Important Medical Abbreviations Part#2

 

Important Medical Abbreviations Part2

AML:acute myeloid leukaemia

AMSAN/AMAN :acute motor/sensory axonal neuropathy

ANA :anti-nuclear antibody

ANCA :anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody

ANS: autonomic nervous system

APAbs: antiphospholipid antibodies

APCs: antigen-presenting cells

APML: acute promyelocytic leukaemia

APS: antiphospholipid syndrome

APTT: activated partial thromboplastin time

AR: aortic regurgitation

ARB: angiotensin receptor blocker

ARC: AIDS-related complex

ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome

ARF: acute rheumatic fever

ARPKD: autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease

ARVC: arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

ASD: atrial septal defect

ASOT: anti-streptolysin O titre

AST :aspartate aminotransferase

AT: angiotensin

ATG: anti-thymocyte globulin

ATN: acute tubular necrosis

ATP: adenosine triphosphate

ATRA: all-trans retinoic acid

AV: atrioventricular

AVM: arteriovenous malformations

AVNRT: atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia

AVR; aortic valve replacement

AVRT: atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia

AVSD: atrio-ventricular septal defect

AXR: abdominal X-ray

BCC: basal cell carcinoma

BCS: Budd–Chiari syndrome

BD: bis in die; twice daily

BE :base excess

BMD: bone mineral density

BMI: body mass index

BMT: bone marrow transplant

BMZ: basement membrane zone

BNP: b-type natriuretic peptide

BPPV :benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

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