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Medical, healthcare and clinical acronyms explained.
PVT
portal vein thrombosis
PW
posterior wall
PWC
Power Wheelchair
PWI
perfusion-weighted imaging
PWS
Prader-Willi syndrome
PWS
port-wine stain
PYD
pyridinoline
Q4H
every four hours
Q8H
every eight hours
QABF
Questions About Behavioral Function
QALY
Quality Adjusted Life Years
QAM
every morning
QC
quadrangular cartilage
QD
every day/daily
QH
every hour/hourly
QHP
Qualified Healthcare Professional
QHS
every night/nightly
QID
four times per day
QIDS-SR
Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self-Report
QL
quantity limits
Qmax
maximum urine flow rate
QN
every night/nightly
QOD
every other day
qPCR
quantitative polymerase chain reaction
QSM
quantitative susceptibility mapping
qSOFA
quick sequential organ failure assessment
QTc
corrected QT interval
QTF-TB
QuantiFERON Tuberculosis
QUANTEC
Quantitative Analyses of Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic
QXH
every X hours
R
right
R-CHOP
Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Hydroxydaunomycin, Oncovin, Prednisone
R-EPOCH
Rituximab, Etoposide, Prednisolone, Oncovin, Cyclophosphamide, Hydroxydaunorubicin
R/O
rule out
R0
reproduction number
RA
rheumatoid arthritis
RA
rotational atherectomy
RA
room air
RA
right atrium
RA-ILD
rheumatoid arthritis-interstitial lung disease