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SFA: superficial femoral artery serum folic acid: SGA: small for gestational age: SG cath: Swan–Ganz catheter (see pulmonary artery catheter) SG: specific gravity (in urinanalysis) SGB: stellate ganglion block SGOT: serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase: SGPT: serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase: SH SH x: social history (personal habits ...
SFA may refer to: In science and technology. In medicine. Superficial femoral artery, a large artery in the thigh; In chemistry. Saturated fatty acid, a type 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").
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.
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).
The femoral artery is a large artery in the thigh ... The SFA can then be assessed by antegrade puncture. ... pelvis/pelvis-e12-15—Plastination Laboratory at the ...
anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: ALF: assisted living facility: ALG: antilymphocytic globulin: ALI: acute limb injury acute lung injury: Alk phos: alkaline phosphatase (sometimes abbreviated as ALP) ALL: acute lymphoblastic leukemia allergies: ALP: alkaline phosphatase (sometimes abbreviated as Alk phos) ALPS ...
The carotid artery is the large vertical artery in red. The blood supply to the common carotid artery starts at the arch of the aorta (left) or the subclavian artery (right). The common carotid artery divides into the internal carotid artery and the external carotid artery. Plaque often builds up at that division, and a carotid endarterectomy ...