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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: F.A.Q. (Frequently Asked Questions) => Topic started by: Rerun on August 07, 2006, 02:53:59 PM
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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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Great idea for a thread Rerun. :)
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Here are some -
BTW - by the way
ROFL - rolling on the floor laughing
IMO - in my opinion
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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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PMSL - Pissing myself laughing
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BRB- be right back
BB- Bathroom break
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FYI = For Your Information
TBH = To Be Honest
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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 (http://angiee1973.proboards42.com/index.cgi) forums?
Here is one I didn't see here:
BBL = Be back later
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Actually, JK = Just kidding
Thought you might want to correct that.
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Actually, JK = Just kidding
Thought you might want to correct that.
Done~
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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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Medical Acronyms (I figured this was the right place for this):
Acronyms and Abbreviations (http://www.kidney.org/professionals/kdoqi/guidelines_updates/doqiupva_abbrev.html)
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
EDITED: Added the Acronyms :) - Epoman, Owner/Admin
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WOW! This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Admin or mods, can this thread get a sticky?
*EDIT*
Never mind, someone was way ahead of me. :-[
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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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SOL Sh*t out of luck
Maybe this should be a medical acronym ;D
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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)
and
CRS (Can't Remember Stuff)
I suffer from CRS.
Mikey :urcrazy;
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Can we add
ID-10-T Error type (idiot - error)