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airway, breathing, circulation

American diabetes association

attention deficit disorder

antidiuretic hormone

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

adenosine diphosphate

acid fast bacilli

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

albumin

acute lymphocytic leukemia

against medical advice

acute renal failure

blood brain barrier

bowel movement

basal metabolic rate

benign prostatic hypertrophy

body surface area

blood urea nitrogen

cyclic adenosine monophosphate

coronary artery bypass graft

computer axial tomography

Centers for Disease Control

cystic fibrosis

colony forming units

cardiac index

chronic kidney disease

cardiac output

chronic renal disease

clear to auscultation

chemoreceptor trigger zone

disseminated intravascular coagulation

5% dextrose in water

diabetic ketoacidosis

disease modifying antirheumatic drug

dyspnea on exterion

diabetic peripheral neuropathy

delirium tremens

deep vein thrombosis

Epstein-Barr virus

extracellular fluid

electrocardiogram

erectile dysfunction

eyes, ears, nose, throat

epidermal growth factor

extraocular muscles intact

extrapyramidal syndrome

end-stage renal disease

alcohol

and others

fetal alcohol syndrom

free fatty acid

follicle stimulating hormone

forced vital capacity

fracture

generalized anxiety disorder

glomerular filtration rate

glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

graft versus host disease

hemoglobin

human chorionic gonadotropin

human immunodeficiency virus

hepato jugular reflex

hepatosplenomegaly

herpes simplex virus

intracellular fluid

intensive care unit

insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

insulin-like growth factor

impaired glucose tolerance

intravenous drug abuser

lymphadenopathy

luteinizing hormone

myocardial fibrosis

methanol, uremia, lactic acidosis, ethylene glycol, paraldehyde, aspirin, diabetic ketoacidosis (cause of metabolic acidosis)

new drug application

norepinephrine

nasogastric tube

non-insulin dependent diabtes mellitus

occult blood

oral contraceptive

obsessive-compulsive disorder

oral glucose tolerance test

polycystic ovarian syndrome

parts pre billion

parts per million

pulmonary wedge pressure

rheumatoid arthritis

rapid eye movement

range of motion

respiration rate, respiratory rate

right upper lobe

seasonal affective disorder

serum creatinine

sterile water for injection

seizure

half life

tuberculosis

torsades de pointes

triglycerides

tumor necrosis factor

upper left quadrant

very low density lipoprotein

varicella zoster virus