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Table 2 List of abbreviations included in the auto-expansion prompt intervention

From: Auto-expansion software prompting reduces abbreviation use in electronic hospital discharge letters: an observational pre- and post-intervention study

Abbreviation

Expansion

PMHX

Past medical history

ABX

Antibiotics

GA

General anaesthetic

HPI

History of presenting illness

FU

Follow-up

HR

Heart rate

HTN

Hypertension

CCF

Congestive cardiac failure

COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

IHD

Ischaemic heart disease

AKI

Acute kidney injury