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Berman, Jules J. "Pathology Abbreviated: A Long Review of Short Terms." Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 128, no. 3 (March 1, 2004): 347–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.5858/2004-128-347-paalro.

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Abstract Context.—Abbreviations are used frequently in pathology reports and medical records. Efforts to identify and organize free-text concepts must correctly interpret medical abbreviations. During the past decade, the author has collected more than 12 000 medical abbreviations, concentrating on terms used or interpreted by pathologists. Objective.—The purpose of the study is to provide readers with a listing of abbreviations. The listing of abbreviations is reviewed for the purpose of determining the variety of ways that long forms are shortened. Design.—Abbreviations fell into different classes. These classes seemed amenable to distinct algorithmic approaches to their correct expansions. A discussion of these abbreviation classes was included to assist informaticians who are searching for ways to write software that expands abbreviations found in medical text. Classes were separated by the algorithmic approaches that could be used to map abbreviations to their correct expansions. A Perl implementation was developed to automatically match expansions with Unified Medical Language System concepts. Measurements.—The abbreviation list contained 12 097 terms; 5772 abbreviations had unique expansions. There were 6325 polysemous abbreviation/expansion pairs. The expansions of 8599 abbreviations mapped to Unified Medical Language System concepts. Three hundred twenty-four abbreviations could be confused with unabbreviated words. Two hundred thirteen abbreviations had different expansions depending on whether the American or the British spellings were used. Nine hundred seventy abbreviations ended in the letter “s.” Results.—There were 6 nonexclusive groups of abbreviations classed by expansion algorithm, as follows: (1) ephemeral; (2) hyponymous; (3) monosemous; (4) polysemous; (5) masqueraders of common words; and (6) fatal (abbreviations whose incorrect expansions could easily result in clinical errors). Conclusion.—Collecting and classifying abbreviations creates a logical approach to the development of class-specific algorithms designed to expand abbreviations. A large listing of medical abbreviations is placed into the public domain. The most current version is available at http://www.pathologyinformatics.org/downloads/abbtwo.htm.

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Buff, Daniel D. "Abbreviations in Medicine." AIDS Patient Care 8, no. 3 (June 1994): 108–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/apc.1994.8.108.

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Minyar-Beloroucheva, Alla Petrovna, Polina Igorevna Sergienko, Elizaveta Alexandrovna Vishnyakova, and Olga Dmitrievna Vishnyakova. "Semantic and Cognitive Communicative Aspects of Abbreviation in the Modern English Discourse Varieties." International Journal of English Linguistics 10, no. 1 (December 10, 2019): 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijel.v10n1p26.

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The paper focuses on the integrated approach to investigation of abbreviations that are referred to the units of secondary nomination. Abbreviations facilitate the communication process due to the principle of economy in language. Abbreviation that goes back to ancient times is one of the most actively performed and intensive processes in the English language. The use of abbreviations is connected with both linguistic and extra-linguistic factors that to a great extent determine a variety of discourse under consideration and ways of decoding certain linguistic units of abbreviated form, where context plays the most important role. There exists a number of structural types or models, according to which abbreviations are created in order to function as separate linguistic units used in the communicative process, where in the course of time they tend to acquire new independent and sometimes unique semantic properties. In socially determined professional registers certain regularities of abbreviations constructing and functioning are observed. In this paper most of the examples refer to such discursive varieties as politics, public relations, business and to a less extent medicine. Interdiscursivity that in this particular context means actualisation of the same abbreviated form within different discursive varieties seems to be one of the basic features of the abbreviation process under analysis. From the cognitive point of view, the study of abbreviated forms is based on the theory of propositional structures in the human mind manifestation. The cognitive approach correlates with linguistic semiotic and general semiotic issues, as at the iconic level of representation an abbreviation can be considered a starting point for creation of new entities and images, based on the results of perception, and the object for subsequent interpretation. This involves operation with fragments of reality, subject to reflection in the domain of human consciousness. Cognitive communicative approach takes into account different formats of knowledge that present the foundation for abbreviations active use and distribution. The Internet as a new medium for the language existence, as well as application and formation of human thought, plays an important role in optimizing messages as well as the communication process as a whole due to abbreviation techniques.

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Longrigg, B. A., and B. T. Channon. "The X-ray request – an effective vehicle of communication?" Journal of Diagnostic Radiography and Imaging 6, no. 1 (March 2006): 35–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1460472806000046.

