Medical abbreviations_D
Here's the list of common medical abbreviations
d days
D5 5% dextrose
D5W 5% dextrose in water
DA Dopamine
DALY Disability adjusted life years
DAT diet as tolerated
DAW dispense as written
DBP Diastolic blood pressure
DBS Deep brain stimulation
DC discontinue or discharge
D&C dilation and curettage
D/C discontinue; discharge
DCBE Double Contrast Barium Enema
DDx differential diagnosis
D&E Dilatation and evacuation
DES Diethylstilbestrol
DEXA Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry
DH developmental history
DHEA-S Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate
DHF decompensated heart failure
DI diabetes insipidus
DIC disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
DIP distal interphalangeal joint
DIU Death in utero - Stillbirth
DJD degenerative joint disease
DKA diabetic ketoacidosis
dL deciliter
DLE Disseminated lupus erythematosus - Systemic lupus erythematosus
DM diabetes mellitus
DMD Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dentariae Medicinae Doctor, that is, Doctor of Dental Medicine
DNR do not resuscitate
DNAR Do not attempt resuscitation
DOA Dead on arrival; Drugs of abuse
DOB Date of birth
DOE dyspnea on exertion
DPL diagnostic peritoneal lavage
DPT diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus
DT Diphtheria Tetanus
DT Delirium tremens
DTA descending Thoracic aorta
DTaP Diphtheria Tetanus acellular Pertussis
DTP Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis
DTR deep tendon reflex
DT's Delirium tremens
DVT deep venous thrombosis
DX diagnosis
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