LOM Chapter 12 Abbreviations
Terms
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- ABGs
- Arterial Blood Gases
- AFB
- Acid-Fast Bacillus (Organism causing tuberculosis)
- ARDS
- Adult (or acute) Respiratory Distress Syndrome (a group of symptoms - tachypnea, dyspnea, tachycardia, hypoxemia, cyanosis - resulting in acute respiratory failure)
- BAL
- Bronchial Aveolar Lavage
- Bronch
- Bronchoscopy
- COPD
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (airway obstruction associated with emphysema and chronic bronchitis)
- CPAP
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
- CPR
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (3 basic steps: airway opened by tilting the head, breathing restored by mouth-to-mouth breathing, circulation restored by external cardiac compression)
- CTA
- Clear to Auscultation
- CXR
- Chest X-Ray
- DLco
- Diffusion in capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide
- DOE
- Dyspnea on Exertion
- DPI
- Dry Powder Inhaler
- DPT
- Diptheria, Pertussis, Tetanus (injection in an infant to provide immunity to these diseases)
- FEV1
- Forced expirations volume in first second
- FVC
- Forced Vital Capacity
- ICU
- Intensive Care Unit
- LLL
- Left Lower Lobe (of lung)
- LUL
- Left Upper Lobe (of lung)
- MDI
- Metered-dose Inhaler; used to deliver aerosolized medications to patients with respiratory disease
- NIV
- Noninvasive ventilation
- NSCLC
- Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
- OSA
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Paco2
- Carbon Dioxide Partial Pressure; amount of carbon dioxide in arterial blood
- PAo2
- Oxygen Partial Pressure; amount of oxygen in arterial blodd
- PCP
- Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (a type of pneumonia seen in patients with AIDS)
- PE
- Pulmonary Embolism
- PEEP
- Positive End Expiratory Pressure (a common mechanical ventilator setting in which airway pressure is maintained above atmospheric pressure)
- PFTs
- Pulmonary Function Tests
- PND
- Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea
- PPD
- Purified Protein Derivative (Substance used in a tuberculosis test)
- RDS
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome (condition of newborn marked by dyspnea and cyanosis and related to absence of surfactant, a substance that permits normal expansion of lungs); also called hyaline membrane disease
- RLL
- Right Lower Lobe (of lungs)
- RSV
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus; in tissue culture forms synctia or giant cells (cytoplasm flows together). It is a common cause of bronchiolitis, bronchopneumonia, and the common cold.
- RUL
- Right Upper Lobe (of lungs)
- SCLC
- Small Cell Lung Cancer
- SIMV
- Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation
- SOB
- Shortness of Breath
- TB
- Tuberculosis
- TLC
- Total Lung Capacity
- URI
- Upper Respiratory Infection
- VAP
- Ventilation-Associated Pneumonia
- VATS
- Video-Assisted Thorascopy
- V/Q scan
- Ventilation-Perfusion Scan. Radioactive test of lung ventilation and blood perfusion throughout the lung capillaries (lung scan)