What does the PEG medical term mean?
There may be a few different meanings of abbreviation PEG. However, what is the medical term PEG?
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What is the PEG medical abbreviation?
In the medical field, the medical abbreviation PEG stands for Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy.
PEG: Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
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| ADE | Adverse Drug Effect |
| BCG | Bacille Calmette-Guerin |
| BME | biomedical engineering |
| BRVO | Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion |
| BUE | both upper extremities |
| CC | Chief Complaint |
| Chr | chronic |
| D/C or DC | Discontinue or discharge. For example, a doctor will D/C a drug. Alternatively, the doctor might DC a patient from the hospital. |
| DOS | date of service |
| DSM-IV | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition |
| DUI | driving under the influence |
| FISH | fluorescence in situ hybridization |
| HCO3 | bicarbonate |
| HHC | home health care |
| IOV | initial office visit |
| IP | Inter-Phalangeal |
| KCL | Potassium chloride. |
| LA | Left Atrium |
| LOA | Lysis Of Adhesions |
| MID | multi-infarct dementia; minimum infective dose |
| NCP | Nursing care plan |
| NSBGP | Non-Specific Bowel Gas Pattern |
| O&G | obstetrics and gynecology |
| OMH | office for migrant health |
| PPBS | postprandial blood sugar |
| PRBCs | Packed Red Blood Cells |
| QALY | quality-adjusted life year |
| RCA | Right Coronary Artery |
| RVCT | report of verified case tuberculosis |
| S/A | sugar and acetone |
| S/P | Status Post; also Supra Pubic |
| SOS | sinusoidal obstruction syndrome; help needed distress signal (save our ship) |
| Sb | Antimony (stibium) (element) |
| Sz | seizure |
| TICU | trauma intensive care unit |
| TLC | Triple Lumen Catheter; Total Lung Capacity |
| TOD | target organ damage |
| TVC | True Vocal Cord |
| Tm | Thulium (element) |
| WIB | western immunoblot |
| WNWD | well-nourished, well-developed |
| bisp. | bispinous diameter (interspinous diameter) |
| cTnT | cardiac troponin T |
| d4t | stavudine |
| dBP | diastolic blood pressure |
| irrig | irrigate, irrigation |
| lb | pound |
| misc | miscellaneous |
| pb | piggyback |
| sbp | spontaneous bacterial peritonitis |
