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AaDO2: alveolar-arterial oxygen tension difference
ABG: arterial blood gas
AHCPR: Agency for Health Care and Policy Research
APACHE II: Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation - II
APRV: airway pressure release ventilation
ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome
BiPAP: biphasic positive airway pressure
BP: blood pressure
CABG: coronary artery bypass graft
CaO2: arterial oxygen content
CCU: coronary care unit
Cdyn: dynamic lung compliance
CHF: congestive heart failure
CI: cardiac index
CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
CK-MB: creatine kinase - MB fraction
COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CPAP: continuous positive airway pressure
CPK: creatine phosphokinase
CROP: compliance, rate, oxygenation and pressure index (Cdyn x PImax x [PaO2/PAO2])/rate
CVA: cerebrovascular accident
CVICU: cardiovascular intensive care unit
CXR: chest X-ray
DLCO: diffusion capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide
ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
EMG: electromyography
EPAP: expiratory positive airway pressure
EVLW: extravascular lung water
f/Vt: frequency/tidal volume
FeV1: forced expiratory volume at one second
FiO2: fractional inspired concentration of oxygen
FVC: forced vital capacity
HFJV: high frequency jet ventilation
HFO: high frequency oscillation
HR: heart rate
I:E: ratio of inspiratory time to expiratory time
ICU: intensive care unit
IEQ: inspiratory effort quotient = k(Vt/Cdyn)(Ti/Ttotal)/MIP
IMV: intermittent mandatory ventilation
IPAP: inspiratory positive airway pressure
LISS: Lung Injury Severity Score
LR: likelihood ratio
MIP: maximum inspiratory pressure
MMEF: maximum mid-expiratory flow
MMV: minimum minute ventilation
MPM: Mortality Prediction Model
NIF: negative inspiratory force
NIP: negative inspiratory pressure
NMD: neuromuscular disorder
NG: nasogastric tube
NO: nitric oxide
NPPV: noninvasive positive pressure ventilation
NYHA: New York Heart Association
OR: odds ratio
OR: operating room
P0.1: occlusion pressure
PaCO2: arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide
PaO2: arterial partial pressure of oxygen
PAV: proportional assist ventilation
Pbreath: the pressure a patient must generate to take an unassisted breath
PBVI: pulmonary blood volume index
PEEP: positive end-expiratory pressure
PetCO2: end-tidal CO2
PI max: maximal inspiratory pressure
PIP: peak inspiratory pressure
PS: pressure support
PTI: modified inspiratory pressure-time index; reflects the force and duration ofinspiratory muscle contraction
PVR: pulmonary vascular resistance
Res: resistance
RCT: randomized controlled trial
RDS: respiratory distress syndrome
ROC curve: receiver operator characteristic curve
RR: respiratory rate
RSBI: rapid shallow breathing index
RT: respiratory therapist
SaO2: percentage of hemoglobin saturated with oxygen in arterial blood
SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiology Score
sd: standard deviation
se: standard error
sens: sensitivity
SICU: surgical intensive care unit
SIMV: synchromized intermittent mandatory ventilation
spec: specificity
SV: stroke volume
SVR: systemic vascular resistance
Ti: inspiratory time
TPN: total parenteral nutrition
VAP: ventilator-associated pneumonia
VC: vital capacity
VE: minute ventilation
Vt: tidal volume
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US), Rockville (MD)
NLM Citation
Cook D, Meade M, Guyatt G, et al. Criteria for Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2000 Nov. (Evidence Reports/Technology Assessments, No. 23.) Appendix M. Acronyms and Abbreviations.