Acronyms and Abbreviations

“The patient went from the ER to the OR and then to the ICU.” It is an irrefutable fact that doctor’s speech is full of abbreviations. Health-care professionals in general and cardiologists in particular use many abbreviations. This high prevalence has led us to consider medical abbreviations as a c...

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Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7120760/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73142-9_10
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Sumario:“The patient went from the ER to the OR and then to the ICU.” It is an irrefutable fact that doctor’s speech is full of abbreviations. Health-care professionals in general and cardiologists in particular use many abbreviations. This high prevalence has led us to consider medical abbreviations as a challenging pandemic.

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