Abbreviations, Acronyms and Initialism in the Medical literature.

Acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

AAMI American Association of Medical Instrumentation ACCP American College of Chest Physicians ACD-A Anticoagulant dextrose solution A ACE-I Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor(s) ADQI Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research AKD Acute kidney diseases and disorders AKI Acute kidney injury AKIN Acute Kidney Injury Network ANP Atrial natriuretic pepti...

Anaesthesia acronyms and abbreviations.

When the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of a journal changes then it is customary to mark the occasion with an Editorial in the first edition of the journal compiled by the new EIC. So I decided not to do that. This looked as if it would be a momentous year for European Anaesthesiology (EA). I could feel it in my bones, as my grandmother used to say. I decided instead to go for an Editorial mid-year. Th...

Acronyms and abbreviations.

Definitions Abbreviation: A shortened form of a word, term or phrase used chiefly in writing to represent the full form (for example: 0 C for degree centigrade, N for nitrogen, ha for hectare, etc.) Acronym: More commonly used in writing and conversation, an acronym is formed by taking the initial letters of a name, term, or title (such as WO for Washington Office, NFS for National Forest Syste...

Abbreviations and Acronyms

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