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

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Specializes in psychiatric nursing, med/surg adult care.

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.)

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Specializes in ER.

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

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

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Never seen it before.

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Specializes in Acute Care.

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

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Specializes in Derm/Wound Care/OP Surgery/LTC.

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

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

never seen it

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Specializes in psychiatric nursing, med/surg adult care.

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.

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