Abbreviations used on this web site

ABG Arterial blood gas
ARC Australian Resuscitation Council
BE Base excess
BPD Bronchpulmonary dysplasia (also known as CLD)
bpm Beats per minute
CDH Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
CHD Congenital heart disease
CLD Chronic lung disease (now known as BPD)
cmH2O Centimeters of water
CO2 Carbon dioxide
CPAP Continuous positive airway pressure
ECC External chest compressions
ET Endotracheal
ETCO2 End-tidal carbon dioxide
ETT Endotracheal tube
Fg French gauge
FHR Fetal heart rate
FRC Functional residual capacity
HCO3 Bicarbonate
HIE Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
HR Heart rate
H2O Water
IM Intramuscular
IO Intraosseous
IV Intravenous
IPPV Intermittent positive pressure ventilation (also known as PPV)
IVH Intraventricular haemorrhage
ILCOR International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation
LMA Laryngeal mask airway (See Supraglottic airway)
L/min Litres per minute
mL/kg Milliliters per kilogram
mmHg Millimeters of mercury
MSAF Meconium stained amniotic fluid
NaHCO3 Sodium bicarbonate
nCPAP Nasal continuous positive airway pressure
NE Neonatal encephalopathy
NEC Necrotising enterocolitis
O2 Oxygen
PEEP Positive end expiratory pressure
PaCO2 Partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood
PaO2 Partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood
pH A measure of acidity or basicity of a solution
PPHN Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
PPV Positive pressure ventilation (also known as IPPV)
PVL Periventricular leukomalacia
RCT Randomised controlled trial
ROS Reactive oxygen species
ROP Retinopathy of prematurity (previously known as retrolental fibroplasia)
SaO2 Arterial oxygen saturation
SGA Supraglottic airway (also known as laryngeal mask)
SpO2 Peripheral oxygen saturation (measured by pulse oximetry)
UAC Umbilical arterial catheter
UVC Umbilical venous catheter
VT Tidal volume

 

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