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Sundowning also tends to happen consistently around the same time of day, Elhelou says. “It often includes cognitive effects such as significant disorientation or impaired judgement,” she says.
The term sundowning was coined by nurse Lois K. Evans in 1987 due to the association between the person's increased confusion and the setting of the sun. [2] [3] For people with sundown syndrome, a multitude of behavioral problems begin to occur and are associated with long-term adverse outcomes.
blood culture: bld: blood: BLE: Bilateral Lower Extremity (in/on both legs). BLS: basic life support: BM: bone marrow bowel movement breast milk Capillary blood glucose (British medical colloquialism originating from Boehringer Mannheim, a manufacturer of early glucose meters, today a part of Boehringer Ingelheim.) BMBx: Bone marrow biopsy: BMC ...
The Lutheran antigen systems is a classification of human blood based on the presence of substances called Lutheran antigens on the surfaces of red blood cells. There are 19 known Lutheran antigens. [1] The name Lutheran stems from a blood donor's misspelled last name, reportedly named Lutteran or Lutheran.
Abbrev. [1]Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1]; a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte ...
positive (as in the result of a test) # fracture: #NOF: fracture to the neck of the femur ℞ (R with crossed tail) prescription: Ψ: psychiatry, psychosis: Σ: sigmoidoscopy: x/12: x number of months x/40: x number of weeks of pregnancy x/52: x number of weeks x/7: x number of days 18F-FDG: 18F-fluordeoxyglucose: 2° secondary 2/2: secondary ...
high blood pressure, that is, hypertension: Hb s Ag: Hepatitis B surface antigen: HBV: hepatitis B virus: HC: head circumference hemorrhagic colitis homocysteine HCA: Healthcare Associated, as in HCA-CDI HCAP: health care-associated (or acquired) pneumonia: HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma: HCF: Healthcare Facility HCFA: Healthcare Facility ...
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