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Ophtho Abbreviations

  • OD: Right eye
  • OS: Left eye
  • OU: Both eyes
  • AT: artificial tears
  • AMD: age-related macular degeneration
  • DR: diabetic retinopathy (PDR = proliferative, NPDR = non-proliferative)
  • BRAO: branch retinal artery occlusion
  • BRVO: branch retinal vein occlusion
  • C/D: cup-to-disc ratio
  • CEIOL: cataract extraction with insertion of intraocular lens
  • CME: cystoid macular edema
  • CRAO: central retinal artery occlusion
  • CRVO: central retinal vein occlusion
  • CSME: clinically significant macular edema
  • CS: cortical spoking (cataract)
  • CSR: central serous retinopathy
  • CWS: cotton-wool spot
  • DBH: dot blood hemorrhage
  • DES: dry eye syndrome
  • DME: diabetic macular edema
  • ERM: epiretinal membrane
  • HVF: Humphrey visual field
  • K: cornea
  • LPI: laser peripheral iridotomy
  • NS: nuclear sclerosis (cataract)
  • NVG: neovascular glaucoma
  • NVS: not visually significant
  • OD: right eye
  • OHTN: ocular hypertension
  • OS: left eye
  • OU: both eyes
  • POAG: primary open angle glaucoma
  • PCO: posterior capsular opacity (aka, secondary cataract)
  • PPV: pars plana vitrectomy
  • PRP: pan retinal photocoagulation
  • PSC: posterior subcapsular cataract
  • PTG: pterygium
  • PVD: posterior vitreous detachment
  • RAPD: relative afferent pupillary defect
  • RRD: rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
  • RT: retinal tear
  • SB: scleral buckle
  • SRD: serous retinal detachment
  • TRD: tractional retinal detachment
  • VA: visual acuity
  • VH: vitreous hemorrhage
  • VS: visually significant
  • WNL: within normal limits
  • XT: exotropia
  • YAG cap: YAG capsulotomy
shared/ophtho/abbreviations.txt · Last modified: 2021/04/10 01:22 by 127.0.0.1