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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.
Emergency Medical Technician - Basic(OLD) EMT-I: Emergency Medical Technician - Intermediate (OLD) EMT-P: Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic (OLD) EN: Enrolled nurse (AU) – See Licensed practical nurse: EORTC: European Organization for Research Treatment in Cancer EpSSG: European paediatric soft tissue sarcoma study group ESRD
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").
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)
statement of medical necessity SMS: senior medical student SMT: spinal manipulative therapy: SMV: superior mesenteric vein: SN: student nurse skilled nursing SNB: sentinel node biopsy (ductal carcinoma) SNF: skilled nursing facility: SNHL: sensorineural hearing loss: SNP: sodium nitroprusside single nucleotide polymorphism: SNRI: serotonin ...
Women primary care doctors also tend to spend more time with their patients, Ranney said. Although that extra attention is great for patients, it also means that women see fewer patients per day ...
group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus: GACI Generalized Arterial Calcification of Infancy: GAD: Generalized anxiety disorder: GAF Global Assessment of Functioning: GAPS: Guidelines for Adolescent Preventative Services GAS Group A Streptococcal General Adaptation Syndrome Gender Affirming Surgery Global Assessment Scale: GAVE: Gastric antral ...
Although the positive impact was greater in female patients — particularly those who were severely ill — the research revealed that both men and women under the care of female doctors ...