What does S p mean in medical record?

status post
s/p. status post; condition after”

What does post P mean?

PS stands for postscript. It comes from the Latin postscriptum, which literally means “written after.” A postscript is an additional thought added to letters (and sometimes other documents) that comes after it has been completed. Make your postscripts sharp. That’s where a PS came in handy.

What does MVC mean in medical terms?

motor vehicle crash
List of medical abbreviations: M

What does ad mean medical terms?

Ad-: Prefix indicating toward or in the direction of. For example, adduction is the movement of a limb toward the midline of the body, and adrenal literally means ‘toward the kidney. ‘

Which is the correct definition of status / post?

status/post adjective Medtalk Clinical shorthand referring to a state that follows an intervention–eg, S/P CABG, S/P cholecystectomy S/P mastectomy, S/P orchiectomy, or condition–eg, S/P acute MI McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Want to thank TFD for its existence?

Can a status post be written as S / P?

On patient charts you will often see the admitting/discharge diagnoses listed with “status post” written as “S/P,” which is technically incorrect procedure because abbreviations are not supposed to be used in diagnoses, but that is what it means.

What does S / P stand for in medical terms?

As in, “s/p appendectomy” means the person has had an appy; “s/p overdose” means the person took an overdose, etc. So, “deep vein thrombosis s/p inferior vena cava filter” would mean that the client has deep vein thrombosis and has had (an) inferior vena cava filter (placed).

What does S / P mean in a cath lab?

CCL RN has 10 years experience as a RN and specializes in Cath Lab/ ICU. It means after, so yes. s/p (“status post”) means that the client has had the procedure or event in the past. As in, “s/p appendectomy” means the person has had an appy; “s/p overdose” means the person took an overdose, etc.