Sunday, August 5, 2012

Medical conditions Abbreviations

AGE - Acute Gastroenteritis
AIDS - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AK Amp - Above-knee amputation
ALL - Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
AML - Acute Myeloid Leukemia
ARDS - Adult Respiratory Tract
ASCVD - Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
ASH - Acute subdural hematoma
BE - bacterial endocarditis
BK Amp - Below-knee amputation
BMT - Bone marrow transplant
BPH - Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
Ca - cancer or carcinoma
CF - Cystic Fibrosis
CHD - Coronary Heart Disease
CHF - Congestive Heart Failure
CLL - Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
CML - Chronic myeloid leukemia
COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CSH - Chronic subdural hematoma
CVA - Cerebrovascular Accident
D & C - Dilation and curettage
DIC - Disseminated intravascular coagulation
DM - Diabetes Mellitus
DTs - delirium tremens
FUO - fever of undetermined origin
FX - fracture
GC - gonococcal infection
MI - Myocardial Infarction
MRSA - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MS - Multiple Sclerosis
PAP - Primary atypical pneumonia
PID - pelvic inflammatory disease
PVD - peripheral vascular disease
RF - Rheumatic fever
RHD - Rheumatic Heart Disease
SBE - Subacute bacterial endocarditis
SIDS - Sudden infant death syndrome
TB - Tuberculosis
TURP - Transurethral resection of the prostate
URI - Upper Respiratory Infection
URTI - Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
UTI - Urinary Tract Infection

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