Acronyms Galore!

[Erin]

Thanks to RobertM for compiling this great list of acronyms!

If you have any to add, please post in the following thread: viewtopic.php?t=1124

ABI Acquired Brain Injury
ADL's Activities of Daily Living (eat, dress, shower...)
AD Alzheimer's Disease
ADRD Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia
ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease
APS Adult Protective Services
BI Brain Injury
BP Blood Pressure
CFS Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
CHF Congestive Heart Failure
COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CP Cerebral Palsy
DHHS Department of Health & Human Services
Dx Diagnosis
ESRD End Stage Renal Disease
Fibro Fibromyalgia
HPBI Hypoxic Brain Injury
IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome
IS Ill Spouse
LE Lymphedema
MCTD Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
MS Multiple Sclerosis
MSA Multiple System Atrophy
NH Nursing Home
OT Occupational therapy
P&A Protection and Advocacy (each state is federally mandated to have a P&A. Find your state's agency by visiting http://www.napas.org)
PD Parkinson's Disease
PSP Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
PT Patient
PT Physical therapy
RA Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rx Prescription
Sarc Sarcoidosis
SCI Spinal Cord Injury
SD Scleroderma
SLE Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
ST Speech Therapy
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
TIA Transient Ischemic Attack (Mini Strokes)
VRE Vancomyacin Resistant E-coli
WC Well Child
WS Well Spouse

FWIW For What It’s Worth
FYI For Your Information
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
LOL Laughing Out Loud
ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing

Good sites for medical acronyms and abbreviations:
http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/
http://www.medindia.net/acronym/Index.asp?Alpha=A
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_me ... reviations