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Acronyms in 15th field (STR) should be removed except for those Acronyms in the following list. Also, Acronyms is defined as the first two characters are upper case.

  • ACTH|ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE
  • APTT|ACTIVATED PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME
  • ARDS|ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
  • ATP|ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE
  • BCG|BACILLE CALMETTE GUERIN
  • BPH|BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY
  • CABG|CORONARY ARTERY BIPASS GRAFT
  • CBC|COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT
  • CCU|CORONARY CARE UNIT
  • CHF|CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
  • CLL|CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
  • CML|CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA
  • CMV|CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
  • CNS|CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
  • COPD|CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
  • CPAP|CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE
  • CPR|CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
  • CVA|CEREEBRAL VASCULAR ACCIDENT
  • CXR|CHEST X-RAY
  • DNA|DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID
  • ECG|ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
  • EKG|ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
  • ECT|ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY
  • EEG|ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM
  • EMG|ELECTROMYOGRAM
  • ERCP|ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY
  • FFP|FRESH FROZEN PLASMA
  • HCG|HUMAN CHORINIC GONADOTROPIN
  • HDL|HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
  • HIV|HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
  • HLA|HISTOCOMPATIBILITY LOCUS ANTIGEN
  • HSV|HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS
  • ICU|INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
  • ITP|IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA
  • AMI|ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
  • MRI|MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGINE
  • MRSA|METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPH AUREUS
  • NIDDM|NON-INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS
  • NSAID|NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUG
  • PTCA|PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY
  • PTH|PARATHYROID HORMONE
  • PTU|PROPYLTHIOLURACIL
  • RBBB|RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK
  • RBC|RED BLOOD CELL
  • RLQ|RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT OF ABDOMEN
  • RUQ|RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT OF ABDOMEN
  • SGOT|SERUM GLUTAMIC OXALOACETIC TRANSAMINASE
  • SGPT|SERUM GLUTAMIC PYRUVIC TRANSAMINASE
  • SIADH|SYNDROME OF INAPPROPRIATE ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE
  • SIDS|SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
  • SLE|SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
  • TMJ|TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT
  • TPN|TOTAL PERENTERAL NUTRITION
  • TSH|THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE
  • TURP|TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE
  • UTI|URINARY TRACT INFECTION
  • VDRL|VENEREREAL DISEASE RESEARCH LAB
  • WBC|WHITE BLOOD CELL
  • WPW|WOLF-PARKINSON-WHITE
  • XRT|X-RAY THERAPY
  • CABGs
  • CCUs
  • DNAs
  • ECGs
  • EEGs
  • EMGs
  • HDLs
  • HIVs
  • MRIs
  • NSAIDs
  • UTIs
  • HOLEP|HOLMIUM LASER ENUCLEATION OF THE PROSTATE
  • IDDM|INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS
  • IUD|INTRAUTERINE DEVICE
  • LDL|LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
  • LUTS|LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS
  • QRS
  • RNA|RIBONUCLEIC ACID
  • SARS|SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME
  • TUMT|TRANSURETHRAL MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY
  • TUVRP|TRANSURETHRAL VAPOR RESECTION OF THE PROSTATE
  • VLDL|VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
  • ZES|ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME
  • IUDs
  • LDLs
  • RNAs
  • VLDLs