Abbreviations connected with WW1 hospital

[Pam Downes]

Whilst checking my (by marriage) uncle's uncle service records I found a card listing what seems to be a hospital admissions/patient list.
There are no names listed, and reading across the page for the second entry it says
GSW Shldr L - Adm. 2 Con. Dep. Rouen ex 9 Gen. H. 12 Oct

I can transcribe Gunshot wound shoulder left, but am slightly stuck on the entry on line three which says P.O. U.O.
The nearest I can see is P.O. to mean either post operative or 'Per Os' which means by mouth, and U.O. is urinary output.

Can anyone give any further possibilites?

Pam

[simmo1]

Hi Pam

Is it PUO - pyrexia of unknown origin?

regards

Robert

[Pam Downes]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for your suggestion, but it's definitely P.O. U.O. because it's typed.
The only doubt is whether the four letters are consecutive or whether there's a space between the first O and the U. Though if it's medical shorthand I doubt if it would make much difference.

Pam

[davyr]

Post Operative Under Observation, perhaps?

[Pam Downes]

That makes a lot of sense, davyr.
Thank you for that suggestion.

Pam