Medical Abbreviations
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Arterial Blood Gas
Body Mass Index
Blood Pressure
Blood Sugar / Bowel Sounds
Blood Monitoring (capillary glucose)
Heart Rate
Mean Arterial Pressure
Respiratory Rate
Peripheral Oxygen Saturation
Oxygen
Shortness of Breath
Glasgow Coma Scale
National Early Warning Score
Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation
Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation
Central Nervous System
Potential of Hydrogen (acidity/alkalinity)
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Atrial Fibrillation
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Atrioventricular
Beta Blocker
B-type Natriuretic Peptide
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Coronary Artery Disease
Congestive Cardiac Failure
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Electrocardiogram
Electromechanical Dissociation (PEA)
Glyceryl Trinitrate
Myocardial Infarction
Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary Vascular Resistance
Right Ventricular Failure
ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Transient Ischaemic Attack
Ventricular Fibrillation
Ventricular Tachycardia
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chest X-Ray
Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second
Peak Expiratory Flow
Venous Blood Gas
Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke)
Electroencephalogram
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Lumbar Puncture
Acute Kidney Injury
Acute Tubular Necrosis
Chronic Kidney Disease
Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate
Glomerular Filtration Rate
Intravenous Fluids
Potassium
Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome
Midstream Urine
Sodium
Renal Tubular Acidosis
Urea and Electrolytes
Urinary Tract Infection
Common Bile Duct
Gastrointestinal
Full Blood Count
Fresh Frozen Plasma
Haemoglobin
International Normalised Ratio
Platelets
Prothrombin Time
Red Blood Cells
Thrombin Time
White Blood Cells
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
C-Reactive Protein
Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Glycated Haemoglobin
Parathyroid Hormone
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (inhibitor)
Acid-Fast Bacilli
Bis Die (Twice Daily)
Intramuscular
Intravenous
Non-Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulant
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
Omni Die (Once Daily)
Per Os (By Mouth)
Per Rectum
Pro Re Nata (As Needed)
Quater Die Sumendum (Four Times Daily)
Ter Die Sumendum (Three Times Daily)
Total Parenteral Nutrition
Alkaline Phosphatase
Alanine Aminotransferase
Aspartate Aminotransferase
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
Computed Tomography
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Liver Function Tests
Nasogastric Tube
Rapid Sequence Induction
Endotracheal (tube)
High Dependency Unit
Intensive Care Unit
Intensive Therapy Unit
Multi-Organ Failure
Lower Segment Caesarean Section
First-Degree Heart Block
Second-Degree Heart Block
Third-Degree Heart Block
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Ankle-Brachial Pressure Index
Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Atrial Flutter
Atrial Premature Beat
Aortic Regurgitation
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Aortic Stenosis
Atrial Septal Defect
AV Nodal Re-entrant Tachycardia
AV Re-entrant Tachycardia
Complete Heart Block
Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device
Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Defibrillator
Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Pacemaker
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Direct Current Cardioversion
Drug-Eluting Stent
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
High-Density Lipoprotein
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator
Left Anterior Fascicular Block
Left Bundle Branch Block
Low-Density Lipoprotein
Lipoprotein(a)
Left Posterior Fascicular Block
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction
Mitral Regurgitation
Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist
Mitral Stenosis
Non-Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia
N-terminal pro-B-type Natriuretic Peptide
Premature Atrial Complex
Peripheral Arterial Disease
Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
PCSK9 Inhibitor
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Patent Foramen Ovale
Permanent Junctional Reciprocating Tachycardia
Permanent Pacemaker
Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
Premature Ventricular Complex
Corrected QT Interval
Right Bundle Branch Block
Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
Sick Sinus Syndrome
Supraventricular Tachycardia
Superior Vena Cava Obstruction
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Total Cholesterol
Triglycerides
Tricuspid Regurgitation
Very Low-Density Lipoprotein
Ventricular Septal Defect
Venous Thromboembolism
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Assist-Control ventilation
Bronchoalveolar Lavage
Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
Bronchoscopic Transbronchial Lung Biopsy
Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Cryptogenic Organising Pneumonia
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
CT Pulmonary Angiogram
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Diffusing Capacity for Carbon Monoxide
Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Expiratory Reserve Volume
Endotracheal Tube
Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide
Fraction of Inspired Oxygen
Functional Residual Capacity
Forced Vital Capacity
Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
High-Flow Nasal Cannula
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
High-Resolution CT
Inspiratory-to-Expiratory Ratio
Interstitial Lung Disease
Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Inspiratory Reserve Volume
Carbon Monoxide Transfer Coefficient
Laryngeal Mask Airway
Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Nasal High Flow
Non-Invasive Ventilation
Non-Specific Interstitial Pneumonia
Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria
Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
One-Lung Ventilation
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Pressure-Control ventilation
Positive End-Expiratory Pressure
Pulmonary Function Tests
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pressure-Regulated Volume Control
Pressure Support
Renal Replacement Therapy
Residual Volume
Selective Digestive Decontamination
Synchronised Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation
Tuberculosis
Total Lung Capacity
Transfer Factor for Carbon Monoxide
Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
Volume-Control ventilation
Ventilation-Perfusion Scan
Tidal Volume
Absence Seizures
Anterior Cerebral Artery
Alzheimer's Disease
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Anti-Epileptic Drug
Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Approved Mental Health Professional
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Bipolar Affective Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
Corticobasal Syndrome
Corticobasal Degeneration
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
Clinically Isolated Syndrome
Community Mental Health Team
Cerebral Perfusion Pressure
Cerebral Salt Wasting
CT Angiography
Community Treatment Order
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Decompressive Craniectomy
Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Digital Subtraction Angiography
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Electrocorticography
Extradural Haematoma
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing
Electromyography
Extrapyramidal Side Effects
Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder
External Ventricular Drain
Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
Frontotemporal Dementia
Generalised Anxiety Disorder
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Generalised Tonic-Clonic Seizure
Huntington's Disease
