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platelet-activating factor. paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (meaning intermittent AF) PAH. pulmonary arterial hypertension. phenylalanine hydroxylase. PAI-1. plasminogen activator inhibitor-1. PAL. posterior axillary line.
Website. pmi.edu. The Pima Medical Institute (PMI) is a private for-profit medical career college that trains students for careers as allied health care professionals with campuses throughout the western United States. [1] PMI is the largest independently owned, private allied health school in the U.S. [2] and is nationally accredited by the ...
List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes). This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology ...
Nursing Practitioner vs. Doctor: What Is the Difference? Medical doctors have a longer and more vigorous training program than nurse practitioners. This allows them to cover a larger scope of ...
R for rest -- but not too much. You should move around as soon as you feel up to it. I for ice as soon as possible after your injury. C for compress -- pressure -- with an elastic wrap or bandage ...
Your pulse is the vibration of blood as your heart pumps it through your arteries. You can feel your pulse by placing your fingers over a large artery that lies close to your skin. The apical ...
A professional doctoral degree for naturopathic practitioners in the United States. Holders of the ND or NMD degree are known as naturopathic physicians in states where they may be licensed. The designation NMD is used in Arizona. Doctor of Business Administration. DBA or DrBA. Doctor of Education. EdD or DEd.
Abbreviations of weights and measures are pronounced using the expansion of the unit (mg = "milligram") and chemical symbols using the chemical expansion (NaCl = "sodium chloride"). Some initialisms deriving from Latin may be pronounced either as letters ( qid = "cue eye dee") or using the English expansion ( qid = "four times a day").