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Many drugs have more than one name and, therefore, the same drug may be listed more than once. Brand names and generic names are differentiated by capitalizing brand names. See also the list of the top 100 bestselling branded drugs, ranked by sales. Abbreviations are used in the list as follows: INN = International Nonproprietary Name
VE: vaginal examination (manual examination) VEB: ventricular ectopic beat: VED: Vacuum Erection Device VEE: Venezuelan equine encephalitis: VF V-fib: ventricular fibrillation: VFSS: videofluoroscopic swallow study: VH: visual hallucinations vaginal hysterectomy VHL: Von Hippel–Lindau disease: VIN: vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia VIR ...
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").
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.
Embotrap III Revascularization Device [7] Embovac Aspiration Catheter [8] Cerenovus Large Bore Catheter [9] Cerenovus Nimbus [10] Cerebase DA Guide Sheath [11] Trufill n-BCA Liquid Embolic System [12] Orthopedics (DePuy Synthes) Velys Digital Surgery platform [13] Attune Cementless Fixed Bearing Knee [14] Actis Hip Stem [15] Inhance Shoulder ...
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have developed a "groundbreaking coating" that could make blood-contacting devices safer. Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu discusses the benefits.
Many drugs have more than one name and, therefore, the same drug may be listed more than once. Brand names and generic names are differentiated by capitalizing brand names. See also the list of the top 100 bestselling branded drugs , ranked by sales.