August 10, 2005 05:40 PM
Skyscape Week- Stedman's Abbreviations & Acronyms Pocket
Picture this: 5:45am, you're post-call, and you're attending asks you to give her a patient's clinical picture. You recite the H&P and the attending says "So tell me about the patient's GOO." You stop dead in your tracks wondering what the heck "GOO" is, take a second to think back to your medical school classes, and then look at your trusty handheld computer and discover that GOO stands for Gastric Outlet Obstruction (according to Stedman's Abbreviations & Acronyms Pocket. Search by index of abbreviations and expansions or Wordwheel serach (search as you tap).
Definitely not a necessary program, but sure would be nice when writing your 15th chart at 1am!
Posted by brian1 at August 10, 2005 05:40 PM
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