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What does the abbreviation ACLS stand for?
What does the abbreviation ACLS stand for?
- Advanced Cardiopulmonary Life Support
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (correct)
- Advanced Cognitive Life Support
What is the full form of the abbreviation ASD?
What is the full form of the abbreviation ASD?
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
- Atrial Septal Defect (correct)
- Acute Stress Disorder
What does the abbreviation BSE stand for in the context of medicine?
What does the abbreviation BSE stand for in the context of medicine?
- Blood Sugar Evaluation
- Breast Self-Examination
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (correct)
- Blood Serum Examination
What does the abbreviation CVP stand for?
What does the abbreviation CVP stand for?
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What does the abbreviation ESR stand for?
What does the abbreviation ESR stand for?
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What does the abbreviation GI stand for in the context of medicine?
What does the abbreviation GI stand for in the context of medicine?
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What is the full form of the abbreviation Hb?
What is the full form of the abbreviation Hb?
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What does the abbreviation IM stand for?
What does the abbreviation IM stand for?
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What is the full form of the abbreviation MOAB?
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What does the abbreviation PSA stand for?
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Medical Abbreviations
- AB: Antibody
- ABGs: Arterial Blood Gases
- ABO: A blood group system
- ACLS: Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- AED: Automatic External Defibrillator
- Ag: Antigen
- AKA: Above-Knee Amputation
- ALL: Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- ALS: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- AMS: Altered Mental State
- AOM: Acute Otitis Media
- ARF: Acute Renal Failure or Acute Respiratory Failure
- ASD: Atrial Septal Defect or Autism Spectrum Disorder
Cardiovascular
- ASHD: Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
- AVM: Arteriovenous Malformation
- BEP: Benign Enlargement of the Prostate
- BMR: Basal Metabolic Rate
- BPH: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
- BPPV: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- BSE: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or Breast Self-Examination
- CAD: Coronary Artery Disease
- CABG: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
- CAPD: Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis
- CBT: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Neurological
- ALS: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- AVM: Arteriovenous Malformation
- BSE: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
- CJD: Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
- CMV: Cytomegalovirus
- CRH: Corticoreleasing Hormone
- CRP: C-reactive Protein
- CVA: Cerebrovascular Accident
- CVP: Central Venous Pressure
- CVS: Cardiovascular System
Cancer
- CA: Cancer
- ALL: Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- EPCA-2: Early Prostate Cancer Antigen-2
Obstetrics and Gynecology
- DRE: Digital Rectal Examination
- ERT: Estrogen Replacement Therapy
- HB: Hepatitis B
- HPI: History of Present Illness
- HUS: Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- MODY: Mature Onset Diabetes of the Young
- NIDDM: Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
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