Abbreviations Flashcards by Wei Xu

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ABG

A

Arterial Blood Gas

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POC

A

Portable Oxygen Concentrator

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CDI

A

Clean, Dry, Intact

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CMS

A

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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HHA

A

Home health agency

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IRF

A

Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility

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LTCH

A

Long term care hospital

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SNF

A

Skilled Nursing Facility

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ACA

A

Affordable Care Act

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CPT

A

Common Procedural Terminology

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WBQC

A

Wide Base Quad Cane

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NBQC

A

Narrow Base Quad Cane

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RR

A

Respiratory Rate

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CMI

A

Case Mix Index

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MICU

A

Medical Intensive care unit

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NG Tube

A

Nasogastric tube

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SICU

A

Surgical Intensive Care unit

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CTICU

A

Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit

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PICC

A

Peripherally inserted central catheter

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COPD

A

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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PICS

A

Post Intensive Care Syndrome

Q

PNA

A

Pneumonia

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AVN

A

Avascular Necrosis

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CVC

A

Non-tunneled central venous catheter

Q

AM-PAC

A

Activity measure for post acute care

Q

PIV

A

Peripheral Intravenous Line

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CRRT

A

Continuous renal replacement therapy

Q

HD

A

Hemodialysis

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HV

A

Hemovac

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JP

A

Jackson-Pratt

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LWS

A

Low wall suction

Q

WS

A

Waterseal

Q

RASS

A

Richmond Agitation sedation scale

Q

UKA

A

Unicondylar Knee arthroplasty

Q

LFCN

A

Lateral Femoral cutaneous nerve

Q

AFO

A

Ankle foot orthosis

Q

DNR

A

Do not resuscitate

Q

DNI

A

Do not intubate

Q

PAC

A

Pulmonary artery catheter

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CICU

A

Cardiac Intensive care unit