Taber's Medical Dictionary
DCAP-BTLS
An acronym that stands for deformities, contusions, abrasions, penetrations or perforations, burns, tenderness, lacerations, and swelling; to remember what is observed for when looking at soft tissue during the assessment of a patient.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "DCAP-BTLS." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768815/all/DCAP_BTLS.
DCAP-BTLS. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768815/all/DCAP_BTLS. Accessed March 24, 2023.
DCAP-BTLS. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768815/all/DCAP_BTLS
DCAP-BTLS [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 March 24]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768815/all/DCAP_BTLS.
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