Transcribing medical terms and measurements

Amazon Transcribe Medical can transcribe medical terms and measurements. Amazon Transcribe Medical outputs abbreviations for spoken terms. For example, "blood pressure" is transcribed as BP. You can find a list of conventions that Amazon Transcribe Medical uses for medical terms and measurements in the table on this page. The Spoken Term column refers to the term spoken in the source audio. The Output column refers to the abbreviation you see in your transcription results.

You can see how the terms spoken in source audio correspond to the transcription output here.

Term spoken in source audio	Abbreviation used in output	Example output
Centigrade	C	The patient's temperature is 37.4 C.
Celsius	C	The patient's temperature is 37.4 C.
Fahrenheit	F	The patient's temperature is 101 F.
grams	g	A mass of 100 g was extracted from the patient.
meters	m	The patient is 1.8 m tall.
feet	ft	The patient is 6 ft tall.
kilos	kg	The patient weighs 80 kg.
kilograms	kg	The patient weighs 80 kg.
c c	cc	Patient received 100 cc of saline solution.
cubic centimeter	cc	Patient received 100 cc of saline solution.
milliliter	mL	Patient excreted 100 mL urine.
blood pressure	BP	Patient BP was elevated.
b p	BP	Patient BP was elevated.
X over Y	X/Y	Patient BP was 120/80.
beats per min	BPM	Patient had atrial fibrillation with heart rate of 160 BPM.
beats per minute	BPM	Patient had atrial fibrillation with heart rate of 160 BPM.
O 2	O2	Patient O2 saturation was 98%.
CO2	CO2	Patient required respiratory support for elevated CO2.
post operation	POSTOP	Patient came for POSTOP evaluation.
post op	POSTOP	Patient came for POSTOP evaluation.
cat scan	CT Scan	Patient indication of cerebral hemorrhage required use of CT Scan.
Pulse 80	P 80	Patient vitals were P 80, R 17,...
Respiration 17	R 17	Patient vitals were P 80, R 17,...
in and out	I/O	Patient was I/O sinus rhythm
L five	L5	Lumbar puncture was performed between L4 and L5