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Part of the skill of nursing and healthcare involves being able to decipher and understand the meanings of results and abbreviations. Fully updated, this second edition is a handy survival guide which will supply you with up-to-date information and help you understand this language, so that you can provide appropriate holistic care to your patients.
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Abbreviations and acronyms
A
AAA | abdominal aortic aneurysm |
AAC | augmentative or alternative communication |
AAO | awake, alert, orientated |
Ab | antibody |
Abdo | abdominal |
ABG | arterial blood gas |
ABPM | ambulatory blood pressure monitoring |
AC | acromiclavicular |
ACE | angiotensin-converting enzyme (inhibitors) |
ACL | anterior cruciate ligament |
ACT | activated clotting time |
ACTH | adrenocorticotrophic hormone |
AD | autonomic dysreflexia |
ADH | antidiuretic hormone |
ADL | activity of daily living |
ADR | adverse drug reaction |
A/E | air entry to lungs |
A&E | accident and emergency |
AED | automated external defibrillator |
AER | albumin excretion rate |
AF | atrial fibrillation |
AFB | acid-fast bacillus |
AFP | alpha-fetoprotein |
Ag | antigen |
AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
AKA | above the knee amputation |
Al | aluminium |
ALARA | as low as reasonably achievable |
ALARP | as low as reasonably practical |
Alk phos | alkaline phosphatase |
ALL | acute lymphoblastic leukaemia |
ALS | advanced life support |
ALT | alanine transaminase ... |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- Conventional units of measurement
- Normal ranges
- References