I am writing a journal for my role transition practicum class. I am expected to thoroughly examine one patient and use critical thinking. I have to provide a background of my patient in the journal, and as I'm reading the admission note over so that I can accurately describe the patients condition, there is an abbreviation that I don't know.

It is "I/s/o" I can't find any medical phrase for this on the internet and I've looked for over an hour now.

Does it mean "in the setting of?" That's the only thing I can guess based off of other documentation.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

In my experience "I/S/O" has meant "In the Setting Of", but that may not be the case across the board. One of the reasons there are approved abbreviations which this practitioner has decided not to follow.

Another potential use case would be  "In Search Of".

Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Your best bet is to ask someone at your clinical site- the person who wrote it if possible. People make up their own abbreviations all the time.

Perhaps a bit more context might help us help you. What is the sentence it's used in?

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Context? What type of patient is this (post op? Medical? ICU?). Abbreviations are often specific to the clinical area, but may also have a dual meaning. For instance--ROM. Range of motion vs rupture of membranes. That being said, take into consideration what type of patient etc., this is about.

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