What is HBO medical abbreviation?

What does the medical term HBO mean?

The HBO abbreviation may have multiplied meanings. However, what does HBO mean in medical terms?

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What is the HBO medical abbreviation?

In medical field, However, the medical abbreviation HBO stands for hyperbaric oxygenation.

HBO: hyperbaric oxygenation

BCCP	breast and cervical cancer (treatment) program
BNP	brain natriuretic peptide; B-type natriuretic peptide
CDI	Clean Dry Intact
CMV	Cyto-Megalo Virus
CNM	Certified Nurse Midwife
CO	Cardiac Output
CRO	clinical research organization
CSO	chief scientific officer
CaCO3	calcium carbonate
DHx	drug history
DOA	date of admission; duration of action; dead on arrival
DSC	Doctor of Surgical Chiropody
EPI	echo planar imaging; epidemiology or epidemiologist
EPS	Electro-Physiologic Study
GM&S	General Medicine and Surgery
GUM	genitourinary medicine
HTN	Hypertension
IP joint	interphalangeal joint
IVU	intravenous urography
JOD	juvenile-onset diabetes
LXT	exotropia (left)
MAOI	monoamine oxidase inhibitor
MGF	maternal grandfather
MLC	midline catheter; multi lumen catheter
N	Nausea
NSA	no significant abnormality
PBC	Primary Billiary Cirrhosis
PNA	Pneumonia
PP	Pin Prick
PRP	polysaccharide-ribitol-phosphate vaccine; platelet-rich plasma; pan retinal photocoagulation
QHS	Every Night
RDH	Registered Dental Hygienist
RDU	rheumatic disease unit
RTA	renal tubular acidosis; road traffic accident
SA	Sino-Atrial; Staph Aureus
SNRI	serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor
Strep	streptococcus
TEF	tracheoesophageal fistula
UVA	ultraviolet A (rays)
UVJ	uretero vesicle junction
V fib	ventricular fibrillation
VS	Vital Signs
ddC	zalcitabine
g	gram, a unit of weight. The cream is available in both 30 and 60 gram tubes.
lb	pound
mets	metastasis
mx.	maxillary
oz	ounce
rBGH	recombinant bovine growth hormone
ugE	microgE
ut. dict.	as directed (ut dictum)