t/c or "to consider" - is this universal?

[tatara]

Guys, do doctors out there also use t/c as in "to consider" when they formulate their medical diagnosis aside from r/o?

From what I know and by how doctors use t/c here in the Philippines, it seems like it is suggestive of the the top differential diagnosis (?)

e.g: Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever r/o Typhoid Fever t/c Leptospyrosis

thanks!

(I decided that I should make a new thread for this instead of posting it as a response.)

[PAERRN20]

Nope I have not seen this used in the USA. Mostly see s/p, r/o, r/t.

[HM2VikingRN, RN]

sometimes vs. is used....I had never seen t/c until your post

[ellakate]

Never seen it before.

[NurseyPoo7]

same as everyone else... never seen it used.

[Cherybaby]

Nope. I do a lot of transcription work for docs and have never come across that.

[classicdame, MSN, EdD]

never seen it

[tatara]

All along, I thought that it is universally acceptable.

It is really common around here. Doctors usually use and write it in the chart under initial diagnosis upon patient's admission.

Thanks everyone.

I might bring this out in our monthly unit meeting.