What is H&N medical abbreviation?

What does the medical abbreviation H&N mean?

In some cases, there may be more than one meaning of H&N. However, what does the medical term H&N stand for?

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What does H&N medical abbreviation mean?

In science & medicine, the meaning of the H&N medical abbreviation is head and neck.

H&N: head and neck

AVR	Aortic Valve Replacement
CEN	Certified Emergency Nurse
COH	carbohydrate; controlled ovarian hyperstimulation
D/B	date of birth
DC	Discharge; Discontinue; Doctor of Chiropractics
DIC	Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy
DIPJ	distal interphalangeal joint
DISIDA	diisopropyl iminodiacetic acid (cholescintigraphy)
Diff	differential
Dz	disease
EPI	echo planar imaging; epidemiology or epidemiologist
ESBL	extended-spectrum beta laminase
ETT	Exercise Tolerance Test; also Endotracheal Tube
FRC	Functional Residual Capacity
GMC	general medical council
HI	Homicidal Ideation
IBC	iron binding capacity
JT	Joint.
KB	ketone bodies; knee brace
LASIK	laser assisted in situ keratomileusis
LD50	lethal dose at which 50% of animal test group dies
LVG	left ventriculogram
MCD	multiple carboxylase deficiency
MSI	magnetic source imaging; microsatellite instability
N&V	nausea and vomiting
NSV	non-specific vaginitis
OTC	Over The Counter
PAOP	pulmonary artery occlusion pressure
PCS	procedure coding system
PCT	proximal convoluted tubule; patient care technician; photochemical treatment
PKR	partial knee replacement; photorefractive keratotomy
R/L	right to left
RSC	right subclavian
SA	Sino-Atrial; Staph Aureus
SCLE	subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
TIS	tumor in situ
TNT	trinitrotoluene
WNV	West Nile Virus
cath	cathartic; catheter(ization)
dB	decibel (measurement of sound volume)
dep	dependent
ft	foot, feet (0.3048 meter)
kDNA	kinetoplast DNA
nDNA	native DNA
omn. hor.	every hour
ref	refuse(d); referral/refer
s/w	somewhat
seq	sequence
supp	suppository
ut	uterus
vit	vitamin