Reno, NV
A 56-year-old female asked:
What is a nc5?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Family Medicine 40 years experience
NC5: In what context? A medical test? A test result? Please provide more information so we can try to provide an answer.
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Dr. Aruna Adaikkalam commented
Internal Medicine 40 years experience
Are you using nasal oxygen. Sometimes people write nasal cannula,5 litres per minute like that. I am not aware of any other abbreviations unless you provide more information asDr Ralph Morgan Lewis,MD suggested.
Nov 24, 2012
Last updated Dec 10, 2013
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