Abbreviations
PSM
patientsidemodule
PT
prothrombintime
PTC
posttetaniccount
PVC
polyvinylchloride
PVC
prematureventricularcontraction
PvCO2
carbondioxidepartialpressureinmixedvenousblood
PvO2
partialpressureofoxygenin(mixed)venousblood
PVR
pulmonaryvascularresistance
PVRI
pulmonaryvascularresistanceindex
QRS
QRScomplex
Qs/Qtvenousadmixture
QT
Q-Tinterval
QTc
correctedvalueoftheQTinterval
R
right(describinglocation)
RonT
earlyPVC,closetotheTwaveoftheprecedingnormalbeat
RA
rightarm(describinglocation)
RAM
randomaccessmemory
RAP
rightatrialpressure
Raw
airwayresistance
RCW
rightcardiacwork
RCWI
rightcardiacworkindex
REresponseEntropy
Rect
rectaltemperature
refreference
REF
rightventricularejectionfraction
RespRate
respirationrate(total)(measured)
RF
radiofrequency
RHbreducedhemoglobin
RL
reducedleadset
RMS
average(rootmeansquare)power
ROM
readonlymemory
Room
roomtemperature
RQ
respiratoryquotient
RR
respirationrate
RV
residualvolume
RVEDV
rightventricularend-diastolicvolume
RVEDVI
rightventricularend-diastolicvolumeindex
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