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MEDICAL ABBREVIATIONS
🔸PT:
pregnancy test (by urine)
🔸HIV:
human immunodeficiency virus
🔸HNA:
heparin neutralising activity
🔸ICH:
intracranial haemorrhage
🔸IDA:
iron deficiency anaemia
🔸IDDM:
insulin dependent (type 1) diabetes
🔸IFG:
impaired fasting glucose
🔸IGT:
impaired glucose tolerance
🔸IHD:
ischaemic heart disease
🔸Ig:
immunoglobulin
🔸IM:
intramuscular
🔸INR:
international normalized ratio
🔸ITU:
intensive therapy unit
🔸ICU:
intensive care unit
🔸CCU:
critical care unit
🔸IV:
intravenous
🔸IVU:
intravenous urogram
🔸KUB:
kidney, ureter, bladder (x-ray)
🔸LBBB:
left bundle branch block
🔸LCM:
left costal margin
🔸LFTs:
liver function tests
🔸LIF:
left iliac fossa
🔸LUQ:
left upper quadrant
🔸LVE:
left ventricular failure
🔸LVH:
left ventricular hypertrophy
🔸MC&S:
microscopy, culture & sensitivity
🔸ARF
: acute renal failure
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🔸HTN
: high blood pressure/hyper tension
🔸CABG:
coronary artery bypass graft
🔸CAH:
congenital adrenal hyperplasia
🔸CCF:
congestive cardiac failure
🔸CF:
cystic fibrosis
🔸CHD:
coronary heart disease
🔸CNS:
central nervous system
🔸PNS:
peripheral nervous system
🔸COPD:
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
🔸CPAP:
continuous positive airways pressure
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🔸CRF:
chronic renal failure
🔸CSF:
cerebrospinal fluid
🔸CT:
computed tomography
🔸CVA:
cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
🔸CVD:
cardiovascular disease
🔸DKA:
diabetic ketoacidosis
🔸DU:
duodenal ulcer
🔸DVT:
deep vein thrombosis
🔸ECG:
electrocardiography or cardiogram
🔸EEG:
electroencephalogram
🔸ESR:
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
🔸ESRD:
end-stage renal disease
🔸FPG:
fasting plasma glucose
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🔸GIT:
gastrointestinal tract
🔸GU:
gastric ulcer
🔸GvHD:
graft versus host disease
🔸HAV:
hepatitis A virus
🔸HBV:
hepatitis B virus
🔸HCG: human chorionic gonadotropin.
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