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| UA |
urinalysis |
| UAC |
uric
acid | umbilical artery catheter |
| UAO |
upper airway
obstruction |
| UBD |
universal blood
donor |
| UC |
ulcerative
colitis | umbilical cord |
| ud |
as
directed |
| UFH |
unfractionated
heparin |
| UGI
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upper
gastrointestinal |
| URI
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upper
respiratory infection |
| URQ |
upper right
quadrant |
| US |
ultrasound |
| UTI |
urinary
tract infection |
| UUN |
urinary
urea nitrogen |
| UVA |
ultraviolet A
light |
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| VAD |
venous access
device |
| VC |
vital
capacity |
| VCT |
venous clotting
time |
| VCUG |
voiding
cysourethrogram |
| VDRL |
Venereal Disease
Research Laboratory (test for syphilis) |
| VMA |
vanillymadelic
acid |
| VO |
verbal
or voice order |
| V/Q |
ventilation
- perfusion |
| VRE |
vancomycin-resistant
enterococcus |
| VSS |
vital
signs stable |
| VT |
ventricular
tachycardia |
| VV |
varicose veins |
| VW |
vessel wall |
| VWD |
von Willebrand's
disease |
| VZV |
varicella zoster
virus |
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| WB |
whole
blood |
| WBC |
white
blood cell or count |
| WBR |
whole body
radiation |
| WD |
well
developed |
| WF |
white
female |
| WIA |
wounded in
action |
| WID |
widow, widower |
| WM |
white
male |
| WN |
well
nourished |
| WNL
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within
normal limits |
| WO |
written order
| weeks old | wide open. |
| WOP |
without pain |
| W.P. |
whirlpool |
| WPW |
Wolff-Parkinson-White |
| W-T-D |
wet to dry |
| W/U |
workup |
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| X2d |
times 2 days. |
| XI |
eleven |
| XII |
twelve |
| XL |
extended
release. | extra large. |
| XM |
crossmatch |
| XMM |
xeromammography |
| XOM |
extraocular
movements |
| XRT |
X-ray
therapy (radiation therapy) |
| XS |
excessive |
| XULN |
times upper
limit of normal |
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| YF |
yellow fever |
| YLC |
youngest living
child |
| yo |
years
old |
| YOB |
year of birth |
| yr |
year |
| ytd |
year to date |
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| ZDV |
zidovudine |
| ZE |
Zollinger-Ellison |
| Z-ESR |
zeta erythrocyte
sedimentation rate |
| Zn |
zinc |
| ZnO |
zinc oxide |
| ZSB |
zero stools
since birth |
