Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome	ARDS	Body Surface Area	BSA
Cardiac Output	CO	Cardiopulmonary Bypass	CPB
Catheter Related Sepsis	CRS	Central Venous Pressure	CVP
Complete Heart Block	CHB	Congestive Heart Failure	CHF
End Diastolic Volume	EDV	End Systolic Volume	ESV
External Jugular Vein	EJV	Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction	HPV
Intensive Care Unit	ICU	Intrathoracic Pressure	ITP
Left Atrium	LA	Left Atrial Pressure	LAP
Left Bundle Branch Block	LBBB	Left Ventricle	LV
Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure	LVEDP	Left Ventricular Stroke Work	LVSW
Mean Arterial Pressure	MAP	Positive End Expiratory Pressure	PEEP
Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava	PLSCV	Pulmonary Artery Catheter	PAC
Pulmonary Artery End-Diastolic Pressure	PAEDP	Pulmonary Artery Occlusion Pressure	PAOP
Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure	PCWP	Pulmonary Vascular Resistance	PVR
Pulmonary Venous Pressure	PVP	Randomised Controlled Trial	RCT
Right Atrial Pressure	RAP	Right Atrium	RA
Right Bundle Branch Block	RBBB	Right Ventricle	RV
Right Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure	RVEDP	Right Ventricular End-Systolic Pressure	RVESP
Stroke Volume	SV	Systemic Vascular Resistance	SVR
Superior Vena Cava	SVC	Trans-oesophageal Echo	TOE
Tumour Necrosis Factor	TNF

Last edited on: 13/11/2000