What does the medical abbreviation START mean?
There may be more than one meaning of START. However, what does the abbreviation START stand for in medical terms?
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What is the meaning of START medical abbreviation?
In science & medicine, the meaning of the START medical abbreviation is simple triage and rapid treatment.
START: simple triage and rapid treatment
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| BCCP | breast and cervical cancer (treatment) program |
| BCP | birth control pill(s) |
| C/w | consistent with; continue with |
| CA | cancer, carcinoma; cortical area; chronological age; coronary artery |
| CMC | carpo metacarpal |
| CRD | chronic respiratory disease |
| EFM | electronic fetal monitor |
| EOC | Emergency Operations Center |
| ESI | Epidural Steroid Injection |
| EVOO | extra-virgin olive oil |
| F&E | fluid and electrolyte |
| FACD | Fellow of the American College of Dentists |
| FNAC | fine-needle aspiration cytology |
| GE | gastroenterology; gastroesophageal |
| GLP | good laboratory practice |
| GvHD | Graft vs. host disease. It is complicated by the syndromes of acute and chronic graft-vs-host disease (GVHD). |
| HHE | health hazard evaluation |
| HRT | Hormone Replacement Therapy |
| IAW | in accordance with |
| ID | Infectious Diseases |
| IDT | interdisciplinary team |
| IPPV | intermittent positive pressure ventilation |
| LEEP | loop electrosurgical excision procedure |
| LGL | large granular lymphocyte; Lown Ganong Levine syndrome |
| MAT | miller analogies test; modular antigen transporter |
| MLF | medial longitudinal fasciculus |
| NAT | non-accidental trauma; nucleic acid-based tests |
| NST | non-stress test |
| O2Sat | Oxygen saturation (percent) |
| OB-Gyn | obstetrics and gynecology |
| PMN | Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes |
| PPA | phenyl pyruvic acid |
| PPS | postpartum sterilization |
| Pap test | Papanicolaou test (smear) |
| Pr | Praseodymium (element) |
| RAIU | radioactive iodine uptake |
| RUD | right uterine displacement |
| SCID | severe combined immunodeficiency |
| Se | Selenium (element) |
| VSD | Ventricular Septal Defect |
| WNV | West Nile Virus |
| conc | concentrated |
| det. | let it be given (detur) |
| iFR | instant wave-free ratio |
| mMol | millimole |
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| mono | monocyte; mononucleosis |
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| sig | signal; label; signature |
| x-ray | radiology |
