Transcription of Common Optometry Abbreviations
1 Additional Common Optometry Abbreviations A or Acc .. accommodation AC .. anterior chamber AC/A .. accommodative convergence/accommodation ratio ALT .. argon laser trabeculoplasty APD .. afferent pupil defect ARMD .. age-related macular degeneration ASC .. anterior subcapsular cataract BLP .. bare light perception BRAO .. branch retinal artery occlusion BRVO .. branch retinal vein occlusion CACG .. chronic angle closure glaucoma CE .. cataract extraction CF .. confrontational fields or count fingers CL .. clear, contact lens CRAO .. central retinal artery occlusion CRVO .. central retinal vein occlusion CS .. conjunctiva and sclera CSME .. clinically significant macular edema CSR .. central serous retinopathy D .. diopters DQ .. deep and quite DR .. diabetic retinopathy EOG .. electro-oculogram EOM.
2 Extraocular movements ERG .. electroretinogram ERM .. epiretinal membrane ET .. esotropia EXT .. extremities FA .. fluorescein angiography FOL .. follicles HE .. hard exudates HM .. hand movement HSV .. herpes simplex virus HT .. hypertropia I .. iris IMHO .. in my humble opinion IOP .. intraocular pressure J1,J2 .. Jaeger (near vision scale J1+=20/20) K .. cornea KCN .. keratoconus KPs .. keratic precipitates L .. lens LASIK .. laser in situ keratomileusis LOL .. laugh out loud LP .. light perception LPI .. laser peripheral iridotomy LL .. lids and lacrimation LLL .. left lower lid LUL .. left upper lid MA .. microaneurysms MP .. membrane peel NLP .. no light perception NPDR .. non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy NSC .. nuclear sclerotic cataract NV .. neovascularization NVA.
3 Neovascularization of the angle NVD .. neovascularization of the disk NVE .. neovascularization elsewhere NVG .. neovascularization glaucoma NVI .. neovascularization of iris OD .. oculus dexter (the right eye) OS .. oculus sinister (the left eye) OU .. oculus uterque (both eyes) P .. pupils Pap .. papillae PAS .. peripheral anterior synechiae PCO .. posterior capsular opacification PD .. pupillary distance PDR .. proliferative diabetic retinopathy PED .. pigment epithelial detachment PED .. persistent epithelial defect PEE .. punctate epithelial erosion PH .. pinhole PHNI .. pinhole no improvement PHPV .. persistent hyperplastic of primary vitreous PI .. peripheral iridotomy PK .. Penetrating keratoplasty (corneal xpl) POAG .. primary open angle glaucoma PPV .. pars plana vitrectomy PRP.
4 Panretinal photocoagulation PSC .. posterior subcapsular cataract PVD .. posterior vitreous detachment PVR .. proliferative vitreoretinopathy PXS/PXF .. pseudoexfoliation syndrome RAPD .. relative afferent papillary defect RD .. retinal detachment ROFL .. roll on floor laughing RLL .. right lower lid ROP .. retinopathy of prematurity RP .. retinitis pigmentosa RPE .. retinal pigment epithelium RUL .. right upper lid Sc .. sans correction (no glasses) SLE .. slit-lamp exam SLK .. superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis SRF .. subretinal fluid Sph .. spherical lens T .. pressure Tap .. pressure (applination) Tono .. pressure (tonopen) V or Va .. vision or visual acuity Vcc .. vision (with correction) VEP .. visual evoked potential Vsc .. vision (sans correction) VH .. vitreous hemorrhage Vit.
5 Vitreous W&Q .. white and quite WNL .. within normal limits XT .. exotropia
