Medical abbreviations_C
Here's the list of common medical abbreviations
c with
C cytosine
C1 atlas - first cervical vertebra of the spine
C2 axis - second cervical vertebra of the spine
c-section cesarean section
C&S culture and sensitivity
CA cancer
Ca calcium
CAA crystalline amino acids
CABP coronary artery bypass procedure
CAD coronary artery disease
CADASIL cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy
CAG coronary artery graft; coronary angiography
CAGS coronary artery graft surgery
CABG coronary artery bypass graft
Caps capsule
CAT computerized axial tomography
CBC complete blood count
CBG capillary blood gas
CBS chronic brain syndrome
CC/ cc cubic centimeter (use mL instead—see the do-not-use list); chief complaint; cardiac catheter; carbon copy
CCE; C/C/E clubbing, cyanosis, and edema (general signs of cardiovascular disease)
CCF congestive cardiac failure
CCK cholecystokinin
CCK-PZ cholecystokinin-pancreozymin
CCR cardiocerebral resuscitation
CCU clean catch urine or cardiac care unit
CCV critical closing volume
CF cystic fibrosis
CFS chronic fatigue syndrome
CGL chronic granulocytic leukemia
cGMP cyclic guanosine monophosphate
CGN chronic glomerulonephritis
CHD coronary heart disease
ChE cholinesterase
CHE cholinesterase
CHF congestive heart failure
CHO carbohydrate
CHT congenital hypothyroidism
CI cardiac index
CML chronic myelogenous leukemia
CMV cytomegalovirus
CN cranial nerves
CNS central nervous system
CO cardiac output
C/O complaining of
COLD chronic obstructive lung disease
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CP chest pain or cerebral palsy
CPAP continuous positive airway pressure
CPK creatine phosphokinase
CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CRCL creatinine clearance
CRF chronic renal failure
CRP C-reactive protein
CSF cerebrospinal fluid
CT computerized tomography
CTA clear to auscultation; computed tomography angiography
CTP cytosine triphosphate
CTS computed tomography scan
CTU cancer treatment unit
CTX ceftriaxone (a third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic); contractions
CVA cerebrovascular accident or costovertebral angle
CVAT CVA tenderness
CVC central venous catheter; chronic venous congestion
CVD cardiovascular disease
CVP central venous pressure
c/w consistent with
Cx microbiological culture
CXR chest X-ray
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