Chemail et al. Electronic discharge Electronic discharge Understanding of 20 Six abbreviations were *** 201539 letters letters sent from hospital commonly used misinterpreted by > 25% of Australia doctors to general abbreviations: surveyed GPs practitioners. For patients These were: SNT (soft with diverse acute and TTE (transthoracic SNT (soft, non-tender) chronic conditions echocardiogram), EST TTE (transthoracic (exercise stress test), NKDA echocardiogram) (no known drug allergies), EST (exercise stress test) CTPA (computed tomography pulmonary NKDA (no known drug angiography), and ORIF allergies) (open reduction and internal CTPA (computed tomography fixation) pulmonary angiography) ORIF (open reduction and internal fixation) HSDNM (heart sounds dual and no murmur) B/G (background) GCS (Glasgow coma scale) ADLs (activities of living) PMHx (past medical history) CT (computed tomography) ECG (electrocardiogram) CXR (chest x-ray) O/E (on examination) BP (blood pressure)
Chemail et al. 201539 Australia Electronic discharge letters Electronic discharge letters sent from hospital doctors to general practitioners. For patients with diverse acute and chronic conditions Understanding of 20 commonly used abbreviations: SNT (soft, non-tender) TTE (transthoracic echocardiogram) EST (exercise stress test) NKDA (no known drug allergies) CTPA (computed tomography pulmonary angiography) ORIF (open reduction and internal fixation) HSDNM (heart sounds dual and no murmur) B/G (background) GCS (Glasgow coma scale) ADLs (activities of living) PMHx (past medical history) CT (computed tomography) ECG (electrocardiogram) CXR (chest x-ray) O/E (on examination) BP (blood pressure) Six abbreviations were misinterpreted by > 25% of surveyed GPs These were: SNT (soft TTE (transthoracic echocardiogram), EST (exercise stress test), NKDA (no known drug allergies), CTPA (computed tomography pulmonary angiography), and ORIF (open reduction and internal fixation) ***
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