Selected Abbreviations
ACEI = angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor
ADL = Activities of Daily Living
ALS = Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
BIS = Burden of Illness Score
Ca++ = Calcium level
CCI = Charlson Comorbidity Index
CD4 = cluster of differentiation 4 (category of white blood cell – lymphocyte)
CDT = Clock-Drawing Test
CHF = Congestive Heart Failure
CLL = Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
CML = Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia
CNS = Central Nervous System
CPR = cardiopulmonary resuscitation
COPD = Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
DIC = Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
DNAR = Do-Not-Attempt-Resuscitation
DVT = Deep Vein Thrombosis
ECOG = Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
EF = ejection fraction, cardiac
EOL = End-of-Life
ESRD = End-stage Renal Disease
FAST = Functional Assessment STaging (dementia)
FEV1 = Forced Expiratory Volume 1 Second
GCS = Glasgow Coma Scale
Greater Than (>), Less Than (<)
HD = hemodialysis
Hgb = hemoglobin level
HIV = Human Immunodeficiency Virus
IABP = Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
IADL = Instrumental Activities Daily Living
KPS = Karnosky Performance Scale
KS = Kaposi sarcoma
LDH = Lactic DeHydrogenase level
LVAD = Left Ventricular Assist Device
MBO = Malignant Bowel Obstruction
MRIS = Mortality Risk Index Score
m-R = modified Rankin score
MAC = mycobacterium avium complex
NCF = National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care
NIPPV = Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
NHL = Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
NQF = National Quality Forum
NSAID = Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
NSCLC = Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
NYHA = New York Heart Association
PAD = Pain/Agitation/Delerium
PaP = Palliative Prognostic Score
PC = Palliative Care
PACD = Palliative Care for Advanced Disease
PCN = Palliative Care Notes
PE = Pulmonary Embolism
PIMOA = Prognostic Index 1-yr Mortality Older Adults
plt = platelet level
PPI = Palliative Prognostic Index
PPS = Palliative Performance Scale
QOL = Quality of Life
QTc = corrected QT interval on ECG
RASS = Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale
SAS = Sedation-Agitation Scale (Riker)
SBP = Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
SDM = Shared Decision-Making
SCCM = Society of Critical Care Medicine
SCLC = Small Cell Lung Cancer
SNRI = Serotonin Norepinephrine Re-Uptake Inhibitor
SQ = subcutaneous
SSRI = Selective Serotonin Re-Uptake Inhibitor
TCA = Tri-Cyclic Anti-Depressant
UDT = urine drug/toxin screen
WBC = White Blood Cell count
WWLST = Withholding/Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment
