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Nursing Abbreviation

Harcum Nursing 101 Abbreviations C

QuestionAnswer
CABG Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery Pronounced "Cabbage"
CAD Coronary artery disease
cAMP cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CA Carcinoma
Ca Calcium
CADASIL Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy
CAH Chronic Active Hepatitis
CAH Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
CAT Computed axial tomography
CAPD Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
CBC Complete Blood Count
CC Cubic centimenter, or Chief Complaint
CCK Cholecystokinin
CDI Clean, dry and intact
CEA Carcinoembryonic antigen
CF Cystic fibrosis
cGMP Cyclic guanosine monophosphate
ChE Cholinesterase
CHD Coronary heart disease
CHE Cholinesterase
CHF Congestive heart failure
CJD Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
CK Creatine kinase
CKD Chronic kidney disease
CLL Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
CML Chronic myelogenous leukemia also called Chronic myeloid leukaemia
CMML Chronic myelomoncytic leukemia
CMS Chronic mountain sickness
CMV Cytomegalovirus
CNS Central nervous system
COAD Chronic Obstructive airways disease
COLD Chronic obstructive lung disease
COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CO Cardiac output
CO Carbon monoxide
CO2 Carbon dioxide
CP cerebral palsy
CPAP Continuous positive airway pressure
CPK Creatine phosphokinase
CPM Continouse
CPR Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CRF Chronic renal failure
CRF Corticotropin-releasing factor
CRH Corticotropin-releasing hormone
CRI Chronic renal insufficiency
CRP C-reactive protein
CS Caesarean section
C&S Culture and sensitivity
CSF Cerebrospinal fluid
CT computed axial tomography
CTX ceftriaxone, a third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic
CVA Cerebrovascular accident
CVC Central venous catheter
CVD Cardiovascular disease
CVP Central venous pressure
CVS Chorionic villus sample
CXR Chest X-ray
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