Medical Abbreviations #6

d/c

• discontinue

• discharge

• discombobulate

DAT

• date

• diet as tolerated

• distal apex term

Ddx

• dental diagnosis

• dental x-ray

• differential diagnosis

DNR

• do not read

• date not recorded

• do not resuscitate

DOA

• diagnosis of asthma

• dead on arrival

• daily orthopedic activity

DOB

• date of birth

• disruption of bath

• deviation of back

DOE

• discontinue once evaluated

• date of event

• dyspnea on exertion

DOMS

• delayed onset muscle soreness

• distal origin muscle stimulation

• delayed onset multiple sclerosis

DT’s

• different treatments

• deep vein thrombosis

• delirium tremens

Dx

• digestion

• diagnosis

• diabetic