| ACRONYM |
ACRONYM SPELLED OUT |
| ACEI |
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor |
| AF |
Atrial fibrillation |
| ADR |
Adverse drug reaction |
| BB |
Beta blocker |
| CAD |
Coronary artery disease |
| CAP |
Community acquired pneumonia |
| CHADS₂ |
Congestive heart failure or transient ischemic attach. age > 75, hypertension, diabetes, or stroke (doubled) |
| CHA₂DS₂-VASc |
Congestive heart failure, hypertension, age ≥75 (doubled), diabetes, stroke (doubled), vascular disease, age 65 to 74 and sex category (female) |
| CK |
Creatine kinase |
| COPD |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CV |
Cardiovascular |
| HAS-BLED |
Hypertension, Abnormal liver/renal function, Stroke history, Bleeding history or predisposition, Labile INR, Elderly, Drug/alcohol usage. |
| HFrEF |
Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction |
| HFpEF |
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction |
| DAPT |
Dual antiplatelet therapy |
| HDL |
High density lipoprotein |
| LDL |
Low density lipoprotein |
| MI |
Myocardial Infarction |
| MRSA |
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| NSTEMI |
Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction |
| PCI |
Percutaneous coronary intervention |
| PRAM |
Pediatric respiratory assessment measure |
| STEMI |
ST-elevation myocardial infarction |
