as SV)

VSA Vital Sign Absent

WPD Warm, Pink, Dry (skin)

Wrong diagnosis (An Australian site)