
Glossary of Abbreviations
3-HBDH | β-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase |
AAMI | Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (USA) |
ABPM | Ambulatory blood pressure measurement |
aka | Also known as |
AMA | American Medical Association |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
AST | Alternative site testing |
Avg / AVG | Average |
BGM | Blood glucose meter / Glucometer |
BHS | British Hypertension Society (now BIHS) |
BIHS | British and Irish Hypertension Society (formerly BHS) |
BLS | Biomedical laboratory scientist |
BMI | Body mass index |
BP | Blood pressure |
BPM | Blood pressure monitor / Sphygmomanometer |
CAM | Cardiac Arrhythmia Monitor |
CCI | Continuous cardiac index |
CCO | Continuous cardiac output |
CEN | Comité Européen de Normalisation; European Committee for Standardization |
CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (USA); formerly NCCLS |
CM | Contract Manufacturer |
CO | Cardiac output |
CO₂ | Carbon dioxide |
COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
CSA | Canadian Standards Association |
CTL | Control |
d | day(s) |
DBP | Diastolic blood pressure |
DE | Germany |
DET | dabl Educational Trust |
DHL | Deutsche Hochdruckliga (German Hypertension League) |
DIN | Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Institute for Standardisation) |
dL | decilitre(s) |
EASC | EuroAsian Interstate Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification (English for МГС) |
ECG | Electrocardiogram |
EEG | Electroencephalogram |
EN | European Norm(s) / European Standard |
ESH | European Society of Hypertension |
ESH-IP | European Society of Hypertension International Protocol |
EtCO₂ | End tidal carbon dioxide |
FAD | Flavin adenine dinucleotide |
FDA | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
GDH | Glucose dehydrogenase |
ГОСТ GOST | Государственный Стандарт (Russian) State Standard |
GOx | Glucose Oxidase |
HbA1c | Glycated Haemoglobin |
Hg | Mercury |
HK | (Perchloric acid) hexokinase glucose analyser; aka PCA-HK [Hitachi 917, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim, Germany] |
HR | Heart rate / Pulse |
IA | Intra-arterial |
IDF | International Diabetes Federation |
IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Im. meas. | Automatic intermittent measurements at specified intervals or times |
IRL | Ireland |
ISO | International Organization for Standardization/International Standards Organization |
JIS | 日本工業規格 Japanese Industrial Standards |
JSH | Japanese Society of Hypertension |
kg | kilogram(s) |
kPa | kilopascal(s) |
L | litre(s) |
LED | Light emitting diode |
m | metre(s) |
MAP | Mean arterial pressure |
meas | Measurement(s) |
mg | milligram(s) |
МГС MGS | Межгосударственный совет по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации (Russian for EASC) |
mmHg | millimetre(s) of mercury |
mmol | millimole(s) |
N₂O | Nitrous oxide |
NAD | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |
NCCLS | National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (USA); Now CLSI |
O₂ | Oxygen |
OBL | Own brand labeller |
ODM | Original design manufacturer |
OEM | Original equipment manufacturer |
PC | Personal computer (Microsoft Windows operating system) |
PCA-HK | Perchloric acid hexokinase glucose analyser – see HK |
PP | Pulse Pressure (SBP – DBP) |
PPV | Pulse pressure variation |
PQQ | Pyrroloquinolinequinone |
Pro. use | Professional use |
Rep. meas. | Repeated measurements with average |
SBP | Systolic blood pressure |
SKUP | Skandinavisk Utprøving av Laboratorieutstyr for PrimæRhelsetjenesten (Scandinavian Evaluation of Laboratory Equipment for Primary Health Care) |
SV | Stroke volume |
SaO₂ | Arterial oxygen saturation |
SO₂ | Oxygen saturation |
SpHb | Non-invasive Haemoglobin |
SpO₂ | Peripheral oxygen saturation |
SvO₂ | True mixed venous oxygen saturation |
SVR | Systemic vascular resistance |
SVV | Stroke volume variation |
TÜV | Technischer Überwachungsverein Technical Inspection Association |
UK | United Kingdom |
US / USA | United States of America |
VDL | Validated Device Listing |
WB | Whole blood |
YSI | YSI 2300 STAT Plus glucose analyser [YSI (formerly Yellow Springs Instrument Company) Life Sciences, Yellow Springs, OH, USA] |