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Acronyms and Abbreviations

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

A

ABC: airway, breathing, and circulation

AC: assist control

acetyl-CoA: acetylcoenzyme A

ACTH: adrenocorticotropic hormone

ADH: antidiuretic hormone

ADSOL: adeni ne solution number 1

AFB: air force base

AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

AIS: Abbreviated Injury Scale

AJBPO: Area Joint Blood Program Office

AMEDD: U.S. Army Medical Department

ANSI: American National Standards Institute

ARDS: adult respiratory distress syndrome

ARF: acute renal failure

ASBP: Armed Services Blood Program

ASBPO: Armed Services Blood Program Office

ASBPOSITREP: ASBPO situation report

ASIA: American Spinal Injury Association

ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials

ASWBPL: Armed Services Whole Blood Processing

Laboratory

ASWBPLSITREP: ASWBPL situation report

ATLS: Advanced Trauma Life Support

ATP: adenosine 5’-triphosphate

ATPase: adenosine triphosphatase

AVDO2

: arteriovenous oxygen contents

A–aDO2: alveolar–arterial difference in partial pressure of

oxygen

B

BAEP: brain stem auditory evoked potential

BDC: blood donor center

BLDREP: blood report

BLDSHIPREP: blood shipment report

BMR: basal metabolic rate

BPD: blood product depot

BSA: body surface area

BSU: blood supply unit

BTC: blood transshipment center

BUN: blood urea nitrogen

C

C.O.: cardiac output

CaCO2

: arterial carbon dioxide contents

CAM: chemical agent monitor

cAMP: adenosine 3 ́,5 ́-cyclic monophosphate

CaO2: arterial oxygen contents

CAVH-D: continuous arteriovenous hemodiafiltration

CAVH: continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration

CBF: cerebral blood flow

CBPS: chemical biological protective shelter

cCBF: critical cerebral blood flow

CD: cluster of differentiation

CDC: Centers for Disease Control

CDO2

: cerebral oxygen delivery

CjvO2: jugular venous oxygen contents

CK: creatine kinase

CMRO2: cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen

CMV: controlled mechnical ventilation

CMV: cytomegalovirus

CNS: central nervous system

COHb: carboxyhemoglobin

CONUS: continental United States

CPAP: continuous positive airway pressure

CPDA-1: citrate phosphate dextrose adenine

CPE: collective protective ensemble

CPK: creatine phosphokinase

CPP: cerebral perfusion pressure

CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation

CRH: corticotrophin-releasing hormone

CRNA: certified registered nurse anesthetist

CSA: compressed spectral array

CSH: combat support hospital

CT: computed tomography

CvCO2

: venous carbon dioxide contents

CvO2

: venous oxygen contents

CZAR: Combat Zone Assessment and Requirements

D

DDAPV: desmopressin

DEPMEDS: Department of Defense’s Deployable Medical

Systems

DI: diabetes insipidus

DIC: disseminated intravascular coagulation

DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid

DO2: oxygen delivery per unit time

DPL: diagnostic peritoneal lavage

DRASH: deployable rapid assembly shelter

DREZ: dorsal root entry zone

DSA: density spectral array

E

EBV: estimated blood volume

ECG: electrocardiogram

ED50: median effective dose

EDP: expiratory distending pressure

EEA: energy expenditure of activity

EEG: electroencephalogram

ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

EMT: emergency medical treatment

EP: evoked potential

EPSP: excitatory postsynaptic potential

ETCO2

: end-tidal carbon dioxide

F

F: French (catheter)

FAM: field anesthesia machine

FDA: U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 second

FEO2

: fraction of expired oxygen

FECO2: fraction of expired carbon dioxide

FFP: fresh frozen plasma

FH: field hospital

FIO2: fraction of inspired oxygen

FM: field manual

FRC: functional residual capacity

FSH: follicle-stimulating hormone

FST: forward surgical team

FVC: forced vital capacity
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G

