What does PAC medical abbreviation stand for?

What does PAC mean in medical terms?

There may be a few different meanings of abbreviation PAC. However, what does the medical abbreviation PAC mean?

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What is the PAC medical abbreviation?

In the medical field, the medical abbreviation PAC stands for premature atrial contraction.

PAC: premature atrial contraction

ADHD	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
BK	below the knee
BSF	basal skull fracture
BSLE	bullous systemic lupus erythematosus
BSN	Bachelor of Science in Nursing; bowel sounds normal
CAD	Coronary Artery Disease
CFC	chlorofluorocarbon
CFTR	cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator
CMR	Chief Medical Resident
CNO	Chief Nursing Officer
DB&C	deep breathing and coughing
DIC	Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy
DPM	Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
DRG	diagnosis-related group
EBNA	Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen
EOS	end of study
EVAR	endovascular aneurysm repair
H&L	heart and lungs
HCM	Health Care Maintenance
ICT	insulin coma therapy
LVEDP	Left Ventricular End Diastolic Pressure
MID	multi-infarct dementia; minimum infective dose
MMPI	Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
MODY	maturity-onset diabetes of the young
MR	Mitral Regurgitation
NUG	necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
PACU	Post Anesthesia Care Unit
PE	Physical Exam; also Pulmonary Embolism
PR/R	per rectum/rectal
RID	radial immunodiffusion
RMP	rifampin
RPGN	Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
RVR	rapid ventricular response
SAH	Sub-Arachnoid Hemorrhage
SSSS	staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
SUI	stress urinary incontinence
TBB	transbronchial biopsy
TBD	to be determined
TMJ	Temporo-Mandibular Joint
Urol	urology
YTD	year to date
dir	direct; director; direction
font	fontanelle
impair	impaired, impairment
inh	inhalation
mol wt	molecular weight
non rep	do not repeat
qv	as much as desired (quantum vis)
reg	regular
sp. Gr.	specific gravity
t.i.d.	Three times daily. As in taking a medicine three times daily.