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Glossary of Acronyms, Abbreviations and Initialisms in EBMcalc

 

 

AACE	American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
AaG	Alveolar-arterial gradient
aAR	Alveolar-arterial ratio
Abd	Abdominal
Acc	Accuracy
ADL	Activities of daily living
AFib	Atrial fibrillation
AgCl	Aminoglycoside clearance
AG	Anion gap
AHA	American Heart Association
AIDS	Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
AIH	Autoimmune hepatitis
ANA	Antinuclear antibody
ANC	Absolute neutrophil count
AR	Adjusted ratio
ATN	Acute tubular necrosis
ATP	Adult Treatment Panel
AtypHyper	Atypia hyperplasia
Avg	Average
B12	Cyanocobolamine
Bands	Band neutrophils or stab cells
BBB	Bundle branch block
BEE	Basal energy expenditure
BIA	Bioelectrical impedance analysis
Bili	Bilirubin
Biops	Biopsies
BMD	Bone mineral density
BMI	Body mass index
BM	Bowel movement
BPD	Biparietal diameter
BP	Blood pressure
BSA	Body surface area
BT	Breath test
BUN	Blood urea nitrogen
CAH	Chronic active hepatitis
CaO2	Oxygen content of arterial blood
Cat	Category
Ca	Calcium
CCD	Cortical collecting duct
CCLI	Combined clinical and laboratory index
CC	Closing capacity
CDC	Centers for Disease Control
CIWA	Clinical Institute withdrawal assessment
CI	Cardiac index
Clear	Clearance
Cl	Chloride
Conc	Concentration
Consump	Consumption
CO	Cardiac output
CPD	Cigarettes per day
CPM	Counts per minute
Creat	Creatinine
CRL	Crown rump length
CTP	Child Turcotte Pugh score
CT	Computerized tomography
CvO2	Oxygen content of venous blood
CVP	Central venous pressure
CV	Closing volume
D5W	5% Dextrose in water solution
DAS	Disease activity score
DBL	Digitalis body load
DBP	Diastolic blood pressure
DM	Diabetes mellitus
EBM	Evidence-based medicine
EDC	Estimated date of confinement (delivery date)
EGIR	European Group for Study of Insulin Resistance
ELBW	Extremely low birth weight
EMR	Electronic medical record
eTo(x)	e To the power of x
Exp	Expired (pulmonary) or Experimental (epidemiology)
FECO2	Fractional expired carbon dioxide
FEV1	Forced expired volume at one second
FE	Fractional excretion
Fe	Iron
FICO2	Fractional inspired carbon dioxide
FIO2	Fraction inhaled oxygen
FLB	First live birth
FMH	Family medical history
FVC	Forced vital capacity
GFR	Glomerular filtration rate
Glu	Glucose
HbA1C	Hemaglobin A1C
HCO3	Bicarbonate
HCT	Hematocrit
HCV	Hepatitis C virus
HC	Head circumference
HDL	High density lipoprotein
HD	Hemodialysis
Hgb	Hemoglobin
Hgt	Height
HOMA	Homeostasis model assessment
HRTx	Hormone replacement therapy
HR	Heart rate
HTN	Hypertension
HxFx	History of fracture
IBW	Ideal body weight
ID	Interdialytic period
IFG	Impaired fasting glucose
IGT	Impaired glucose tolerance
IME	Indirect medical education expense
INR	International normalized ratio
Insp	Inspired
IR	Insulin resistance
ISI	International sensitivity index
Kt/V	A measure of dialysis dosing
K	Potassium
LAP	Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase
LAT	Left atrial thrombus
LBW	Lean body weight
LDL	Low density lipoprotein
LMP	Last menstrual period
ln	Natural logarithm
log	Base 10 logarithm
LR	Likelihood ratio
LVH	Left ventricular hypertrophy
Malig	Malignancy
MAP	Mean arterial pressure
MC3K	MedCalc 3000
MCP	Metacarpophalangeal joint
MedCalc Connect	A MedCalc 3000 tool for EMR integration
MEDS	Mortality in emergency department sepsis
MPG	Mean plasma glucose
MPT	Metatarsophalangeal joint
MRI	Magnetic resonance imaging
MultiCalc	A MedCalc 3000 tool for multiple calculations
MVBP	Mean vascular blood pressure
NaN	Not a Number
Na	Sodium
NCEP	National Cholesterol Education Program
Neg	Negative
NF	Neurofibomatosis
NHLBI	National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
NIH	National Institutes of Health
NNH	Number needed to harm
NNT	Number needed to treat
Norm	Normal
NPV	Negative predictive value
NYHA	New York Heart Association
O2Sat	Oxygen saturation
OI	Oxygenation index
ORAI	Osteoporosis risk assessment index
OR	Odds ratio
Osm	Osmolality
OST	Osteoporosis self assessment tool
PABAK	Prevalence-adjusted bias-adjusted kappa
PBCa	Protein bound calcium
pCO2	Partial pressure of carbon dioxide
PEEP	Positive end expiratory pressure
PEER	Patient expected event rate
PEP	Post exposure prophylaxis
PIP	Positive inspiratory pressure
PIP	Proximal interphalangeal joint
pO2	Partial pressure of oxygen
Pos	Positive
power(x,y)	x raised to the power of y
PPV	Positive predictive value (statistics) or Pulse pressure variation (cardiovascular)
Pred	Predictive
PRU	Percent reduction of urea
PVR	Pulmonary vascular resistance
P_aO2	Partial pressure of arterial oxygen
P_Atm	Atmospheric pressure
P_CO2	Partial pressure of carbon dioxide
P_H2O	Partial pressure of water vapor
P	Pressure
Qs/Qt	Right to left shunt fraction
QTI	Q-T interval
QUICKI	Quantitative insulin sensitivity check index
RA	Rheumatoid arthritis
RBCVol	Red blood cell volume
Resp_Quot	Respiratory quotient
Retic	Reticulocyte
RFI	Renal failure index
RPI	Reticulocyte production index
RPN	Reverse Polish notation
RRF	Residual renal function
RR	R-R interval
RR	Respiratory rate
RSD	Residual standard deviation
RV	Residual volume
R	Respiratory quotient
SARS	Severe acute respiratory distress syndrome
SBP	Systolic blood pressure
Segs	Segmented neutrophils
Sens	Sensitivity
SI	Stroke index (cardiac)
SLE	Systemic lupus erythematosis
SOG	Stool osmolal gap
Spec	Specificity
SPV	Systolic pressure variation
sqr	Square root (math function)
sq	Square (math function)
SVR	Systemic vascular resistance
SV	Stroke volume
Sys	Systolic
TAC	Time averaged concentration
TBW	Total body water
TDER	Total daily energy requirement
Temp	Temperature
TIBC	Total iron binding capacity
TIPS	Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
TLC	Total lung capacity
TreeCalc	A MedCalc 3000 decision tree tool
trig	Trigonometric
TS	Transferrin saturation
TTKG	Transtubular potassium gradient
UBPI	Ultrasound bone profile index
UF	Ultrafiltrate
UKPDS	United Kingdom prospective diabetes study
UNOS	United Network for Organ Sharing
URR	Urea reduction ratio
VCO2	Carbon dioxide production
VDU	Volume of distribution of urea
VentIndex	Vetilation index
VExp	Expired volume (usually over one minute)
VitalCap	Vital capacity
VLDL	Very low density lipoprotein
VO2	Oxygen consumption
Vol	Volume
WBC	White blood count
WDef	Water deficit
Wgt	Weight
WHO	World Health Organization