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An X-ray request is an essential vehicle for communicating clinical information from the referring clinician to the radiographer, responsible for undertaking the procedure, who requires sufficient information to justify an exposure. Abbreviations and illegible handwriting can reduce this expected level of communication. Abbreviations were included on 81% of the request forms audited in this study and 9% of request forms were considered to be illegible. Radiographers have a high acceptance level of abbreviations compared to illegible handwriting. This study demonstrated that abbreviations could have more than one meaning to individual radiographers. Thus radiographers could waste valuable clinical time locating the referring clinician to clarify the implied meaning. The incorrect interpretation of the meaning of an abbreviation could lead to an erroneous examination being undertaken with subsequent medico-legal implications.

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Haber, K., and Armando Ferraioli. "Common Abbreviations in Clinical Medicine." Journal of Clinical Engineering 14, no. 4 (July 1989): 349. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004669-198907000-00015.

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Haber, Kai. "Common Abbreviations in Clinical Medicine." Ear and Hearing 10, no. 4 (August 1989): 269. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00003446-198908000-00021.

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Sherriff, Alicia, Hamza Ally, Wasim Mahomed, Heather Rae, Rory Schanknecht, Seipati Sealanyane, and Gina Joubert. "The understanding of medical abbreviations across different medical departments in a South African hospital setting." Communication and Medicine 14, no. 1 (August 12, 2017): 15–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/cam.30947.

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Doctors use medical abbreviations to communicate with colleagues from other medical departments. Medical abbreviations save time, but they can be misinterpreted and lead to treatment errors. This study evaluated the understanding of common medical abbreviations in the Departments of Oncology, Surgery, Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Internal Medicine at an academic hospital in Bloemfontein, South Africa in 2012. In this cross-sectional study, questionnaires consisting of 35 medical abbreviations were distributed to specialists, registrars, medical officers and interns. Doctors’ experiences of communication problems due to abbreviations were documented. The total mean score was 61.2%. Oncology abbreviations were least understood (29.1%), while Internal Medicine abbreviations were well known (74.4%). There were significant differences between doctors from different departments, with Oncology scoring the highest (71.6%) and Internal Medicine and Paediatric scoring the lowest (56.0% and 55.4%, respectively). Interns (63.2%) performed significantly better than specialists (57.2%). Non-standard abbreviations were poorly understood (40.2%) compared to standard abbreviations (70.8%). The findings suggest that the understanding of medical abbreviations across medical departments is below standard. Use of abbreviations in this multilingual environment may contribute to poor patient care. Medical terms should be written in full, the use of non-standard medical abbreviations discouraged, and abbreviations only used when they are widely understood and accepted as standard.

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Kirklin, John W., and Eugene H. Blackstone. "Abbreviations." Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 107, no. 2 (February 1994): 650. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5223(12)70141-1.

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Tuohy, Nancy R. "ABBREVIATIONS." AJN, American Journal of Nursing 105, no. 3 (March 2005): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00000446-200503000-00003.

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&NA;. "Abbreviations." JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration 17, no. 11 (November 1987): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005110-198711000-00001.

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Diplock, J. A. "Right abbreviations." Nursing Standard 3, no. 38 (June 17, 1989): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ns.3.38.53.s73.

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Cheng, Tsung O. "Medical Abbreviations." Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 97, no. 11 (November 2004): 556. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/014107680409701120.

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Cheng, T. O. "Medical abbreviations." JRSM 97, no. 11 (November 1, 2004): 556. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jrsm.97.11.556-a.

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Perrott, Charles. "Common abbreviations." Journal of Emergency Medicine 9, no. 4 (July 1991): 279–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0736-4679(91)90429-j.

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Kilshaw, Michael J., Jemma Rooker, and Ian J. Harding. "The use and abuse of abbreviations in orthopaedic literature." Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England 92, no. 3 (April 2010): 250–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/rcsann.2010.92.3.250.

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INTRODUCTION Abbreviations are commonly used in medical literature. Their use has been associated with medical errors and they can be a source of irritation and misunderstanding. There are strict guidelines for their use. This study analysed the use of abbreviations in orthopaedic literature and compared adherence with guidelines in a general orthopaedic and spinal journal. It also examined orthopaedic professionals& understanding of abbreviations. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The use of abbreviations in articles over a 3-month period in a general orthopaedic and spinal journal was analysed. The number of abbreviations and adherence with guidelines was recorded. A group of orthopaedic healthcare professionals were tested for their understanding of abbreviations. RESULTS Almost half of all abbreviations were not properly used and 30% of abbreviations were never defined. Abbreviations were used significantly more often in the spinal journal. Only 40% of abbreviations were correctly defined by the orthopaedic professionals tested. CONCLUSIONS Guidelines regarding the use of abbreviations are not being adhered to by authors or editors. The poor understanding of abbreviations underlines the importance of minimising their use and defining abbreviations when they are used.

