5.5 Abbreviations

• A - Assessment
• ABP - Arterial Blood Pressure
• ABPSQI - Arterial Blood Pressure Signal Quality Index
• BIDMC - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• BP - Blood Pressure
• BPM - Beats (or Breaths) per Minute
• BUN - Blood Urea Nitrogen (also known as Urea or Urea nitrogen)
• CAREVUE - The Philips bedside ICU workstation for clinicians
• CCU - Cardiac Care Unit
• CDSS - Clinical Decision Support System
• CMO - Comfort Measures Only
• CO - Cardiac Output
• CSRU - Cardiac Surgery Recovery Unit
• CVP - Central Venous Pressure
• DBP - Diastolic Blood Pressure
• DF - Digital Filter
• DNI - Do Not Intubate
• DNR - Do Not Recusistate
• D/C'd - Discontinued, or Discharged
• ECG - Electrocardiogram
• ECGSQI - Electrocardiogram Signal Quality Index
• ECO - Estimated Cardiac Output
• EKG - Electrocardiogram
• F/E - Fluid and Electrolytes
• GCS - Glasgow Coma Scale (or sometimes Score
• GI - Gastrointestinal
• HEME - Hematology
• HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
• HR - Heart Rate
• IBP - Invasive Blood Pressure
• IABP - Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump or Invasive Arterial Pressure
• ICD - Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
• ICD-9 - International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (version 9)
• ICU - Intensive Care Unit
• ID - Identifier or Infectious Disease
• ISM - Information Support Mart
• LT - Length Transform
• MBP - Mean Blood Pressure
• MICU - Medical Intensive Care Unit
• MRN - Medical Record Number
• NBP - Non-invasive Blood Pressure
• Neo - Neosynephrine
• NIBP - Non-invasive Blood Pressure
• NICU - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• NSR - Normal Sinus Rhythm
• P - Plan
• PAP - Pulmonary Arterial Pressure
• PCWP - Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure (or Wedge Pressure)
• PPG - Photoplethysmogram
• PRBC - Packed Red Blood Cells
• RR - Respiration Rate
• SAPS - Simplified Acuity Score
• S/0 - Sign Out
• SaO2 - Arterial Oxygen Saturation
• SBP - Systolic Blood Pressure
• SICU - Surgical Intensive Care Unit
• SQI - Signal Quality Index
• SPO2 - Peripheral Oxygen Saturation
• TCO - Thermodilution Cardiac Output
• T-SICU - Trauma Surgical Intensive Care Unit
• WFDB - Waveform Database software package - See http://www.physionet.org/