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« on: August 07, 2006, 02:53:59 PM »

Acronyms are fine if you know what they mean.  You totally lose what the poster is trying to say if you don't know what his/her acronyms mean.  I'm gong to list some here and add to them when I come across others that need defining.

BB- Bathroom break

BBL - Be Back Later

BP - Blood Pressure

BRB- Be Right Back

BTW - By The Way

BUMP - Bump Up My Thread

CAPD - Continuous Ambulitory Peritoneal Dialysis

CKD - Chronic Kidney Disease

DX - Dialysis

EOD - Every Other Day

ESRD - End Stage Renal Disease

FYI - For Your Information

IMHO - In My Humble Opinion

IMO - In My Opinion

IRL - In Real Life

JK - Just Kidding

LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off

LOL - Laugh Out Loud

OMG - Oh My God

OTOH - On The Other Hand

PD - Peritoneal Dialysis

PMSL - Pissing myself laughing

PP - Previous Poster(s)

PRA - Positive Reactive Antigens

ROFL - Rolling On The Floor Laughing

RX - Perscription

SOL - Shit Out of Luck

TBH - To Be Honest

TIA - Thanks In Advance

TMI- Too Much Information

TTIWWP - This Thread Is Worthless Without Pics

TTYL - Talk To You Later

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« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2006, 04:47:05 PM »

Great idea for a thread Rerun.  :)
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« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2006, 05:04:58 PM »

Here are some  -

BTW - by the way

ROFL - rolling on the floor laughing

IMO - in my opinion
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« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2006, 06:54:43 PM »

Rerun,

Be sure to edit your ORIGINAL thread to add all the acronyms that people add here. And maybe Bold the acronym. Oh and give this a "sticky "

Here are my additions.

LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off

TTYL - Talk To You Later

TIA - Thanks In Advance

TTIWWP - This Thread Is Worthless Without Pics

BUMP - Bump Up My Thread

I will add more soon.  :)
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« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2006, 09:22:59 PM »

PMSL - Pissing myself laughing
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« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2006, 06:24:28 AM »

BRB- be right back
BB- Bathroom break
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« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2006, 10:59:59 PM »

FYI = For Your Information
TBH = To Be Honest
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« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2006, 11:00:28 PM »

Great idea for a thread Rerun.  :)
Wow rerun I agree! Great idea considering there are people who are new to the net who have become members here!

Infact, do you mind if I quote you on my own forums?

Here is one I didn't see here:

BBL = Be back later
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« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2006, 07:49:34 PM »

Actually, JK = Just kidding

Thought you might want to correct that.
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« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2006, 09:38:05 PM »

Actually, JK = Just kidding

Thought you might want to correct that.

Done~
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« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2006, 12:23:22 PM »

IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
PP = Previous Poster(s)
OTOH = On The Other Hand
IRL = In Real Life


Probably most people know this, but Rx = Prescription.

EOD = Every other day

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« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2006, 04:48:58 AM »

Medical Acronyms (I figured this was the right place for this):

Acronyms and Abbreviations

A - arterial
   
NKF - National Kidney Foundation
 
ASA - acetylsalicylic acid 
 
PTA - percutaneous transluminal angioplasty

AV - arteriovenous 
 
PTFE - polytetrafluoroethylene

BFR - blood flow rate   

QA - quality assurance

BUN - blood urea nitrogen   

R - recirculation

CDC - Centers for Disease Control   

S - sample
 
CKD - chronic kidney disease   

t - time

CQI - continuous quality improvement   

URR - urea reduction ratio

DOQI - Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative   

USRDS - United States Renal Data System

ESRD - end-stage renal disease   

V - volume of distribution (when referring to urea, V = total body water)

IV - intravenous 

V - Venous

NCDS - National Cooperative Dialysis Study




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« Reply #12 on: August 19, 2006, 06:13:05 PM »

WOW! This is EXACTLY what I was looking for.  Admin or mods, can this thread get a sticky?




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Never mind, someone was way ahead of me.  :-[
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« Reply #13 on: August 19, 2006, 08:59:35 PM »

Must have been Epoman! ;) Thank you Epoman :) I was going to put in all the acronyms but I was tired :P
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« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2006, 07:07:24 AM »

SOL  Sh*t out of luck

Maybe this should be a  medical acronym ;D
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« Reply #15 on: January 14, 2007, 07:57:33 AM »

I couldn't figure out what LOL meant. Now I know---Thanks
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PEBCAK - Problem Exists Between Chair and Keyboard, in other words - operator error!
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CCFCCP (Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs)

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CRS (Can't Remember Stuff)


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« Reply #18 on: March 09, 2016, 05:40:41 PM »


Can we add

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