so I've been in the medical field since 2004 and still haven't heard some of these slang terms...
404 moment - The point in a doctor's ward round when medical records cannot be located. Comes from HTTP 404 error "Not Found"
ATS - Acute Thespian Syndrome (faking illness)
CNS-QNS - Central Nervous System - Quantity Not Sufficient
DBI - Dirt Bag Index - multiply the number of tattoos by the number of missing teeth to give an estimate of the number of days since the patient last bathed
Dermaholiday - dermatology department
GOMER - "get out of my emergency room"
LOBNH - Lights On But Nobody Home
Panmetabolopathy -a state wherein many (or all) metabolic parameters are out of bounds
Polybabydadic - The state of having illegitimate children by several fathers, known or unknown
TEETH - tried everything else
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