What does the medical term PPM stand for?
Sometime, there may be more than one meaning of PPM abbreviation. However, what does the PPM medical term stand for?
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What is the meaning of PPM medical abbreviation?
In medicine, the medical term PPM stands for planned preventive maintenance; permanent pacemaker.
PPM: planned preventive maintenance; permanent pacemaker
Related Medical Abbreviations
| AF | Atrial Fibrillation; Afebrile |
| AIN | Acute Interstitial Nephritis |
| BCPS | Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist |
| BSC | biological safety cabinet; bedside commode |
| CATH | Catheterization |
| CRR | consult review request |
| CSO | chief scientific officer |
| Cgm | centigram (one hundredth of a gram) |
| DIC | Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy |
| DXT | radiotherapy |
| ECU | extensor carpi ulnaris; emergency care unit |
| EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor [case sensitive] |
| EPI | echo planar imaging; epidemiology or epidemiologist |
| ETT | Exercise Tolerance Test; also Endotracheal Tube |
| FDS | flexor digitorum superficialis |
| FS | frozen section; Fealty’s syndrome; finger stick |
| GGT | gamma-glutamyl transferase |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| HOA | hypertrophic osteoarthropathy |
| HepB | hepatitis B |
| IVPB | intravenous piggyback |
| LOM | loss/limitation of motion |
| LPN | Licensed Practical Nurse |
| LWS | low wall suction |
| MEG | magnetoencephalography |
| NSICU | neurosciences intensive care unit |
| OGT | oral glucose tolerance (test) |
| OS | Left Eye |
| PHB | personal health budget |
| PIA | prolonged infantile apnea |
| RBE | relative biological effectiveness |
| RPM | revolutions per minute |
| SVE | sterile vaginal examination |
| SX P | sexual precautions |
| ScD | Doctor of Science |
| TB | Tuberculosis; Total Bilirubin |
| TBD | to be determined |
| TC&DB | turn, cough, and deep breath |
| TIMI | thrombolysis in myocardial infarction |
| TNF | Tumor Necrosis Factor |
| TPR | temperature, pulse, respiration; total peripheral resistance |
| dep | dependent |
| diam | diameter |
| eGFR | estimated glomerular filtration rate [case sensitive] |
| fps | foot-pound-second |
| incompl | incomplete |
| lat. | lateral |
| lbs | pounds |
| pc | after meals (post cibos) |
| psychol | psychologist |
| subcut | subcutaneous(ly) |
