SOME COMMONLY USED MEDICAL WORD :
COVID-19 : Coronaviruse Disease 2019
PPE : Personal Protective Equipment
WHO : World Health Organization
HCQ : Hydroxychloroquine
CQ : Chloroquine Phosphate
CCD : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
BP: Blood Pressure
BPM: (Heart) Beats Per Minute
CPAP: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
(A ventilator setting used in the ICU)
FiO2 : Fraction of inspired Oxygen
GCQ: General Community Quarantine
LSI: Locally Stranded Individual
(A foreign national or citizen who is stranded in a locality different from their normal place of residence)
LRT: Lower Respiratory Tract
MAP: Mean Arterial Pressure
NIV: Noninvasive Ventilation
OI: Oxygenation Index
OSI: Oxygenation Index using SpO2
PaO2: Partial pressure of Oxygen
PEEP: Positive End-Expiratory Pressure
ROF: Returning Overseas Filipinos
SBP: Systolic Plood Pressure
SD: Standard Deviation
SIRS: Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
SpO2: Oxygen Saturation
URT: Upper Respiratory Tract
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