CLINPHARM Medical Abbreviations - Page 9

PVC

premature ventricular contraction

PVD

peripheral vascular disease

PVP

pulmonary venous pressure

PVR

post-void residual

PVT

paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia

Px.

past history / prognosis

QALY

quality-adjusted life-year

R

respiration

RA

renal artery / rheumatoid arthritis / right arm / right atrial (atrium)

RAST

radio-allergosorbent test

RBBB

right bundle branch block

RBC

red blood cell / red blood (cell) count

RBS

random blood sugar

R-CVP

rituximab, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisolone

RDS

respiratory distress syndrome

REMS

rapid eye movement sleep

Re-PUVA

PUVA treatment with retinoids

RF

renal failure / rheumatic fever / rheumatoid factor

RFT

respiratory function tests

Rh factor

rhesus factor

RHF

right heart failure

RHL

right hepatic lobe

rhuEPO

recombinant human erythropoietin

rhuGM-CSF

recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor

RIF

right iliac fossa

RIMA

reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase type A

RITA

radiofrequency interstitial tumour ablation

RK

right kidney

RL

right leg / right lung

RLC

residual lung capacity

RLD

related living donor

RLL

right lower lobe (lung)

RLQ

right lower quadrant (abdomen)

RP

radial pulse

RPGN

rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis

RPI

resting pressure index

RQ

respiratory quotient

RR

respiratory rate

RR & E

round, regular and equal (pupils)

RRT

renal replacement therapy

RS

respiratory system

RSF

rheumatoid serum factor

RSV

respiratory syncytial virus

RTA

road traffic accident

rt-PA

recombinant plasminogen activator

RUL

right upper lobe

RUQ

right upper quadrant

RV

residual volume / right ventricle

RVH

right ventricular hypertrophy

RVOT

right ventricular outflow tract

SA

sinoatrial (node) / Stokes-Adams (attacks) / surface area

SAH

subarachnoid haemorrhage

SARS

severe acute respiratory syndrome

SARS CoV

severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronovirus

SB

seen by / shortness of breath

SBE

subacute bacterial endocarditis / shortness of breath on exertion

SBO

small bowel obstruction

SBP

spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

sCT

spiral computed tomography

SCU

slow continuous ultrafiltration

SCUF

slow continuous ultrafiltration

SDD

selective decontamination of the digestive tract

SEM

systolic ejection murmur

SERM

selective estrogen receptor modulator

SGOT

serum glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase

SGPT

serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase

SH

social history

SIADH

syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone

SIDS

sudden infant death syndrome

SJS

Stevens-Johnson syndrome

SLE

systemic lupus erythematosus

SmPC

summary of product characteristics

SNRI

serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor

SOA

swelling of ankle(s)

SOAP

subjective, objective, assessment, plan

SOB

short of breath

SOBOE

short of breath on exertion

SP

systolic pressure

SPA

suprapubic aspiration

SPC

Summary of Product Characteristics

SR

sinus rhythm / sustained release

SS

serotonin syndrome

SSI

surgical site infection

SSRI

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

ST

sinus tachycardia

stat.

immediately (Latin: statim)

STD

sexually transmitted disease

STS

sodium tetradecyl sulphate / serological tests for syphilis

SV

stroke volume

SVI

stroke volume index

SVT

supraventricular tachycardia

SWS

slow-wave sleep

Sx.

symptoms

T

temperature

T & C

type and cross-match