What does ABCDE medical abbreviation mean?

What does the medical abbreviation ABCDE mean?

The ABCDE abbreviation may have multiplied meanings. Below is the meaning of ABCDE abbreviation in medical terms.

ABCDE medical abbreviation, what is the meaning of it?

In the medical field, the medical abbreviation ABCDE stands for Asymmetry, Borders, Colour, Diameter, Expert.

ABCDE: Asymmetry, Borders, Colour, Diameter, Expert

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ACBRAmerican Chiropractic Board of Radiology
AKAAbove Knee Amputation
ANGIOAngiography
APADanteroposterior abdominal diameter
BCMCBradley County Medical Center
BIPAPBi-Level Positive Airway Pressure
BMRbasal metabolic rate
BSOMbilateral serous otitis media
CBDCommon Bile Duct; Closed Bag Drainage
CBGcapillary blood gas; corticosteroidbinding globulin
CCMSclean catch midstream (specimen)
CIBHchange in bowel habits
CPUChest Pain Unit
D&CDilatation and Currettage
DECADevereux Early Childhood Assessment
DIPJdistal interphalangeal joint
DTaPdiphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis
DV/SAdomestic violence/sexual assault
EBRTExternal Beam Radiation Therapy
ECLelectrochemiluminescence
EUSendoscopic ultrasound
Ed.DDoctor of Education
FICSFellow of the International College of Surgeons
FIHfirst-in-human [clinical trials]
FRCPFellow of the Royal College of Physicians
FTSGfull-thickness skin graft
FWMLFar West Medicare Local
GABRB3GABAA receptor gene
GIBGastrointestinal Bleeding
GM&SGeneral Medicine and Surgery
GOMERSlang for “get out of my emergency room.”
GRPGlucose-Regulated Protein
GyGray (unit of ionizing radiation)
HAZMAThazardous materials
HBTHydrogen Breath Test
HDIhigh-definition imaging
HEPhome exercise program
HGSILhigh-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
HIDAhepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid (cholescintigraphy)
HSAt Bedtime
IDInfectious Diseases
IIDintermittent infusion device (saline lock)
LGLlarge granular lymphocyte; Lown Ganong Levine syndrome
LNMPlast normal menstrual period
LOFAleft outer forearm
LVAleft ventricular aneurysm
LVDLeft Ventricular Dysfunction
LWDliving with disease
LaLanthanum (element); La antigen; lactic acidosis
MATmiller analogies test; modular antigen transporter
MDSMyelo dysplastic syndrome
MFFDmedically fit for discharge
MISMEMultiple inherited schwannomas, meningiomas, and ependymomas
MPTPMedical Proficiency Training Program
NCCAOMNational Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
NKHGnonketotic hyperglycinemia
NMPBNational Medicines and Poisons Board
OPHSoffice of public health and science
PASPpulmonary artery systolic pressure
PMUpain management unit
PaPascal
Qbblood flow
RDUrheumatic disease unit
RFFFradial forearm free flap
RMPrifampin
RUERight Upper Extremity
SCCsquamous cell carcinoma; skilled care coordinator
SGUstandard IgG beta-2 glycoprotein unit
SIMDsubstance-induced mood disorder
SOIseverity of illness
SOMserous otitis media
SPsuprapubic (catheter); Sanofi Pasteur
SScsystemic sclerosis
T&Htype and hold
TIStumor in situ
TPPAtreponema pallidum particle agglutination (assay)
TSTtuberculin skin test
Tibtibial
TmThulium (element)
UVCumbilical venous catheter
WICwomen, infants, children
begbegin, began, beginning
c.n.tomorrow night (cras nocte)
immimmunization
lablaboratory
occoccasional
relrelated; relative
spontspontaneous
tincttincture
ut. dict.as directed (ut dictum)
w/nwell nourished