Neurosurgical Abbreviations
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B          bilateral or bathing

Ba        barium

BA       blood alcohol or basilar artery

BA       Business Associate under HIPAA

BAER   brainstem auditory evoked responses

BAL     bronchioalveolar lavage

bands  band forms in blood count

baso    basophilic cells in blood count

BB       both bones

BBB     blood brain barrier or bundle branch block

BBS     bilateral breath sounds

BC       bone conduction or blood culture

BCC     basal cell carcinoma

BCP     birth control pill

B cells B-lymphocytes

BCIR    Barnett continent ileostomy reservoir

BE        barium enema

BG       blood gas

BG       basal ganglia

b.i.d.    twice per day

bil.        bilateral

bilat      bilateral

bili        bilirubin

bisp     bispinous or intraspinous diameter

BJP      Bence Jones proteins

BK       below knee

BKA     below knee amputation

BL        baseline

B/L       borderline

BLE      bilateral lower extremities

bleph.  blepharoplasty

BLS     basic life support

BM       bowel movement

BMP     bone morphogenic protein

bmr      basal metabolic rate

BMT     bilateral myringotomy with tubes

BO       bowel obstruction

BOM    bilateral otitis media

BOS     base of support

B.P.      blood pressure

BPH     benign prostatic hypertrophy

bpm     beats per minute

BR       bed rest or bathroom

brady   bradycardia

BRP     bathroom privledges

Brst     breast

BS       blood sugar

BSA     body surface area

BSAER    brainstem auditory evoked responses

BSO     bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy

BSS     balanced saline solution

BT        bed time

BTB     back to bed

BTL      bilateral tubal ligation

BTO     bilateral tubal occlusion

BUE     bilateral upper extremities

B.U.N.  blood urea nitrogen

BW      birth weight

Bx        biopsy

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