ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 5

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Abbreviation Meaning

RA rheumatoid arthritis

RAST radioallergosorbent test

RBC red blood cell

RDA recommended daily allowance

REM rapid eye movement

RF rheumatoid factor

RHC right heart catheterization

RIA radioimmunoassay

RLQ right lower quadrant

RNA ribonucleic acid

ROM rupture of membranes

ROS review of systems

RPR rapid plasma reagin

RR relative risk

RR respiratory rate

RRR relative risk reduction

RSD reflex sympathetic dystrophy

RSV respiratory syncytial virus

RTA renal tubular acidosis

RUA routine urinanalysis

RUQ right upper quadrant

RV residual volume

RV right ventricular

RVH right ventricular hypertrophy

RVSP right ventricular systolic pressure

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SAAG serum-ascites albumin gradient

SAH subarachnoid hemorrhage

SALT skin-associated lymphoid tissue

SAR stucture-activity relationship

SBP spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

SC subcutaneous

SCID severe combined immunodeficiency

SCLC small cell lung cancer

SERM selective estrogen receptor modulator

SES socioeconomic status

SGOT serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase

SGPT serum glutamic pyruvate transaminase

SH sulfhydryl

SIADH syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone

SIDS sudden infant death syndrome

SL sublingual

SLE systemic lupus erythematosus

SMA superior mesenteric artery

SNRI selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor

SO2 sulfur dioxide

SOB shortness of breath

SPEP serum protein electrophoresis

SPN solitary pulmonary nodule

SRS-A slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxis

SQ subcutaneous

SSRI selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

STD sexually transmitted disease

STEMI ST-elevation myocardial infarction

SVT supraventricular tachycardia

T temperature

T3 triiodothyronine

T4 thyroxine

TAH-BSO total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy

TB tuberculosis

TBG thyroxine-binding globulin

TCA tricyclic antidepressant

Td tetanus and diphtheria toxoid adsorbed

TD traveller's diarrhea

TdT tumor doubling time

TEE transesophageal echocardiography

TENS transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

TFT thyroid function test

TGA transposition of the great arteries

TIA transient ischemic attack

TIBC total iron-binding capacity

TID three times daily

TIG tetanus immune globulin

TIPS transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

TNF tumor necrosis factor

tPa tissue plasminogen activator

TRH thyroid / thyrotropin-releasing hormone

tRNA transfer ribonucleic acid

UGIB upper gastrointestinal blood

USAN Council United States Adopted Names Council

USMLE United States Medical Licensing Examination

UTI urinary tract infection

UVR ultraviolet radiation

Vd volume of distribution

VIP vasoactive intestinal peptid

VLDL very-low-density-lipoprotein

VP vasopressin

VT ventricular tachycardia

WHO World Health Organization