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The [18 F]FDG-6-phosphate formed when [18 F]FDG enters the cell cannot exit the cell before radioactive decay. As a result, the distribution of [18 F]FDG is a good reflection of the distribution of glucose uptake and phosphorylation by cells in the body. [citation needed] The fluorine in [18 F]FDG decays radioactively via beta-decay to 18 O −.
FDG: fluordeoxyglucose: FDIU: fetal demise in utero: FDP: fibrin degradation product: Flexor digitorum profundus: FDS: Flexor digitorum superficialis: Fe: iron: FEF 25–75: forced expiratory flow at 25–75% of forced vital capacity fem female: femoral: FEN: Fluids, Electrolytes, Nutrition FEP: free erythrocyte protoporphyrin fibroepithelial ...
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.
Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.
This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).
Sortable table Abbreviation Meaning Δ: diagnosis; change: ΔΔ: differential diagnosis (the list of possible diagnoses, and the effort to narrow that list) +ve: positive (as in the result of a test)
The concentrations of imaged FDG tracer indicate tissue metabolic activity as it corresponds to the regional glucose uptake. FDG is used to explore the possibility of cancer spreading to other body sites (cancer metastasis). These FDG PET scans for detecting cancer metastasis are the most common in standard medical care (representing 90% of ...
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").