What does the abbreviation FDG stand for in medical terms?
The abbreviation FDG may have a few different meanings. However, what is FDG in medical terms?
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FDG medical abbreviation, what is the meaning of it?
In science & medicine, it is Fluorodeoxyglucose the medical abbreviation FDG stands for.
FDG: Fluorodeoxyglucose
Related Medical Abbreviations
| ADE | Adverse Drug Effect |
| ADSM | Academia de Stiinte Medicale |
| AMBP | Advanced Medical Billing Professionals |
| AMS | Altered Mental Status; Acute Mountain Sickness |
| AND | Axillary Node Dissection |
| APD | Afferent Pupillary Defect |
| BF | breast feed(ing); boyfriend |
| BPs | blood pressure, systolic |
| BRAO | Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion |
| CAOX3 | conscious, alert, oriented to person, place, time |
| CPAP | Continuous Positive Airway Pressure |
| CT | Cat Scan; also Chest Tube and Cardio-Thoracic |
| CTA | Clear To Auscultation |
| Cd | Cadmium (element) |
| Cx | cancel; cervix/cervical; conscious; culture |
| DM | Diabetes Mellitus |
| DNKA | did not keep appointment |
| DRESS | drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms |
| DSW | Doctor of Social Work |
| Diff | differential |
| EBH | evidence-based healthcare |
| EMR | electronic medical record |
| FACR | Fellow of the American College of Radiology |
| FADL | functional activities of daily living |
| FDLMP | first date last menstrual period |
| FUDR | floxuridine |
| GA | General Anesthesia |
| GCP | good clinical practice |
| GPT | glutamic-pyruvic transaminase |
| GVHD | Graft Versus Host Disease |
| Gh | glenohumeral |
| Gly | glycine |
| H flu | hemophilus influenzae |
| HHNC | hypertonic hyperosmolar non-ketotic coma |
| HPHC | Harvard Pilgrim Health Care |
| HS | At Bedtime |
| Hgb | hemoglobin |
| Hib | Haemophilus influenzae type B |
| IBS | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| IGIV | immune globulin intravenous |
| IRDS | infant respiratory distress syndrome |
| IU | International units. |
| IVDC | intravascular disseminated coagulation |
| JT | Joint. |
| KPC | Klebsiella Pneumonia Carbapenemase |
| LCF | left cubital fossa |
| LHS | long handled sponge |
| LOF | loss of function |
| LQTS | long QT syndrome |
| LRI | lower respiratory infection |
| M-CSF | macrophage colony-stimulating factor |
| MAC | Monitored Anesthesia Care |
| MF | mid forceps |
| MODS | multiple organ dysfunction syndrome |
| MODY | maturity-onset diabetes of the young |
| NHL | Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma |
| NR | normal record; no record; non reactive |
| Nd | Neodymium (element) |
| OM | Otitis Media |
| PMH | Past Medical History |
| PNC-E | post-necrotic cirrhosis-ethanol |
| PORP | partial ossicular replacement prosthesis |
| PPMA | postpoliomyelitis muscular atrophy |
| PSF | posterior spinal fusion |
| R/F | refill |
| RAT | rapid assessment and treatment |
| RIA | radioimmunoassay |
| RLQ | Right Lower Quadrant |
| RN-C | Registered Nurse-Certified (by ANCC) |
| RVC | responds to verbal commands |
| Rb | Rubidium (element) |
| RhoGAM | rh immune globulin |
| SGU | standard IgG beta-2 glycoprotein unit |
| SIE | stroke in evolution |
| SUD | single-use device; substance use disorder; sudden unexpected death |
| TBI | traumatic brain injury |
| TCC | Transitional Cell Cancer |
| TEF | tracheoesophageal fistula |
| TLSO | thoracolumbar sacroorthosis |
| TR | Tricuspid Regurgitation |
| TURP | Transurethral Prostatectomy |
| Tib | tibial |
| Ua | uranium |
| etc. | etcetera, and so on |
| fl. | flexor |
| g | gram, a unit of weight. The cream is available in both 30 and 60 gram tubes. |
| neb | nebulizer |
| q.i.d. | Four times daily. As in taking a medicine four times daily. |
| resid | residual |
| sut | suture |
| sync | synchronization |
