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UDP consists of the pyrophosphate group, the pentose sugar ribose, and the nucleobase uracil. UDP is an important factor in glycogenesis . Before glucose can be stored as glycogen in the liver and muscles , the enzyme UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase forms a UDP-glucose unit by combining glucose 1-phosphate with uridine triphosphate , cleaving a ...
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 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.
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 131 I or I131: iodine-131 (aka radioactive iodine or radioiodine) : IA: intra-arterial: intra-articular: IAA: insulin autoantibody IABP: intra-aortic balloon pump
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)
MPS IV Mucopolysaccharoidosis type IV (see Morquio syndrome) MPS VI Mucopolysaccharoidosis type VI (see Maroteaux–Lamy syndrome) MPS VII Mucopolysaccharoidosis type VII (see Sly syndrome) MPX Monkeypox: MR/DD Mentally retarded/developmentally disabled: MS Multiple sclerosis: MSA Multiple system atrophy: MSDD Multi-sensory developmental delays
Intravenous therapy (abbreviated as IV therapy) is a medical technique that administers fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a person's vein.The intravenous route of administration is commonly used for rehydration or to provide nutrients for those who cannot, or will not—due to reduced mental states or otherwise—consume food or water by mouth.