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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").
Acronyms Diseases and disorders BA Bronchial Asthma: BBS Bardet-Biedl syndrome BBS Bashful bladder syndrome (see paruresis) : BEB Benign essential blepharospasm
Abbreviation Organization or personnel AA: Alcoholics Anonymous: AABB: AABB, formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks: AACN: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Diet: ask about everything the patient has eaten the day before and for the past week. Note the type of food consumed and do a nutritional status assessment. Medically, however, this is considered to be a part of social history.
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Aftercare is the care and treatment of a convalescent patient. The term can refer to: Convalescence; Patient; Treatment; Hospital; Surgery; BDSM; See also.
Abbreviation Meaning s̅: without (s with an overbar) (from Latin sine) : S: sacrum: S x: symptoms surgery (though deemed by some as inappropriate) : S 1: first heart sound: S 2: second heart sound
acronym for a group of bacteria that are a frequent cause of endocarditis in children HAD: HIV-associated dementia: HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale: HAE: hereditary angioedema: H/A: headache: HAI: healthcare-associated infection or hospital-acquired infection: HALE: health-adjusted life expectancy HAPE: high-altitude pulmonary edema ...