| Q |
quantity |
| q |
quaque [tous les... ou chaque...] |
| QA |
quality assurance |
| |
Queen Alexandra’s... |
| QAH |
Queen Alexandra Hospital |
| QALY |
quality adjusted life years |
| QARANC |
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps |
| q.d. |
quaque die [chaque jour] |
| q.d.s. |
quater die sumendum [quatre fois par jour] |
| QEH |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
| QEMH |
Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich |
| q.h. |
quaque hora [une fois par heure] |
| q.h.s. |
quaque hora somni [chaque soir au coucher] |
| q.i.d. |
quater in die [quatre fois par jour] |
| q.l. |
quantum libet [au besoin, à volonté] |
| q.o.d. |
quaque altera die [un jour sur deux] |
| QOL |
quality of life |
| q.q.h. |
quarta quaque hora [toutes les quatre heures] |
| q.s. |
quantum sufficiat [assez] |
| q.v. |
quantum vis [au besoin, à volonté] |
| R |
Roentgen |
| |
respiration |
| |
right |
| Rx |
traitement médical prescrit |
| (R) |
right |
| R&R |
rate and rhythm |
| RA |
rheumatoid arthritis |
| |
right arm
|
| |
right atrium
|
| |
right auricle |
| RADS |
reactive airways dysfunction syndrome |
| rad |
radical |
| |
radiation absorbed dose |
| radiol |
radiological |
| |
radiology department |
| RAI |
radioactive iodine |
| RAMC |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
| RAP |
recurrent abdominal pain |
| |
right atrial pressure
|
| RAS |
reticular activating system |
| |
robotically assisted surgery |
| RAST |
radioallergosorbent test |
| RBB |
right breast biopsy |
| |
right bundle branch |
| RBBB |
right bundle branch block |
| RBC |
red blood cells |
| |
red blood count
|
| RBF |
renal blood flow |
| RBOW |
rupture of bag of waters [sac amniotique] |
| RBS |
random blood sugar |
| RCA |
right coronary artery |
| RCBF |
regional cerebral blood flow |
| RCD |
relative cardiac dullness |
| RCM |
right costal margin |
| RCN |
Royal College of Nursing |
| RDA |
right dorsoanterior [position du fœtus dans l'utérus] |
| RDP |
right dorsoposterior [position du fœtus dans l'utérus] |
| RDS |
respiratory distress syndrome |
| RE |
rectal examination |
| |
reticuloendothelium |
| |
right ear |
| |
right eye |
| re |
en ce qui concerne |
| REBT |
rational emotive behaviour therapy |
| recur |
recurrent |
| Reg |
registra |
| rehab |
rehabilitation |
| Relax |
relaxation training |
| REM |
rapid eye movement |
| rep |
repetatur [à répéter] |
| RES |
reticuloendothelial system |
| RF |
radio frequency |
| |
renal failure |
| |
rheumatic fever |
| |
rheumatoid factor |
| RFA |
right frontoanterior [position du fœtus dans l'utérus] |
| RFT |
renal function test |
| |
respiratory function test
|
| RGN |
registered general nurse |
| RH |
releasing hormone |
| Rh |
Rhesus factor |
| Rh+ |
Rhesus positive |
| Rh- |
Rhesus negative |
| Rh fever |
rheumatic fever |
| RhA |
rheumatoid arthritis |
| RHC |
respirations have ceased |
| RhD |
rheumatic heart disease |
| rhEPO |
recombinant human erythopoietin |
| RhF |
rheumatic fever |
| RI |
Royal Infirmary |
| RIA |
radioimmunoassay |
| RIB |
rest in bed |
| RICE |
rest, ice, compression & elevation |
| RICP |
raised intracranial pressure |
| RIDDOR |
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases & Dangerous Occurrences Regulations |
| RIES |
revised impact of event scale |
| RIF |
right iliac fossa |
| RIH |
right inguinal hernia |
| RIHSA |
radioiodinated human serum albumin |
| RIP |
requiescat in pace [repose en paix] |
| RIQ |
right inner quadrant |
| RIST |
radioimmunosorbent test |
| RJAH |
Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry |
| RK |
radial keratotomy |
| RL |
right leg |
| |
right lung |
| RLD |
right lateral decubitus |
| RLE |
right lower extremity |
| RLF |
retrolental fibroplasia; |
| RLL |
radiolucent lines |
| |
right lower lobe of lung
|
| RLQ |
right lower quadrant |
| RM |
radical mastectomy |
| RMP |
right mentoposterior [position du fœtus dans l'utérus] |
| RMS |
rhabdomyosarcoma |
| RMT |
right mentotransverse [position du fœtus dans l'utérus] |
| RMT |
radical nephrectomy |
| RNA |
ribonucleic acid |
| RNH |
Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse |
| RNY |
Roux-en-Y |
| R/O |
rule out |
| RO |
reality orientation therapy |
| ROA |
right occipito-anterior [position du fœtus dans l'utérus] |
| ROL |
right occipito-lateral [position du fœtus dans l'utérus] |
| ROM |
range of motion |
| |
range of movement |
| |
rupture of membranes |
| ROP |
retinopathy of prematurity |
| |
right occipito-posterior [position du fœtus dans l'utérus] |
| ROQ |
right outer quadrant |
| ROS |
review of systems |
| ROT |
right occipito-transverse [position du fœtus dans l'utérus] |
| rotn |
rotation |
| RP |
radial pulse |
| |
rectal prolapse |
| RPCF |
Reiter protein complement fixation test |
| RPF |
renal plasma flow |
| |
retroperitoneal fibrosis |
| RPMI 1640 |
Roswell Park Memorial Institute no. 1640 [milieu utilisé en culture cellulaire] |
| RPO |
right posterior oblique [position du fœtus dans l'utérus] |
| rpt |
repeat |
| RW |
respiratory quotient |
| RR |
recovery room |
| |
respiration rate |
| |
rate & rhythm of pulse |
| RR&E |
(pupils) round regular & equal |
| RRR |
regular rate and rhythm |
| RS |
respiratory system |
| |
Reye’s syndrome |
| RS° |
respiratory system normal |
| RSA |
right sacroanterior [position du fœtus dans l'utérus] |
| RScA |
right scapuloanterior [position du fœtus dans l'utérus] |
| RScP |
right scapuloposterior [position du fœtus dans l'utérus] |
| RSD |
reflex sympathetic dystrophy |
| RSF |
rheumatoid serum factor |
| RSI |
repetitive strain injury |
| RSM |
Royal Society of Medicine |
| RSP |
right sacroposterior [position du fœtus dans l'utérus] |
| RST |
right sacrotransverse [position du fœtus dans l'utérus] |
| RSR |
regular sinus rhythm |
| RSV |
respiratory syncytial virus |
| |
Rous sarcoma virus |
| RT |
radiotherapy |
| |
reaction time
|
| |
reading test |
| RTA |
renal tubular acidosis |
| |
road traffic accident |
| RTC |
return to clinic |
| RTI |
respiratory tract infection |
| rtPA |
recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator |
| RTW |
return to work |
| RUA |
reduction under anaesthetic [réduction d'une fracture, d'une luxation] |
| RUL |
right upper lobe |
| RUQ |
right upper quadrant |
| RV |
residual volume |
| |
right ventricle |
| r/v |
review |
| RVH |
right ventricular hypertrophy |
| RVOT |
right ventricular outflow tract |
| Rx |
drugs prescribed |
| |
medication |
| |
prescription |
| |
therapy |
| |
treatment |
| RYGB |
Roux-en-Y |
