List of medical abbreviations: I
Abbreviation | Meaning |
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131I or I131 | iodine-131 (aka radioactive iodine or radioiodine) |
IA | intra-arterial |
IAA | insulin autoantibody |
IABP | intra-aortic balloon pump |
IAI | intra-amniotic infection |
IBC | inflammatory breast cancer |
IBD | inflammatory bowel disease |
IBS | irritable bowel syndrome |
IC | ileocecal immunocompromised informed consent intensive care interstitial cystitis immune complex intracardiac |
ICD | implantable cardioverter-defibrillator intercostal drain |
ICDS | Integrated Child Development Services Program |
ICD-10 | International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision |
ICF | intracellular fluid |
ICG | impedance cardiography |
ICH | intracerebral hemorrhage |
ICM | ischemic cardiomyopathy |
ICP | intracranial pressure |
ICS | intercostal space inhaled corticosteroids internal carotid stenosis |
ICSI | intracytoplasmic sperm injection |
ICU | intensive care unit |
ICCU | intensive cardiac care unit |
ID | infectious dose infectious disease identifying data |
I&D | incision and drainage (how to treat an abscess) |
IDA | iron deficiency anemia |
IDC | idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy indwelling catheter infiltrating ductal carcinoma |
IDDM | insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (now called diabetes mellitus type 1) |
IDL | intermediate-density lipoprotein |
IDP | infectious disease precautions |
IE | infective endocarditis |
IF | immunofluorescence |
IFG | impaired fasting glycaemia |
Ig | immunoglobulin |
IgA | immunoglobulin A |
IgAV | IgA vasculitis (formerly known as Henoch–Schönlein purpura) |
IgD | immunoglobulin D |
IgE | immunoglobulin E |
IGF | insulin-like growth factor |
IgG | immunoglobulin G |
IgG4-RD | IgG4-related disease |
IgG4-RKD | IgG4-related kidney disease |
IgG4-ROD | IgG4-related ophthalmic disease |
IgG4-TIN | IgG4-related tubulointerstitial nephritis |
IgM | immunoglobulin M |
IGT | impaired glucose tolerance |
IHC | immunohistochemistry |
IHD | ischaemic heart disease |
IHPS | infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis |
IHSS | ideopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) |
IIEF | International Index of Erectile Function |
ILD | interstitial lung disease |
ILI | Influenza-like illness |
IM | intramuscular |
IMA | inferior mesenteric artery |
IMB | intermenstrual bleed (bleeding between periods) |
IMI | intramuscular injection |
IMM | intramyometrial |
IMN | infectious mononucleosis intramedullary nail |
IMRT | intensity-modulated radiotherapy |
IMT | inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor intima-media thickness |
IMV | intermittent mandatory ventilation (see mechanical ventilation) |
Inc | incomplete |
INF(-α/-β/-γ) | interferons -α/-β/-γ |
INFX | infection |
INH | inhaled |
Inj | injection |
INR | international normalized ratio |
Int | internal |
INT | intermittent needle therapy |
IO | intraosseous infusion |
I&O | inputs and outputs intake and outputs |
IODM | infant of diabetic mother |
IOL | induction of labor intraocular lens |
IOP | intra-occular pressure |
IP | interphalangeal joint |
IPF | idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis |
IPG | Implantable Pulse Generator |
IPH | intraparenchymal hemorrhage or intraperitoneal hemorrhage or idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis |
IPMN | Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm |
IPPB | intermittent positive pressure breathing (see mechanical ventilation) |
IPPV | intermittent positive pressure ventilation (see mechanical ventilation) |
IPS | intraperitoneal sounds |
IQ | intelligence quotient |
IR | insulin resistance Interventional radiology |
IRDS | infant respiratory distress syndrome |
IRIDA | inherited iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia |
IRIS | Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome |
IS | Incentive Spirometry |
ISA | intrinsic sympathomimetic activity |
ISDN | isosorbide dinitrate |
ISH | isolated systolic hypertension |
ISMN | isosorbide mononitrate |
ISQ | no change (from Latin, in status quo) |
IT | immature teratoma intrathecal |
ITP | idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura immune-mediated thrombocytopenic purpura |
ITU | intensive treatment unit (or intensive therapy unit) |
IUCD | intrauterine contraceptive device |
IU | international units |
IUD | intrauterine death—sometimes confused with intrauterine contraceptive device—use FDIU or IUFD instead. intrauterine device—sometimes confused with intrauterine death—use IUCD instead (intrauterine contraceptive device) |
IUFD | intrauterine foetal demise |
IUGR | intrauterine growth restriction |
IUI | intrauterine insemination |
IUP | intrauterine pregnancy |
IUPC | intrauterine pressure catheter |
IUS | intrauterine system |
IUT | intrauterine transfusion |
IV | intravenous |
IVC | inferior vena cava |
IVD | Intervertebral disc |
IV-DSA | intravenous digital subtraction angiography |
IVDU | intravenous drug user |
IVF | in vitro fertilization; intravenous fluids |
IVH | interventricular hemorrhage |
IVIG | intravenous immunoglobulin |
IVP | intravenous pyelogram |
IVPB | intravenous piggyback (i.v. short-term infusion) |
IVPG | Intravenous pyogenic granuloma |
IVSS | Intravenous Soluset[1] |
IVU | intravenous urogram |
IVUS | intravascular ultrasound |
Ix | Investigation(s) |
References
- "Abbreviations Search - IVSS". www.medilexicon.com. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
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