November 5, 2024

Tonight, I was reviewing the records sent with a patient from their nursing home. Typed records, of the official sort.

Under allergies: “NKFDA”

Now, I know what NKDA means: No Known Drug Allergies.

I had a guess what the extra F stood for, but was too polite to say it out loud.

It made me chuckle a bit, though.

5 thoughts on “Acronym of the Shift

  1. An orthopedist colleague explained his acronym for a comminuted distal radius fracture: BBMFB

    Which means, “Bone broke, me fix bone.”

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