What does SBAR mean in medical terms?
There may be more than one meaning of SBAR. However, what does the medical abbreviation SBAR mean?
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What is the meaning of SBAR medical abbreviation?
In the medical field, the medical abbreviation SBAR stands for situation, background, assessment, recommendation.
SBAR: situation, background, assessment, recommendation
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| ASD | Atrial Septal Defect |
| BCCP | breast and cervical cancer (treatment) program |
| BCNSP | Board Certified Nutrition Support Pharmacist |
| BDD | body dysmorphic disorder |
| BED | binge eating disorder |
| Br | Bromine (element) |
| CEU | continuing education unit |
| CFR | Certified First Responder; child fatality review; Code of Federal Regulations; case fatality ratio |
| CHL | conductive hearing loss |
| COT | Nicotine/Cotinine (COT test) |
| CVAT | costovertebral angle tenderness |
| DHEA | dehydroepiandrosterone |
| FSH | Follicle Stimulating Hormone |
| GABAB | gamma-aminobutyric acid type b |
| GPC | Gram Positive Coccus |
| HAD | hospital anxiety and depression [scale] |
| HCST | hematopoietic stem cell transplant |
| HOB | Head Of Bed |
| HPL | human placental lactogen |
| LUL | Left Upper Lobe; also Left Upper Lid |
| MAO-B | monoamine oxidase-b |
| MCI | mild cognitive impairment; mass casualty incident |
| N/C | nasal cannula; no complaints |
| NBCCS | Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute |
| NCS | Nerve Conduction Study |
| NSAID | nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug |
| O/E | on examination |
| OB-Gyn | obstetrics and gynecology |
| OFTT | organic failure to thrive |
| OPD | outpatient department |
| PHS | Public Health Service |
| PIF | prolactin release-inhibiting factor; peak inspiratory flow |
| PMN | Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes |
| POCT | point of care testing |
| PRQM | publicly reported quality measures |
| RSB | regular sinus bradycardia |
| RSC | right subclavian |
| SIL | squamous intraepithelial lesion |
| SOS | sinusoidal obstruction syndrome; help needed distress signal (save our ship) |
| T&C | Type and Cross |
| UF | Ultra Filtration |
| ULN | Upper limits of normal |
| Urol | urology |
| WAP | wandering atrial pacer; written action plan |
| cDNA | complementary DNA |
| cert | certified, certificate |
| cryo | cryosurgery; cryoprecipitate |
| primip | primipara |
| spt. | spirit |
