{"id":4505,"date":"2003-08-18T14:22:37","date_gmt":"2003-08-18T21:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4505"},"modified":"2003-08-18T14:22:37","modified_gmt":"2003-08-18T21:22:37","slug":"acronyms_mean_t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/08\/18\/acronyms_mean_t.html","title":{"rendered":"Acronyms Mean Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doctors have long used the acronym-rich medical profession to make their own little personal comments in patients’ charts, too. I have no idea if they are international (though I plan on pinging my brother-in-law, the doctor), but some cited in the article below include:<\/p>\n

CTD – Circling the Drain (A patient expected to die soon)
\nGLM – Good looking Mum
\nGPO – Good for Parts Only
\nTEETH – Tried Everything Else, Try Homeopathy
\nUBI – Unexplained Beer Injury<\/p>\n

Alas, it seems this is becoming a (so to speak) dying language<\/a>. Seems doctors are being asked, in court, what the abbreviations mean.<\/p>\n

Dr Fox recounts the tale of one doctor who had scribbled TTFO – an expletive expression roughly translated as “Told To Go Away” – on a patient’s notes.
\nHe told BBC News Online: “This guy was asked by the judge what the acronym meant, and luckily for him he had the presence of mind to say: ‘To take fluids orally’.”<\/p>\n

Other non-acronym terms include “pumpkin positive” (i.e., if you shone a penlight into their mouth, the lack of brains would make the whole head light up like a jack-o-lantern).<\/p>\n

I suppose it’s all for the best, but it’s a shame to see such personalized terminology pass.<\/p>\n

(via normblog<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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