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Visual acuity with eye chart at Near 15.7 inches (400 mm) and without (sc: Latin sine correctore) correctors (spectacles); Ncc is with (cc: Latin cum correctore) correctors. See Visual_acuity#Legal_definitions: VA OS Left visual acuity VA OD Right visual acuity VDU Visual display unit VF Visual field VPS Variable prism stereoscope WD
PPV: positive predictive value positive pressure ventilation PPx: prophylaxis PR: prothrombin ratio p.r. per rectum (as noun: rectal examination) PRA: plasma renin activity: PRBC PRBCs: packed red blood cells: PREA: Pediatric Research Equity Act Preme: premature infant (see premature birth) Prep PrEP preparation pre-exposure prophylaxis [6] PRES
The positive predictive value (PPV), or precision, is defined as = + = where a "true positive" is the event that the test makes a positive prediction, and the subject has a positive result under the gold standard, and a "false positive" is the event that the test makes a positive prediction, and the subject has a negative result under the gold standard.
Additionally, PPV may result in incomplete separation, and it may potentially leave a nidus for vasoactive and vasoproliferative substances, or it may induce development of fibrovascular membranes. As with any invasive surgical procedure, PPV introduces trauma to the vitreous and surrounding tissue.
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
Pars plana vitrectomy, a common ocular surgery procedure; Parts per volume, a unit of volume mixing ratio; Plum pox virus, a plant virus; Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, a pneumococcal vaccine
System: Eye and visual system: Significant diseases: Cataract, retinal disease (including diabetic retinopathy and other types of retinopathy), glaucoma, corneal disease, eyelid and orbital disorders, uveitis, strabismus and disorders of the ocular muscles, ocular neoplasms (malignancies, or cancers, and benign eye tumors), neuro-ophthalmologic disorders (including disorders of the optic nerve)
used to test for latent squint and retinal function Refraction box: has lenses of different powers for refraction testing: Slit lamp bio microscope: used for examining the anteriorly placed structures the eye; video link: Charts for vision - •Distant vision: to determine visual acuity of distant vision ••Snellen's distant vision chart