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Nursing Abbreviation
Harcum Nursing 101 Abbreviations A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AAOx3 | Awake, Alert and Oriented to person, place, and time |
| AAOx4 | Awake, Alert and Oriented to person, place, and time, and circumstances(A&Ox3) |
| AAA | Abdominal aortic aneurysm |
| AAT | activity as tolerated |
| ABCD | "Asymmetry,borders, color,diameter"feature on considering "is it a Melanoma" |
| ABD | abdomen |
| ABG | Arterial blood gas |
| ABMT | Autologous bone marrow transplant |
| ABPI | Ankle brachial pressure index |
| ABVD | doxorubicin bleomycin vinblastine dacarbazine first line treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma |
| ABX | antibiotics |
| a.c. | before food, from Latin, ante cibum |
| AC | Assist control ventilator mode |
| ACE | Angiotensin converting enzyme |
| ACEI | Angiotensin converting enzyme inhabiter |
| Ach | Acetylcholine |
| ACL | Anterior |
| ACLS | Advanced cardiac life support |
| ACTH | adrenocorticotropic hormone |
| ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder |
| ADH | Antidiuretic hormone |
| ADHD | Attention Deficit hyperactivity Disorder |
| ADL | activities of daily living |
| ad lib | as desired from Latin, ad libitum |
| adm | Admission |
| ADR | Adverse drug reaction |
| AEM | Ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring |
| AFib | atrial fibrillation |
| AF | Amniotic fluid |
| AFB | acid fast bacilli |
| AFO | ankle foot orthosis |
| AFP | Alpha-fetoprotein |
| Ag | Antigen |
| AI | Aortic insufficiency |
| AICD | Automated implantable cardioverter-defibrillator |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AIIRB | Angiotensin II receptor antagonist |
| aka | also known as |
| AKA | Above knee amputation |
| ALL | Acute lymphocytic leukemia |
| ALS | Advance Life Support |
| ALS | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
| ALT | Alanine transferase |
| AMA | Against Medical Advice |
| AMA | Advance Maternal Age(35 years or greater) |
| AMI | Acute myocardial infarction |
| AML | Acute myelocytic leukemia |
| AMP | Adenosine monophosphate |
| AMS | Atypical measles syndrome |
| ANA | anti-nuclear antibody |
| ANF | Atrial natriuretic factor |
| ANP | Atrial natriuretic peptide |
| ANS | Autonomic nervous system |
| APH | Antepartum haemorrhage |
| APLS | antiphospholipid antibody syndrome |
| aPTT | Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time |
| AR | Aortic Regurgitation |
| ARB | Angiotensin II receptor antagonist(blocker) |
| ARC | AIDS related complex |
| ARDS | Acute respiratory distress syndrome |
| ARF | Acute renal failure |
| Arg | Arginine |
| AROM | Active range of motion |
| ART | antiretroviral therapy |
| ARM | Artificial rupture of membranes |
| ASA | Acetylsalicylic acid-commonly known as aspirin |
| AS | Aortic stenosis |
| ASD | Atrial septal defect |
| ASHD | arteriosclerotic heart disease |
| ATP | acute thrombocytopenic purpura |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| AVM | Arteriovenouse malformation |
| AVR | Aortic valve replacement |
| AZT | azidothymidine |
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