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Verheecke. "Undecipherable abbreviations." Anaesthesia 54, no. 9 (September 30, 1999): 920. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.01101.x.

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Booker, D. "Dangerous abbreviations." Human Pathology 35, no. 5 (May 2004): 529–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.humpath.2004.01.007.

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Pires, Carla, Fernando Martins, Afonso Cavaco, and Marina Vigário. "Automatic Quantification of Abbreviations in Medicine Package Leaflets and Their Comprehension Assessment." International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications 8, no. 2 (April 2017): 47–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijehmc.2017040104.

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Medication errors occur as a consequence of misunderstandings with abbreviations and symbols (A&S). According to pharmaceutical regulations, A&S should be avoided in medicine package leaflets (PLs). Using a sample of 531 Portuguese PLs, this study aims at: quantifying A&S in PLs, comparing how A&S were distributed, identifying non-recommended units of measure, checking whether the full meaning of abbreviations was presented, and determining educated peoples' interpretation of A&S. A computational tool was used to identify A&S. Participants' comprehension was evaluated with a questionnaire. Overall, 828 different A&S were identified. PLs of prescribing medicines contained a significantly higher proportion of A&S than PLs of over-the-counter medicines (chi-square = 13.4; p = 0.004). A&S with their meaning not fully described and units of measure with a non-recommended format were identified. Only 9.9% of the questionnaire answers were correct. Portuguese PLs may need to be revised. The software used is appropriate to checking A&S in PLs.

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Davis, Neil M., and Alan T. Marty. "Medical Abbreviations." Critical Care Medicine 15, no. 7 (July 1987): 711. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00003246-198707000-00021.

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Bowman, Deborah E., Hilary Hamilton-Gibbs, Michael B. Wallace, and Peter D. Siersema. "Endoscopic abbreviations." Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 84, no. 4 (October 2016): 553–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2016.08.002.

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Pedersen, Søren. "ABBREVIATIONS, A CURSE." Lancet 330, no. 8566 (October 1987): 1029. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(87)92595-5.

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Goodman, NevilleW, and TsungO Cheng. "Abbreviations in journals." Lancet 343, no. 8910 (June 1994): 1434–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(94)92560-7.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 133, S226 (April 24, 2009): 216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1949.tb11327.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 218, S702 (April 24, 2009): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1985.tb13017.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 221, S716 (April 24, 2009): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1987.tb13964.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 223, S724 (April 24, 2009): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1988.tb05512.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 222, S722 (April 24, 2009): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1987.tb05376.x.

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"Abbreviations." Acta Medica Scandinavica 81 (April 24, 2009): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1934.tb04430.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 159 (April 24, 2009): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1957.tb04580.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 167, S353 (April 24, 2009): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1960.tb12380.x.

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"Abbreviations." Acta Medica Scandinavica 173, S395 (April 24, 2009): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1963.tb12506.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 189, S516 (April 24, 2009): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1971.tb01542.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 192, S538 (April 24, 2009): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1972.tb03570.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 202, S610 (April 24, 2009): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1977.tb18057.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 148, S290 (April 24, 2009): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1954.tb17282.x.

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"Abbreviations." Acta Medica Scandinavica 212, S667 (April 24, 2009): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1982.tb08503.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 215, S684 (April 24, 2009): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1984.tb12912.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 216, S692 (April 24, 2009): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1984.tb12959.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 218, S700 (April 24, 2009): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1985.tb13007.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 221, S718 (April 24, 2009): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1987.tb13048.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 224, S729 (April 24, 2009): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1988.tb05571.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 188, S513 (April 24, 2009): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1970.tb05290.x.

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"Abbreviations." Acta Medica Scandinavica 195, S555 (April 24, 2009): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1974.tb02515.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS:." Acta Medica Scandinavica 198, S586 (April 24, 2009): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1975.tb06562.x.

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"Abbreviations." Acta Medica Scandinavica 206, S635 (April 24, 2009): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1979.tb00822.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 206, S632 (April 24, 2009): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1979.tb01123.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 206, S633 (April 24, 2009): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1979.tb01131.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 207, S638 (April 24, 2009): 14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1980.tb12845.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 208, S641 (April 24, 2009): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1980.tb12882.x.

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"ABBREVIATIONS." Acta Medica Scandinavica 210, S654 (April 24, 2009): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0954-6820.1982.tb07682.x.

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