Abbreviation
|
Meaning
|
h
|
hr / hours
|
H
|
histamine
or its receptors (if with subscripts)
hemagglutinin
|
H
x
|
history
|
HA
|
hypertonia arterialis
headache
calcium hydroxyapatite
|
H/A
|
|
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)
|
HbA
1c
|
glycated 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
|
Hb
s
Ag
|
Hepatitis B surface antigen
|
HBV
|
hepatitis B virus
|
HC
|
head circumference
hemorrhagic colitis
homocysteine
|
HCA
|
Healthcare Associated, as in HCA-CDI
|
HCAP
|
health care-associated (or acquired) pneumonia
|
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
|
HCO3
|
bicarbonate
|
Hct
|
hematocrit
|
HCT
|
hematocrit
hematopoietic cell transplantation
|
HCRP
|
Hospital Cornea Retrieval Programme
|
HCTZ
|
hydrochlorothiazide
|
HCV
|
hepatitis C virus
|
HD
|
Hodgkin disease
Hemodialysis
Huntington's disease
|
HDL
|
high-density lipoprotein
|
HDL-C
|
high-density lipoprotein
-cholesterol
|
HDN
|
hemolytic disease of the newborn
|
HDS
|
hemodynamically stable (i.e., not bleeding)
|
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
|
HELLP syndrome
(
Hemolysis
,
elevated liver enzymes
, low
platelets
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
|
HFNC
|
high flow
Nasal cannula
|
HFRS
|
hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
|
HGB
|
hemoglobin
|
HGH
|
Human Growth Hormone
|
HGSIL
|
high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
|
HGV
|
hepatitis G virus
|
HGPRTase
|
hypoxanthine
-
guanine
phosphoribosyl transferase
|
HH
|
hemihypertrophy
hiatus hernia
hitting head
|
H/H or H&H
|
hemoglobin
and
hematocrit
|
HHS
|
Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state
|
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
|
HIE
|
hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (
cerebral hypoxia
)
|
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
|
HNPP
|
hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy
|
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
state
|
HOPI
|
History of present illness
|
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)
|
HPP
|
hypokalemic periodic paralysis
|
HPS
|
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
|
HPV
|
human papillomavirus
|
HR
|
heart rate
|
hr
|
hour
or hours
|
HRS
|
Hepatorenal syndrome
|
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
)
|
HSCT
|
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
|
HSG
|
hysterosalpingogram
|
HSIL
|
high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
|
HSM
|
hepatosplenomegaly
|
HSP
|
Henoch?Schonlein 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)
|