2° abbreviation

[jakeMIKY]

What does the 2° abbreviation mean? Secondary to?

Here is an example:

P: Disuse Osteoporosis

E: lack of weight bearing stress on bones 2° to prescribed traction

S: pathological fracture left hip

Thanks!

[cardiacRN2006, ADN, RN]

Yep, it means secondary to...

So, the lack of weight bearing stress on the bones is secondary to (or caused by/or as a result of) the traction.

[Music in My Heart]

What does the 2° abbreviation mean? Secondary to?

Here is an example:

P: Disuse Osteoporosis

E: lack of weight bearing stress on bones 2° to prescribed traction

S: pathological fracture left hip

Thanks!

It obviously doesn't apply in your context but in our hospital they also use it to mean hours.

[UM Review RN, ASN, RN]

In our hospital, it's a doc's abbreviation for "Secondary to."

[seanpdent, ADN, BSN, MSN, APRN, NP]

Yep, I concurr. It's in a physician SOAP note, or progress note most of the time.

Secondary to...