o8o Medical & nursing abbreviations
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ATSP | Asked to see patient |
| CABG | Coronary artery bypass graft |
| PAC | Pressure area care |
| AKA | Above knee amputation |
| SOB | Shortness of breath |
| SOBOE | Shortness of breath on exertion |
| SOOB | Sitting out of bed |
| EUC | Electrolytes, urea, creatinine |
| IVT | Intravenous therapy |
| NGT | Nasogastric tube |
| PEG | Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy |
| CVI | Chronic venous insufficiency |
| AGEs | Advanced glycation (glycoxidation) end products |
| MI | Myocardial infarction |
| TIA | Transient ischaemic attack |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| BMR | Basal metabolic rate |
| EER | Estimated energy requirement |
| RDI | Recommended daily intake |
| EAR | Estimated average requirement |
| AMDR | Average macronutrient distribution range |
| AI | Adequate intake |
| AKA | Above knee amputation or Alcoholic ketoacidosis |
| NIDDM | Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus |
| HDL | High density lipoprotein |
| LDL | Low density lipoprotein |
| EUC | Electrolytes, urea, creatinine |
| AAA | Abdominal aortic aneurysm |
| CCF | Congestive cardiac failure |
| PCV | Packed cell volume |
| MCV | Mean cell volume |
| MCH | Mean corpuscular haemoglobin |
| RDW | Red cell distribution width |
| MCHC | Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration |
| GOOB | Getting out of bed |
| STEMI | ST elevation with myocardial infarction |
| OA | Osteoarthritis |
| INR (pathology) | International normalised ratio Used for patients on warfarin Determines effect & risk of bleeding |
| ICD | Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator |
| VT | Ventricular tachycardia |
| AF | Atrial fibrillation |
| BPH | Benign prostatic hypertrophy |
| ICH | Intracerebral haemorrhage |
| IVH | Intraventricular haemorrhage |
| DVT | Deep venous thrombosis |
| PE | Pulmonary embolism |
| VTE NB: Not VT | Venous thromboembolism |
| VT | Ventricular tachycardia |
| ICD (for VT) and S-ICD | Implantable cardioverter-defibrilator and subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defribilator |
| ACLS | Advanced cardiac life support |
| BLS | Basic life support |
| AED | Automated external defibrilator |
| EVAR (of AAA) | Endovascular aneurysm repair |
| IGT | Impaired glucose tolerance |
| MET call | Medical emergency team call |
| ARF | Acute renal failure |
| AS | Aortic stenosis |
| RA | Rheumatoid arthritis |
| BBB | Blood brain barrier |
| DRD | Dopamine-responsive dystonia |
| HTN | Hypertension |
| IDH | Intradural haemorrhage |
| SDH | Subdural haemorrhage |
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