We have one more abbreviation to cover in our short related abbreviations series. This, like many other abbreviations is difficult to produce in computer short hand, and that accounts for some of the variation in the way that it is written today in electronic documentation. This is the version I demonstrate below.
Here's this week's abbreviation:
2nd to
This abbreviation means related to or due to depending on the circumstance of the sentence structure. In electronic records it is written as 2nd or just 2. In handwritten text it is seen as 2 followed by the degree symbol (2º) Most people don't know that you can do that with simple computer commands and don't have the time to do it.
This is a much more common abbreviation for physicians to use than it is for nurses to use. This is also a common physical therapy abbreviation.
Examples
Client unable to ambulate 500 ft 2º complaints of shortness of breath and fatigue.
Final Diagnosis: Syncope 2nd to transient hypotension.
This means fainting due to a brief episode of low blood pressure.
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