Medical Abbreviations & Acronyms

• Editorial: QuickStudy Reference Guides
• Año: 2009
• ISBN:
  9781423212669
• Categoría: Medicine
• Categoría: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

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Abbreviations and acronyms covered in this guide:

• Weights & Measurements
  • Drugs
  • Formulations
  • Administration
  • References
  • Standards & Regulations
• Diagnostic Testing
• Professional Designations
• Managed Care
• Agencies & Organizations
• Health Assessment
• Specialized Areas & Facilities
• Locations & Directions
• Body Systems
  • Blood System
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Endocrine System
  • Female Reproductive System
  • Gastrointestinal System
  • Integumentary System
  • Lymphatic/Immune System
  • Muscular System
  • Male Reproductive System
  • Nervous System
  • Respiratory System
  • Skeletal System
  • Special Senses: Eye/Ear
  • Urinary System

BODY SYSTEMS

Blood System

ABMT	autologous bone marrow transplant
ABO	blood groups
AC	anticoagulant
ACT	anticoagulant therapy
agg, aggl	agglutination
AHF	antihemophilic factor
AIHA	autoimmune hemolytic anemia
ALL	acute lymphocytic leukemia
AML	acute myelogenous leukemia
APA	antipernicious anemia (factor)
AUL	acute undifferentiated leukemia
B, bl, bld	blood
baso	basophil
bl	bleeding
BMB	bone marrow biopsy
BMT	bone marrow transplant
CBC	complete blood count
CLL	chronic lymphocytic leukemia
CML	chronic myelogenous leukemia
coag	coagulation
DIC	disseminated intravascular coagulation
eos, eosins	eosinophil
EPO	erythropoietin
IF	intrinsic factor
ITP	idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura
LIF	leukemia-inhibitory factor
lymphs	lymphocytes
mono	monocyte
PAF	platelet-activating factor
plats, PLT	platelet
PMN, polys, segs	polymorphonuclear neutrophils
PNH	paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
PV	polycythemia vera
RBC	red blood cell, red blood cell count
retic	reticulocyte
Rh	Rhesus blood factor
SCT	sickle cell trait
T&C	type & crossmatch
TTP	thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura
WBC	white blood cell, white blood cell count

Cardiovascular System

ABP	arterial blood pressure
ACLS	advanced cardiac life support
AED	automated external defibrillator
AF, Afib, at fib	atrial fibrillation
AIVR	accelerated idioventricular rhythm
AMI	acute myocardial infarction
ang	angiogram
Ao	aorta
AR	aortic regurgitation
AS	aortic stenosis, arteriosclerosis
ASCVD	arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease
ASD	atrial septal defect
ASHD	arteriosclerotic heart disease
AV, A-V	atrioventricular, arteriovenous
AVB	atrioventricular block
AVD	aortic valve disease
AVR	aortic valve replacement
AVS	arteriovenous shunt
BBB	bundle branch block
BCLS	basic cardiac life support
BP	blood pressure
BPd, DBP	blood pressure, diastolic
bpm	beats per minute
BPs, SBP	blood pressure, systolic
CA	cardiac arrest, cancer, cardiac arrhythmia
CABG	coronary artery bypass graft
CABS	coronary artery bypass surgery
CAD	coronary artery disease
CEA	carotid enda...