Intracerebral Haemorrhage
Intracranial Pressure
Intraventricular Haemorrhage
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome
Liberty Protection Safeguards
Middle Cerebral Artery
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Major Depressive Disorder
Myasthenia Gravis
Mental Health Act
Motor Neurone Disease
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Magnetic Resonance Venography
Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple System Atrophy
Nerve Conduction Study
Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus
Neuromyelitis Optica
Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Posterior Cerebral Artery
Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Disease Dementia
Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures
Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Section 136
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
Subdural Haematoma
Status Epilepticus
Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Somatosensory Evoked Potential
Tardive Dyskinesia
Tonic-Clonic Seizure
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Tissue Plasminogen Activator
Vascular Dementia
Visual Evoked Potential
World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
Alpha-Fetoprotein
Autoimmune Hepatitis
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody
ANCA-Associated Glomerulonephritis
Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Arteriovenous Fistula
Axial Spondyloarthropathy
Biological Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug
Bright Red Blood Per Rectum
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
Crohn's Disease
Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Child-Pugh Score
Contrast-Induced Nephropathy
Chronic Liver Disease
Conn's Syndrome
Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystal Deposition Disease
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Cushing's Syndrome
Continuous Veno-Venous Haemodiafiltration
Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Desmopressin
Dermatomyositis
Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
End-Stage Renal Disease
Endoscopic Ultrasound
Oesophageal Varices
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
Free Triiodothyronine
Free Thyroxine
Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia
Giant Cell Arteritis
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist
Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Graves' Disease
Helicobacter pylori
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
Hepatitis B Virus
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Hydroxychloroquine
Hepatitis C Virus
Haemodialysis
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State
Hyperosmolar Non-Ketotic coma
Hepatorenal Syndrome
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
IgA Nephropathy
Janus Kinase Inhibitor
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Limited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Leflunomide
Lower GI Bleeding
Lupus Nephritis
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
Model for End-Stage Liver Disease
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2
Microscopic Polyangiitis
Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography
Methotrexate
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Osteoarthritis
Oesophago-Gastro-Duodenoscopy
Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
Primary Biliary Cholangitis
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Peritoneal Dialysis
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
Portal Hypertension
Phaeochromocytoma
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Polymyositis
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Psoriatic Arthritis
Primary Sjögren's Syndrome
Peptic Ulcer Disease
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Radioactive Iodine
Reactive Arthritis
Rheumatoid Factor
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
SLE Disease Activity Index
Spondyloarthropathy
Systemic Sclerosis
Sulfasalazine
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Thyroid Function Tests
Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt
Thrombotic Microangiopathy
TNF Inhibitor
Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies
TSH Receptor Antibodies
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
Targeted Synthetic DMARD
Ulcerative Colitis
Upper GI Bleeding
Anaemia of Chronic Disease
Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia
Allogeneic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Antepartum Haemorrhage
Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Angiotensin Receptor Blocker
Artificial Rupture of Membranes
Antiretroviral Therapy
Autologous Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Azathioprine
Beta-2 Microglobulin
Blood Culture
Bone Marrow
Cancer Antigen 125
Cancer Antigen 19-9
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection
Calcium Channel Blocker
CD4+ T Lymphocyte Count
Carcinoembryonic Antigen
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia
Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia
Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill
Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae
Complete Response
Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection
Caesarean Section
Ciclosporin
Cardiotocograph
Direct Antiglobulin Test
Disease-Free Survival
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor
Estimated Due Date
Estimated Gestational Age
Erythropoietin
Early Pregnancy Unit
Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase
Essential Thrombocythaemia
Foetal Heart Rate
Follicular Lymphoma
Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Gestational Age
Group A Streptococcus
Group B Streptococcus
Gestational Hypertension
Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Healthcare-Associated Infection
Homozygous Sickle Cell Disease
Haematopoietic Cell Transplantation
HELLP Syndrome
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Hodgkin Lymphoma
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Inhaled Corticosteroid
Iron Deficiency Anaemia
Induction of Labour
Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia
Long-Acting Beta-2 Agonist
Lactate Dehydrogenase
Leflunomide
Lateral Flow Device
Large for Gestational Age
Last Menstrual Period
Leukotriene Receptor Antagonist
Microscopy, Culture and Sensitivity
Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Multi-Drug Resistant
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Myelofibrosis
Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
Multiple Myeloma
Mycophenolate Mofetil
Myeloproliferative Neoplasm
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus
Nucleic Acid Amplification Test
Nebulised
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Non-Stress Test
Normal Vaginal Delivery
Oral Contraceptive Pill
Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy
Overall Response Rate
Overall Survival
Pneumocystis Pneumonia
Patient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Progressive Disease
Prednisolone
Pre-Eclampsia
Progression-Free Survival
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria
Postpartum Haemorrhage
Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes
Proton Pump Inhibitor
Partial Response
Premature Rupture of Membranes
Prostate-Specific Antigen
Polycythaemia Vera
Short-Acting Beta-2 Agonist
Sickle Cell Anaemia
Subcutaneous
Stable Disease
Symphysis-Fundal Height
Small for Gestational Age
Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor
Sublingual
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor
Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome
Spontaneous Rupture of Membranes
Surgical Site Infection
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery
Tumour-Node-Metastasis
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Transvaginal Ultrasound Scan
Vaginal Birth After Caesarean
Viral Load
Veno-Occlusive Disease
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus
Von Willebrand Disease
Extensively Drug Resistant
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