GABA: γ-aminobutyric acid

GB: sarin

GCS: Glasgow coma scale

GH: general hospital

GOS: Glasgow outcome scale

GPI: glucose phosphate isomerase

GPL: general-purpose, large tent

H

HAV: hepatitis A virus

Hb: hemoglobin

HBV: hepatitis B virus

HCV: hepatitis C virus

HIV: human immunodeficiency virus

HMMWV: high-mobility, multipurpose, wheeled vehicle

HUB: Hospital Unit, Base

HUH: Hospital Unit, Holding

HUM: Hospital Unit, Medical

HUS: Hospital Unit, Surgical

I

ICAD: individual chemical agent detector

ICD: International Classification of Disease

ICP: intracranial pressure

ICU: intensive care unit

Ig: immunoglobulin

IGF-1: insulinlike growth factor

IL: interleukin

IMV: intermittent, mandatory ventilation

IFN: interferon

IOP: intraocular pressure

IPE: individual protective ensemble

IPPB: intermittent positive-pressure breathing

IPPV: intermittent positive-pressure ventilation

IPSP: inhibitory postsynaptic potential

ISO: International Organization for Standardization, from

the French

ISS: Injury Severity Score

IVOX/ECCOR: intravenacaval blood oxygen/carbon

dioxide transfer device

J

JBPO: Joint Blood Program Office

JTF: Joint Task Forces

L

LH: luteinizing hormone

LMA: laryngeal mask airway

LVEDP: left ventricular end diastolic pressure

LVEDVI: left ventricular end diastolic volume index

LVSWI: left ventricular stroke work index

M

MAC: minimal alveolar concentration

MAP: mean arterial pressure

MASF: mobile aeromedical staging facility

MASH: mobile army surgical hospital

MEDSOM: Medical Supply, Optical, and Maintenance

MEP: motor evoked potential

MetHb: methemoglobin

MF2K: Medical Force 2000

MIAT: manual in-line axial traction

MIEMSS: Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical

Services Systems

MMS: medical material sets

MODS: multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

MOPP: mission-oriented protective posture

MOS: military occupation specialty

MRE: meals ready to eat

MRI: magnetic resonance imaging

MRI: medical reengineering initiative

MSH: melanocyte-stimulating hormone

MSOF: multiple system organ failure

MTF: medical treatment facility

MUST: medical unit, self-contained, transportable

MVB: microvascular bleeding

N

NANB: non-A, non-B

NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NMDA: N-methyl-D-aspartate

NSAID: nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug

O

O2Hb: oxyhemoglobin

OCONUS: outside the continental United States

OMV: Oxford Miniature Vaporizers

OOTW: operations other than war

P

PAC: portable anesthesia circuit

PaCO2

: arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide

PaO2: arterial partial pressure of oxygen

PAOP: pulmonary artery occlusion pressure

2-PAM Cl: 2-pyridine aldoxime methyl chloride, also

pralidoxime chloride

PAP: peak airway pressure

PASG: pneumatic antishock garment

PCA: patient controlled anesthesia

PCP: phencyclidine

PCWP: pulmonary capillary wedge pressure

PEEP: positive end-expiratory pressure

PGE2: prostaglandin E2

PGI2: prostacyclin

PISS: pin index safety system

PMN: polymorphonuclear leukocyte

PO2: partial pressure of oxygen

POC: point of contact

POMCUS: prepositioned material configured in units

and sets

PPN: peripheral parenteral nutrition

PRBCs: packed red blood cells

PRIMOB: primary mobilization stations

PRL: prolactin

PS: pressure support

PTH: posttransfusion hepatitis

PVR: pulmonary vascular resistance

R

RAE: Ring, Adair, and Elwyn endotracheal tube

RBC: red blood cell

RDA: recommended dietary allowances

REE: resting energy expenditure

RNA: ribonucleic acid

RQ: respiratory quotient

RVEF: right ventricular ejection fraction
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S

SaO2: oxygen saturation of arterial blood

SBPO: Service Blood Program Office

SCBF: spinal cord blood flow

SCUF: slow, continuous ultrafiltration

SIADH: syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone

secretion

SIMV: synchronized, intermittent, mandatory ventilation

SIRS: systemic inflammatory response syndrome

SmvO2

: mixed venous saturation

SpEP: spinal evoked potentials

SQRT: square root of time

SSEP: somatosensory evoked potential

STH: somatotropic hormone

succinyl-CoA: succinylcoenzyme A

SVI: systolic velocity integral

SvO2: venous oxygen saturation

SVR: systemic vascular resistance

SWI: stroke work index

T

TBSA: total body surface area

TBTC: transportable blood transshipment center

TCA: tricarboxylic acid

TEE: total energy expenditure

TEF: thermic effect of food

TEMPER: tents, extendable, modular, personnel

TENS: transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

THBF: total hepatic blood flow

TNF: tumor necrosis factor

TOE: table of organization and equipment

TOF: train-of-four

TPN: total parenteral nutrition

TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone

TV: tidal volume

U

UD: unit dose

USARIEM: U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental

Medicine

UUN: urinary urea nitrogen

V

V/Q: ventilation–perfusion

VA: alveolar ventilation

VCO2

: carbon dioxide consumption per unit time

VEP: visual evoked potential

VO2

: oxygen consumption per unit time

W

WDMET: Wound Data and Munitions Effectiveness Team

WRAIR: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

WRAMC: Walter Reed Army Medical Center