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

[EN]: 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...

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Autores: Aleixandre-Benavent, Rafael, Alonso-Arroyo, Adolfo, González-Muñoz, María, González de Dios, J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/132296
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/132296
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Acrónimos
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Abbreviations
Acronyms
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Abreviaturas
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Sumario:[EN]: 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.