List of medical abbreviations: H
Abbreviation | Meaning |
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h | hour or hours |
H | histamine or its receptors (if with subscripts) hemagglutinin |
Hx | history |
HA | hypertonia arterialis headache calcium hydroxyapatite |
H/A | headache |
HAA | hepatitis-associated antigen or #History As Above |
HAART | highly active antiretroviral therapy |
HACA | human anti-chimeric antibody |
HACE | high-altitude cerebral edema |
HACEK | acronym for a group of bacteria that are a frequent cause of endocarditis in children |
HAD | HIV-associated dementia |
HADS | Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale |
HAE | hereditary angioedema |
H/A | headache |
HAI | healthcare-associated infection or hospital-acquired infection |
HALE | health-adjusted life expectancy |
HAPE | high-altitude pulmonary edema |
HAV | hepatitis A virus |
Hb | hemoglobin |
HB | heart block |
Hb% | hemoglobin concentration in gram per deciliter |
HbA | hemoglobin A (commonest type of hemoglobin) |
HbA1c | glycosylated hemoglobin (used as a measure of diabetes control) |
HBD | has been drinking |
HbF | fetal hemoglobin |
HBO | hyperbaric oxygen |
HBP | high blood pressure, that is, hypertension |
HbsAg | hepatitis B surface antigen |
HBV | hepatitis B virus |
HC | head circumference hemorrhagic colitis homocysteine |
HCA | Healthcare Associated, as in HCA-CDI |
HCC | hepatocellular carcinoma |
HCF | Healthcare Facility |
HCFA | Healthcare Facility Associated, as in HCFA-CDI |
hCG | human chorionic gonadotropin |
HCL | hairy cell leukemia |
HCM | hypertrophic cardiomyopathy healthcare maintenance |
Hct | hematocrit |
HCT | hematocrit hematopoietic cell transplantation |
HCRP | Hospital Cornea Retrieval Programme |
HCTZ | hydrochlorothiazide |
HD | Hodgkin disease Hemodialysis Huntington's disease |
HCV | hepatitis C virus |
HDL | high-density lipoprotein |
HDL-C | high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol |
HDN | hemolytic disease of the newborn |
HDU | high dependency unit |
HDV | hepatitis D virus |
HDW | Hemoglobin Distribution Width |
H&E | hematoxylin and eosin, a standard tissue stain |
HE | hepatic encephalopathy |
HEC | High emetogenic chemotherapy |
HEENT | head, eyes, ears, nose, throat |
HELP HELLP | Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets (syndrome) (in pregnancy) |
HEMA | hydroxy ethyl methacrylate, a material in soft contact lenses |
Hema | hematest – e.g. hema (-) – fecal occult blood |
HES | hydroxyethyl starch |
HETE | hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid |
HEV | hepatitis E virus |
HF | heart failure |
HFpEF | heart failure with preserved ejection fraction |
HFrEF | heart failure with reduced ejection fraction |
HFM | hand, foot and mouth disease |
HFMD | hand, foot and mouth disease |
HFRS | hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome |
HGB | hemoglobin |
HGSIL | high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion |
HGV | hepatitis G virus |
HGPRTase | hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase |
HH | hiatus hernia |
H/H or H&H | hemoglobin and hematocrit |
HHT | hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectisia |
HHV | human herpesvirus (including numerous subtypes such as HHV8) |
HI | homicidal ideation |
Hib | haemophilus influenzae B |
HIDA | hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid |
HIDS | hyper-IgD (and periodic fever) syndrome |
HIT | heparin-induced thrombocytopenia |
HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
HL | hepatic lipase Hodgkin's lymphoma hearing level |
HLA | human leukocyte antigen |
HLD | Hyperlipidemia |
HLHS | hypoplastic left heart syndrome |
H&M | hematemesis and melena |
HMD | hyaline membrane disease |
HMG | human menopausal gonadotropin |
HMG-CoA | 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA |
HMGR | 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA reductase |
H-mole | hydatidiform mole |
HMS | hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly |
HMSN | hereditary motor sensory neuropathy |
HN | hemagglutinin-neuraminidase |
HND | hemolytic disease of the newborn |
HNP | spinal disk herniation or herniated disk, that is, herniated nucleus pulposus |
HNPCC | hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer |
H/O | history of ... |
HOB | head of bed (usually followed by number of degrees of elevation, e.g., HOB 10°) |
HOCM | hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy |
HONK | hyperosmolar nonketotic coma |
HOPI | History of present illness |
HoTN | Hypotension |
H&P | history and physical examination (which very often are considered as a pair) |
HPA | hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis |
HPETE | hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid |
HPF | high-power field (microscopy) |
HPI H/oPI | history of the present illness |
HPOA | hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy (clubbing) |
hPL | human placental lactogen (same as human chorionic somatomammotropin) |
HPS | hantavirus pulmonary syndrome |
HPV | human papillomavirus |
HR | heart rate |
hr | hour or hours |
HRAS | Harvey rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog |
HRCT | High-resolution computed tomography |
HRT | hormone replacement therapy |
h.s. | at bedtime (from Latin hora somni) |
hs | hours of sleep |
H→S | heel-to-shin test |
HSC | human chorionic somatomammotropin (same as human placental lactogen) |
HSG | hysterosalpingogram |
HSIL | high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion |
HSM | hepatosplenomegaly |
HSP | Henoch–Schönlein purpura |
HSV | herpes simplex virus |
HT | hypertension |
Ht | height |
HTLV | human T-lymphotropic virus |
HTN | hypertension |
HTPA | hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis |
HTVD | hypertensive vascular disease |
HUS | hemolytic uremic syndrome |
HVA | homovanillic acid |
HVLT | high-velocity lead therapy (facetious term for gunshot wound) |
Hx | history (of) |
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