Abbreviation（省力語）について
OETはその試験の特性上、Abbreviation（省略表現）が頻繁に出題されます。
特にリスニングの「パートA」やライティングの「ケースノート」で出題されることが多いので、事前にしっかりとインプットしておくことが大切です。
一般的な省略表現
| ADM | admission / admitted |
| ASAP | as soon as possible |
| AMA | against medical advice |
| A&W | alive and well |
| BMI | body mass index |
| C | Celsius, centigrade |
| C/O | complains of |
| D.C | discontinue / discharge |
| DO | disorder |
| DOA | dead on arrival, date of admission |
| EDC | estimated date of confinement |
| EDD | estimated delivery date |
| ER | emergency room |
| F | Fahrenheit |
| H&P | history and physical examination |
| HPI | history of present illness |
| H/O | history of |
| ICU | intensive care unit |
| IP | inpatient |
| MVA | motor vehicle accident |
| P | pulse |
| Post-op | postoperative, after surgery |
| Pre-op | preoperative, before surgery |
| PA/PT | patient |
| RBC | red blood cell |
| SX | symptoms |
| T | temperature |
| VS | vital signs |
| VSS | vital signs stable |
診療の場面で使われる省略表現
| A&O | alert and oriented |
| AOB | alcohol on breath |
| BM | bowel movement |
| BP | blood pressure |
| C/F | chills/fever |
| CP | chest pain |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| EBL | estimated blood loss |
| GSW | gunshot wound |
| HA | headache |
| Hb | hemoglobin |
| HR | heart rate |
| LBP | lower back pain |
| SOB | shortness of breath |
| TBI | traumatic brain injury |
| UO | urine output |
症状の省略表現
| ADHD | attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| AIDS | acquired immune deficiency disorder |
| CA | cancer |
| CAD | coronary artery disease |
| CF | cystic fibrosis |
| CV | cardiovascular |
| GI | gastrointestinal |
| HCV | hepatitis C virus |
| HDV | hepatitis D virus |
| HTN | hypertension |
| TB | tuberculosis |
| UTI | urinary tract infection |
ヘルスケアで使われる省略表現
| BAL | blood alcohol level |
| BC | birth control |
| CXR | chest x-ray |
| CPR | cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| ECG | emergency cardiac arrest |
| ECG/EKG | electrocardiogram |
| FB | foreign body |
| hs | hours of sleep |
| I&D | incision and drainage |
| I&O | intake and output |
| IV | intravenous |
| IUPC | intrauterine pressure catheter |
| In vitro | In the laboratory |
| In vivo | In the body |
| KUB | kidney, ureter, bladder (x-ray) |
| PT | physical therapy |
| UA | urinalysis |
| US | ultrasound |