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Gastrointestinal Abbreviations
Term | Definition |
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ABC | aspiration biopsy cytology |
AIDS | AQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICENCY SYNDROME |
ALT | ALANINE AMINOTRANFERASE |
AST | ANGLOTENSIN SENSITINTY TEST; ASPARATE AMINOTRANSFERASE |
Ba | barium |
BaE,BE | barium enema |
BM | bowel movement |
BMI | BODY MASS INDEX |
CAH | CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASTY |
CF | CYSTIC FIBROSIS |
CT | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY |
EGD | ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY |
ESWL | EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK-WAVE LITHOTRISPY |
EUD | ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY |
GB | GALLBLADDER |
GBP | GASTRIC BYPASS |
GBS | GALLBLADDER SERIES (X-RAY STUDIES) |
GER | GASTROESOPHAGEL REFLUX |
GERD | GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE |
GI | GASROINTESTINAL |
HAV | HEPAITIS A VIRUS |
HBV | HEPAITIS B VIRUS |
HCI | HYDROCHORIC ACID |
HCV | HEPAITIS C VIRUS |
HDV | HEPAITIS D VIRUS |
HEV | HEPAITIS E VIRUS |
IBD | IRRITIABLE BOWL DISEASE |
IBS | IRRITIABLE BOWEL SYNDROME |
IVC | INTRAVENOUS CHOLANGIOGRAM: INTRAVENOUS CHOLANGIOGRAPHY |
LES | LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER |
LFT | LIVER FUNCTION TEST |
LRP | LARYNOGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX |
MRCP | MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY |
NG | NASOGASTRIC |
OCG | ORAL CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY |
PUD | PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE |
R/O | RULE OUT |
RGB | ROUX-EN-Y GASTRIC BYPASS |
UGI | UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL |
UGIS | UPPER GASTROINTESTIONAL SERIES OINTMENT |
UPP | UVULOPALATAPHARYNOGOPLASTY |
US | ULTRASOUND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY |