I had an doctor order for an ultrasound and on the bottom the order said "R/O gallbladder disease" Any idea what this means?
2007-01-22 13:30:04 · 5 answers · asked by pooterpie123 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Rule out gall bladder disease.
See this site for more medical abbreviations:
http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/medicalabbreviations.php
Hope this helps.
Rick the Pharmacist
2007-01-22 13:32:49 · answer #1 · answered by Rickydotcom 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
This is basically the reason for the ultrasound. They suspect from your symptoms that you may have gallbladder disease and want to rule it out (or confirm it)
2007-01-22 13:34:20 · answer #2 · answered by jprn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rule out
I guess you must be having some gallbladder symptoms
2007-01-22 13:36:55 · answer #3 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
R/O = rule out
They have to put the reason to justify the ultrasound and also to let the technician know what they are lookign for.
2007-01-22 13:35:29 · answer #4 · answered by laurie888 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rule out.
2007-01-22 13:37:05 · answer #5 · answered by S. W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