Abreviations URINARY SYSTEM

Question 1

ADH

Answer 1

AntiDiuretic Hormone - vasopressin

Question 2

AKI

Answer 2

Acute Kidney(Renal) Injury

Question 3

BCG

Answer 3

Bacillus Calmette - Guerin

Question 4

BUN

Answer 4

Blood Urea Nitrogen

Question 5

CAPD

Answer 5

Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

Question 6

CKD

Answer 6

Chronic Kidney Disease - a condition which serum creatinine and BUM levels rise which may result in impairment of all body systems

Question 7

CI

Answer 7

Chloride - an electrolyte excreted by the kidney

Question 8

CrCl

Answer 8

Creatinine Clearance

Question 9

CRF

Answer 9

Chronic Renal Failure - Progressive Loss of kidney function :same as CKD

Question 10

C&S

Answer 10

Culture and sensitivity testing - to determine antibiotic effectiveness against bacteria grown from. a patients urine specimen

Question 11

cysto

Answer 11

Cystoscopic Examination

Question 12

eGFR

Answer 12

estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate

Question 13

ESRD

Answer 13

End-Stage Renal Disease

Question 14

ESWL

Answer 14

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

Question 15

HCO3

Answer 15

bicarbonate - an electrolyte conserved by the kidney

Question 16

HD

Answer 16

Hemodialysis

Question 17

IC

Answer 17

Interstital cystitis - chronic inflamation of the bladder wall; not caused by bacterial infection and not responsive to conventional antibiotic therapy

Question 18

IVP

Answer 18

interavenous pyelogram

Question 19

K+

Answer 19

Potassium - an electrolyte

Question 20

KUB

Answer 20

Kidney Ureters and Bladder

Question 21

na+

Answer 21

Sodium - an electrolyte

Question 22

pH

Answer 22

potential hydrogen; scale to indicate degree of acidity or alkalinity

Question 23

PD

Answer 23

peritoneal dialysis

Question 24

PKD

Answer 24

polycystic kidney disease

Question 25

PRAT

Answer 25

perineal adipose tisuue

Question 26

PUL

Answer 26

percutaneous ultrasound lithotripsy

Question 27

RP

Answer 27

Retrograde pyrography

Question 28

sp gr

Answer 28

specific gravity

Question 29

TURBET

Answer 29

transurethral resection of bladder tumor

Question 30

UA

Answer 30

urinalysis

Question 31

UTI

Answer 31

urinary track infection

Question 32

VCUG

Answer 32

voiding cystourethrogram

Question 33

EPO

Answer 33

Erythropietin - Glycoprotein hormone stimulates red blood cells in bone marrow