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Nursing & Health Survival Guide: Medical Abbreviations & Normal Ranges
About this book
Part of the skill of nursing and healthcare involves being able to decipher and understand the meanings of results and abbreviations. The aim and purpose of this handy survival guide is to supply you with the information which will help you understand this language, so that you can provide appropriate holistic care to your patients.
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Abbreviations and acronyms
A
| AAA | abdominal aortic aneurysm |
| AAO | awake, alert, orientated |
| Ab | antibody |
| Abdo | abdominal |
| ABG | arterial blood gas |
| AC | acromiclavicular |
| ACE | angiotensin-converting enzyme (inhibitors) |
| ACL | anterior cruciate ligament |
| ACT | activated clotting time |
| ACTH | adrenocorticotrophic hormone |
| ADH | antidiuretic hormone |
| ADL | activity of daily living |
| AER | albumin excretion rate |
| AF | atrial fibrillation |
| AFB | acid-fast bacillus |
| AFP | alpha-fetoprotein |
| Ag | antigen |
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| AKA | above the knee amputation |
| Al | aluminium |
| Alk phos | alkaline phosphatise |
| ALL | acute lymphoblastic leukaemia |
| ALT | alanine transaminase (diagnostic liver function test) |
| AMA | antimitochondrial antibody (anti-tTG), (diagnostic liver function test) |
| AMP | adenosine monophosphate |
| ANA | antinuclear antibody |
| ANCA | anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody |
| ANF | antinuclear factor |
| A-P | anteriorāposterior |
| APTT | activated partial thromboplastin time |
| ARB | angiotensin receptor blocker |
| ARDS | adult respiratory distress syndrome |
| AS | atrial stenosis |
| 5-ASA | 5-aminosalicylic acid |
| ASD | atrial septal defect |
| ASD | autistic spectrum disorder |
| ASOT | antistreptolysin O titre |
| AST | aspartate transaminase |
| ATLS | advanced trauma life support |
| ATN | acute tubular necrosis (renal disease) |
| AV | atrioventricular (cardiac) |
| AVJRT | atrioventricular junctional re-entrant tachycardia |
| AVM | arteriovenous malformation |
| AVPU | awake, voice, pain, unresponsive |
| AXR | abdominal X-ray |
| AZT | zidovudine ā treatment for HIV, AIDS |
B
| Ba | barium |
| BAER | brainstem auditory evoked response |
| BAL | bronchoalveolar lavage |
| BALT | bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue |
| BCC | basal cell carcinoma |
| BCG | Bacillus CalmetteāGuĆ©rin |
| BCR | British comparative ratio |
| bd | bis die (twice a day) |
| BDD | body dysmorphic disorder |
| BKA | below knee amputation |
| BMA | British Medical Association |
| BMD | bone mineral density |
| BMI | body mass index |
| BMT | bone marrow transplant |
| BNF | British National Formulary |
| BNO | bowels not open |
| BNP | brain natriuretic peptide |
| BOR | bowels open regularly |
| BP | blood pressure |
| bpm | beats per minute |
| BPP | biophysical profile |
| BR | British ratio |
| BSE | bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| BSO | bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- contents
- INTRODUCTION
- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
- NORMAL RANGES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY