Comunicación científica (XXIII). Lenguaje médico (1): Usos y abusos de las abreviaturas y siglas en el lenguaje médico y en pediatría.

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Title:	Comunicación científica (XXIII). Lenguaje médico (1): Usos y abusos de las abreviaturas y siglas en el lenguaje médico y en pediatría.
Alternate Title:	Scientific communication (XXIII). Medical language (1): The use and abuse of abbreviations and acronyms in the medical language and in Pediatrics.
Authors:	Aleixandre-Benavent, R.¹, Alonso-Arroyo, A.², González-Muñoz, M.³, de Dios, J. González⁴
Source:	Acta Pediátrica Española. may2015, Vol. 73 Issue 5, p134-140. 7p.
Subjects:	MEDICAL language, ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, PEDIATRICS, SCIENTIFIC communication
Abstract (English):	Abbreviations (abbreviations, acronyms and symbols) are widely used in all scientific fields, especially in health sciences, usually used as a resource to gain time and save space. However, they can cause communication problems between professionals from different levels of care and may incur misunderstandings that can lead to serious consequences, especially in drug prescriptions in childhood. This article revises the rules that define their construction and use, describes problems of their use in scientific communication, proposes solutions to avoid acronyms and details some search engines about acronyms on the internet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (Spanish):	Los diferentes tipos de abreviaciones (abreviaturas, siglas y símbolos) se emplean ampliamente en todos los campos científicos, especialmente en ciencias de la salud, y normalmente se utilizan como recurso para ganar tiempo y ahorrar espacio. Sin embargo, pueden producir problemas de comunicación entre los profesionales de los diferentes niveles asistenciales y suscitar interpretaciones erróneas con posibles consecuencias graves, sobre todo en las prescripciones de medicamentos en la edad infantil. En este artículo se revisan las reglas que definen su construcción y uso, se describen los problemas de su utilización en la comunicación científica, se proponen soluciones para evitarlos y se detallan algunos buscadores de siglas en internet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	Abbreviations (abbreviations, acronyms and symbols) are widely used in all scientific fields, especially in health sciences, usually used as a resource to gain time and save space. However, they can cause communication problems between professionals from different levels of care and may incur misunderstandings that can lead to serious consequences, especially in drug prescriptions in childhood. This article revises the rules that define their construction and use, describes problems of their use in scientific communication, proposes solutions to avoid acronyms and details some search engines about acronyms on the internet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	00016640