What does the abbreviation GCS stand for in medical terms?
There may be a few different meanings of abbreviation GCS. However, what does the GCS medical term mean?
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What is the meaning of GCS medical abbreviation?
In medicine, the medical term GCS stands for Glascow Coma Scale.
GCS: Glascow Coma Scale
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| ARB | Angiotensin Receptor Blocker |
| ARF | Acute Renal Failure |
| B-Med | behavioral medicine |
| BF | breast feed(ing); boyfriend |
| BH | behavioral health |
| CAO | conscious, alert, and oriented |
| CWR | canal wall reconstruction |
| DIC | Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy |
| EED | erythema elevatum diutinum |
| F/T | full time |
| FIV | forced inspiratory volume |
| FPL | flexor pollicis longus |
| G#P# | Gravida # Para # |
| HPI | History of Present Illness |
| IFA | immunofluorescence assay |
| IPSP | inhibitory postsynaptic potential |
| LOA | Lysis Of Adhesions |
| Leu | leucine |
| MDA | medical device alert |
| MP MIA | microlatex particle mediated immunoassay |
| MPAP | mean pulmonary artery pressure |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute |
| OCP | Oral Contraceptive Pill |
| OFTT | organic failure to thrive |
| PBA | pseudobulbar affect |
| PLSS | portable life-support system |
| PNI | peripheral nerve injury |
| POU | placenta, ovary, uterus |
| PPV | pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine; positive predictive value |
| Px | prognosis |
| RHF | right heart failure |
| RNST | reactive non stress test |
| SCJ | sternoclavicular joint |
| SGOT | serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase |
| SNOMED | systematized nomenclature of medicine |
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| SSRI | Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor |
| STX | Stricture |
| SiPAP | synchronized inspiratory positive airway pressure |
| Sr | Strontium (element) |
| TRBF | total renal blood flow |
| Trp | tryptophan |
| Tyr | tyrosine |
| ULN | Upper limits of normal |
| Yb | Ytterbium (element) |
| km | kilometer |
| mU | milliunit; micro unit |
| mor. dict. | as directed |
| noct | nocturnal, night |
| path | pathologist; pathology |
