Quite often I have no idea what the various abbreviations I read in patients' records mean. Please learn from this post and avoid all these silly acronyms.
Now what on earth did you have in mind with LOC?
level of consciousness loss of consciousness laxative of choice level of care Local Organising Committee locus of control lateral occipital complex lateral olivocochlear limit of confirmation liquid organic compound Local Optometric Committee locus coeruleus Locus of Control Scale loss of control lower oesophageal contractility
I quite agree. During a tutorial on CTGs LOC was written at apoint of deceleration. We put this down to the patient loosing consciousness, this caused a bit of confusing until the reg pointed out it can stand for loss of connection of the leads.
On another day I spent a significant amount of time trying to decipher someone notes with another student. There were so many and we got so absorbed we spent five minutes trying to work out what DR was. Then we deciphered the word next to it and realised it was a name
A medical student in the UK, who recently has joined the blogosphere.
I am a student currently studying somewhere in the South of UK, but it is important to note that nothing in this blog is real and probably just a figment of my imagination.
Loss of Consciousness?
ReplyDeleteIt also stands for something else, something in obstetrics
ReplyDeleteQuite often I have no idea what the various abbreviations I read in patients' records mean. Please learn from this post and avoid all these silly acronyms.
ReplyDeleteNow what on earth did you have in mind with LOC?
level of consciousness
loss of consciousness
laxative of choice
level of care
Local Organising Committee
locus of control
lateral occipital complex
lateral olivocochlear
limit of confirmation
liquid organic compound
Local Optometric Committee
locus coeruleus
Locus of Control Scale
loss of control
lower oesophageal contractility
Or something else?
See what I mean. Don't use them. Please.
I quite agree. During a tutorial on CTGs LOC was written at apoint of deceleration. We put this down to the patient loosing consciousness, this caused a bit of confusing until the reg pointed out it can stand for loss of connection of the leads.
ReplyDeleteOn another day I spent a significant amount of time trying to decipher someone notes with another student. There were so many and we got so absorbed we spent five minutes trying to work out what DR was. Then we deciphered the word next to it and realised it was a name
Is the fuddled medic male or female? Seems to vary from post to post.
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