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

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