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The following is a list of the most common of abbreviations (to the lab technician), that will leave the rest of health consumers confused about their lab work results. This is presented here because this is the language of your hospital report, and most of the blood tests that are returned to you. Since you paid for your tests, you should be able to read them.
GLOSSARY of BLOOD RELATED TERMS
ABBREVIATION ABBREVIATED TERM or PHRASE 2,3-DPG 2,3-dishospyhoglycerate AABB American Association of Blood Banks ACT Activated Clotting Time ADH Antidiuretic Hormone AHG Antihuman Globulin AHTR Acute Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (also HTR) AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ALT Alanine Aminotransferase ANA Antinuclear Antibody ANH Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution Anti-HBc Antibody to Hepatitis B Core Antigen Anti-HCV Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus Anti-HTLV-I/II Antibody to Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus type I/II aPPT Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time ARDS Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome AST Aspartate Transaminase ATIII Antithrombin III CHD Coronary Heart Disease CJD Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (see nvCJD) CMV Cytomegalovirus CPD Citrate, Phosphate, Dextrose (solution) CPDA-1 Citrate, Phosphate, Dextrose-Adenine (solution) C/T Crossmatch-to-Transfusion ratio (C:T) DDAVP 1-Desamino-8-D-Arginine Vasopressin (desmopressin) DIC Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy EACA Epsilon-Aminocaproic Acid FDA Food and Drug Administration FFP Fresh Frozen Plasma FNHTR Febrile Nonhemolytic Transfusion Reaction GGTP Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) GHVD Graft-Versus-Host Disease HAM HTLV-I-Associated Myelopathy HBOC Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrier HBsAg Hepatitis B Surface Antigen HB Hemoglobin HCT Hematocrit HBV Hepatitis B Virus HCV Hepatitis C Virus HDN Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn HES Hydroxyethyl Starch HH Hemochromatosis HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus HLA Human Leukocyte Antigen HTLV-I/II Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus type I/II HTR Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (also AHTR) IAD Intraoperative Autologous Donation IFG Impaired Fasting Glucose IgA Immunoglobulin A ITP Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura LD Lactate Dehydrognase MAC Mycobacterium Avium Complex MCH Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin MCHC Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentrate MCV Mean Corpuscular Volume mg/dL milligrams per deciliter MPV Mean Platelet Volume NAT Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing nvCJD New Variation Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (nCJD) PABD Preoperative Autologous Blood Donation PAT Preoperative Autologous Blood Transfusion PFC Perflurochemical(s) PLTs Platlets PMNs Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes PPF Purified Protein Fraction PRP Platelet-Rich Plasma PT Prothrombin Time PTP Posttransfusion Purpura PTT Partial Thromboplastin Time Q-T From QRS complex to end of T wave (interval) RBCs Red Blood Cells Rh Rhesus Factor STS Serological Test for Syphilis T&S Type and Screen TA-GVHD Transfusion-Associated Graft-Versus-Host Disease TEG Thromboelastograph TRALI Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury TSH Thyroid Stimulating Hormone TSP Tropical Spastic Paraparesis TSE Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies TTP Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura TTTS Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome TXA Transexamic Acid vWd von Willebrand's Disease vWf von Willebrand's Factor WBCs White Blood Cells
ELDON CARD BLOOD TYPING PRODUCT - PURCHASING RESOURCES
Eldoncard.com
Cascade HealthCare Products, Inc., Diagnostic Tests, Blood Typing: Eldon Cards
Chemshop.com - Blood Typing Kits
Biomedx.com - Blood Typing Kits
Desthealth.com - Blood Typing Kits
Ylana's Earth-Friendly Market - Blood Tests
GoNutra.com - Home Blood Typing Kits
Carolina.com: Blood Typing Kits (Pkg 25)
D Adamo Home Blood Typing Kit
D Adamo Home Blood Typing Kit Instructions
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BloodTyping.com
The Blood Type Diet Website
Introduction To Blood - Everything you wanted to know about blood
Blood Types Tutorial
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MoonDragon's Lab Information Index
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