Title: Stedman's medical abbreviations, acronyms & symbols.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Medicine; Medicine Abbreviations Dictionaries.; Medicine Acronyms Dictionaries
Abstract: From the Publisher: Stedman's Medical Abbreviations, Acronyms and Symbols, Fourth Edition offers quick, easy access to over 75,000 essential abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols for medical language specialists and medical, health, and nursing professionals. This thoroughly updated edition includes more than 7,500 new abbreviations, expansions, acronyms, and symbols and 14 appendices. "Do Not Use" abbreviations indicated by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices are highlighted, as are slang abbreviations.
Contents: Acknowledgments -- Editor's preface -- Publisher's preface -- Explanatory notes -- References -- A-Z abbreviations and acronyms -- Appendices -- 1: Symbols -- 2: Greek alphabet -- 3: Elements and their symbols -- 4: ISMP's list of error-prone abbreviations, symbols, and dose designations -- 5: Weights and measures -- 6: Professional titles and degrees -- 7: Professional associations and organizations including government and regulatory agencies -- 8: Chemotherapy and other drug regimens -- 9: Clinical trials.