Medical Abbreviations

PTE Stands For : percutaneous transcatheter embolisation | post transplant erythrocytosis | post traumatic epilepsy | proximal tubular epithelium | pulmonary thromboembolism | post-traumatic epilepsy.

PTL Stands For : pancreatic triglyceride lipase | patient targeting list | patient tracking list | peripheral T cell lymphoma | preterm labour | primary thyroid lymphoma | This term got 45 hits on 23102011 | Pre Term Labor | Purple Tailed Lizard.

PTS Stands For : patient transport services | Pediatric Trauma Score | peptide transport system | post thrombotic syndrome | post-traumatic syringomyelia | prior to surgery | patients | post-thrombotic syndrome | Patient Transport Service | positive threshold shift | Post Traumatic Stress.

PUN Stands For : patient unmet needs | plasma urea nitrogen.

PVL Stands For : Panton-Valentine leukocidin | Peri -Ventricular Leukomalacia.

PwSI Stands For : Practitioner with Special Interest (GP with special interest).

PYA Stands For : Penultimate Year Assessment.

q Stands For : long arm of a chromosome | quintal | Quinacrine | Every two hours | Quaque ( Each or Every) | Queasy | quaque - every.

QA Stands For : quality accounts | quarternary amine | quinolinic acid | Quick Acting.

QAA Stands For : Quality Assurance Authority | Quality Assessment Agency (for higher education).

QAFP Stands For : Quality Assurance of the Foundation Programme.

QALY Stands For : quality-adjusted life year | quality-adjusted life years | Quality Adjusted Life Year.

QARC Stands For : Quality Assurance Reference Centre.

QAT Stands For : quality assessment team.

QC Stands For : Queen‰Ûªs Counsel.

QEHB Stands For : Queen Elizabeth Hospitals Birmingham.

QEII Stands For : Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

QIPP Stands For : Quality.

QMAES Stands For : Quarterly Monitoring Accident and Emergency Services.

QMAS Stands For : Quality Management and Analysis subsystem | The latter term got 28 hits on 23102011.

QMAS XX Stands For : Quality Management and Analysis system.

QOF target XX Stands For : Quality and Outcomes Framework target (QOF target).

QOF XX Stands For : Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF).

QPC Stands For : Quality and Productivity Challenge | quality of patient care.

QPDT Stands For : Quality and Practice Development Team.

QR Stands For : quercetin | quick release (!) | quiet room | quieting response | quinone reductase.

QSS(C) Stands For : Quality Safety and Standards (Committee).

QUANGO XX Stands For : quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation (quango).

R&M Stands For : routine and manual.

R&S Stands For : recruitment and selection.

RA Stands For : radial | radial artery | radioactive | radioactivity | radioassay | radiographic absorptiometry | radionuclide angiography | ragweed antigen | receptor antagonist | rectus abdominis | refractory anaemia | refractory ascites | regional anaesthesia | regression analysis | renal agenesis | renal artery | research associate | respiratory arrest | retinoic acid | revenue account (!) | right anterior | right atrial | rotational atherectomy | rounded atelectasis | route of administration | Room Air | rheumatoid arthrisi | Rheumatoid Arthritis | right arm | right atrium | Rheumatoid Arthritis | Right Arm | Right Atrium | Rubella Abortus.

RAB Stands For : recombinant antibody | Resource Accounting and Budgeting | Resource Accounting Body | risk assessment battery.

RAc Stands For : Registered Acupuncturist | Recovery Audit Contractor.

RACI Stands For : Responsible.

RACPC Stands For : rapid access chest pain clinic.

RAE Stands For : reactive angioendotheliomatosis | Retinol Activity Equivalents | Right Atrial Enlargement.

RAG Stands For : Red Amber Green (traffic light) | Research Allocation Group | risk assessment in genetics | This term got 6 hits on 23102011 and is thus unlikely to be in active use | Recombination Activating Gene | Retinal Ablation Gene.

RAG rating system Stands For : Red Amber Green rating system (Traffic light rating system).

RAGE Stands For : Radiotherapy Action Group Exposure | Rating scale for Aggressive Behaviour in the Elderly | receptor for advanced glycosylation end products | Random Activation Gene Expression | Receptor For Advanced Glycation End.

RAHSC Stands For : Royal Aberdeen Hospital for Sick Children | Royal Aberdeen Hospital for Sick Children.

RAP Stands For : rapid assessment procedure | rapid atrial pacing | referrals | regression associated protein | remedial action plan | Research Applications Program | RNA-III Activating Protein | Regression-Associated Protein | Reinforcing AIDS Prevention | Renal Artery Pressure | Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation | Right Atrial Pressure.

RARP Stands For : resource allocation resource paper | This term got 1 (!) hit on 23102011 It seems inconceivable that it would be in active use.

RAS Stands For : recurrent aphthous stomatitis | Registered Addiction Specialist | respiratory assessment service | retinoic acid syndrome | Rokitansky-Aschoff sinus | rotational atherectomy system | Renin-Angiotensin System | Retrovirus Associated Sequences | renal artery stenosis | Redirecting Antibody Specificity | Renal Artery Stenosis | Reticular Activating System | Reticular Activation System.

RASP Stands For : resource allocation and service planning.

RAT Stands For : radiation therapy | recombinant human antithrombin | Remuneration And Terms (of service committee) | rheumatoid arthritis test | right atrial tachycardia | Radical Anxiety Termination | Right Animal Treatment.

RAWP Stands For : Resource Allocation Working Party.

RBAC Stands For : role-based access control.

RCA Stands For : radiofrequency catheter ablation | random case analysis | red cell agglutination | red cell aggregate | renal carcinoma | renal cell adenoma | renal concentrating ability | replication-competent adenovirus | residual cortical activity | right carotid artery | right coronary angiography | root canal anterior Dentistry | rotational coronary atherectomy | Royal College of Anaesthetists | Ricinus Communis Agglutinin | Ricinus Communis Agglutinin | Right Coronary Artery.

RCAP Stands For : Remedial Clinical Action Plan.

RCC Stands For : rape crisis centre | Rathke cleft cyst | red cell cast | regional cancer centre | Registered Clinical Counsellor | right common carotid | Rural Community Council | Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center | Red blood Cell Count | Red Cell Concentrate | renal cell cancer | Rotterdam Coronary Calcification Study | Renal Cell Carcinoma.