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primary medical doctor PMDD: premenstrual dysphoric disorder: PMH: past medical history (see also medical history) perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage progressive macular hypomelanosis: PMI: point of maximal impulse or apical beat point of maximal intensity PML: polyoma virus progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy PMP: Pseudomyxoma ...
Coloboma of the eye, heart defects, atresia of the nasal choanae, retarded growth & or development, genital abnormalities, ear abnormalities CHD Congenital heart disease: CHD Congenital hip dysplasia: CHD Coronary heart disease: CHF Congestive heart failure: CIDP Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: CIPA
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").
ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [1]
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.
In sports medicine, a preparticipation physical evaluation (PPE) is a physical examination of an athlete. [1] PPEs screen for a variety of conditions, including athletic heart syndrome [2] and risk of sudden cardiac death.
head of bed (usually followed by number of degrees of elevation, e.g., HOB 10°) HOCM: hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: HONK: hyperosmolar nonketotic state HOPI: History of present illness: H&P: history and physical examination (which very often are considered as a pair) HPA: hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: HPETE ...
A medical test is a medical procedure performed to detect, diagnose, or monitor diseases, disease processes, susceptibility, or to determine a course of treatment. The tests are classified by speciality field, conveying in which ward of a hospital or by which specialist doctor these tests are usually performed.