List of medical abbreviations: V
Abbreviation | Meaning |
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V | ventilation |
VA | visual acuity |
VAC | vincristine, actinomycin D, and cyclophosphamide (chemotherapy regimen) |
VAD | ventricular assist device vincristine, adriblastine, dexamethasone |
Vag | vaginal |
VAI | cincristine, actinomycin D, and ifosfamide (chemotherapy regimen) |
VAMP | vesicle-associated membrane protein vincristine, adriblastine, methylprednisone |
VAS | vibroacoustic stimulation visual analog scale |
VBG | venous blood gases |
VBAC | vaginal birth after caesarean |
VC | vital capacity |
VCTC | voluntary counselling and testing centers (for HIV—government centres in India) |
vCJD | variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease |
VCUG | voiding cystourethrogram |
VD | vaginal delivery venereal disease (outdated name for sexually transmitted disease) volume of distribution |
VDRF | ventilator-dependent respiratory failure |
VDRL | Venereal Diseases Research Laboratory (old test for syphilis) |
VE | vaginal examination (manual examination) |
VEB | ventricular ectopic beat |
VED | Vacuum Erection Device |
VEE | Venezuelan equine encephalitis |
VF V-fib | ventricular fibrillation |
VH | visual hallucinations vaginal hysterectomy |
VHL | Von Hippel–Lindau disease |
VIN | vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia |
VIP | vasoactive intestinal peptide |
VLDL | very-low-density lipoprotein |
VMA | vanillylmandelic acid violent mechanical asphyxia |
VNPI | Van Nuys prognostic scoring index (for ductal carcinoma) |
VO | verbal order |
VOC | vaso-occlusive crisis |
VOD | volume of distribution |
VPA | valproic acid |
VPAP | variable positive airway pressure |
VPB | ventricular premature beats (see premature ventricular contraction) |
VPC (PVC) | ventricular premature contraction |
VPI | Velopharyngeal Insufficiency |
V/Q | ventilation/perfusion scan |
VRE | vancomycin-resistant enterococcus |
VRSA | vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
VS | vital signs versus |
VSD | ventricular septal defect |
VSR | ventricular septal rupture (see myocardial rupture) |
VSS | vital signs stable |
VT | ventricular tachycardia verotoxin |
VTE | venous thromboembolism |
VTEC | verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli, also known as enterohaemorrhagic E. coli |
VUR | vesicoureteral reflux |
VWD | ventral wall defect Von Willebrand disease |
VWF | Von Willebrand factor |
VZIG | varicella zoster immune globulin |
VZV | varicella zoster virus |
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