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Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

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  • Q  coulomb [electric quantity]; electric charge; flow; 1,4-glucan branching enzyme; glutamine; heat; qualitative; quality; quantity; quart; quartile; Queensland [fever]; query [fever]; question; quinacrine; quinidine; quinone; quotient; radiant energy; reactive power; reaction energy; temperative coefficient; see QRS [wave]
  • Q10  temperature coefficient
  •   cardiac output
  • q  electric charge; long arm of chromosome; probability of failure in single trial [statistics]; quart; quintal
  • QA  quality assessment; quality assurance; questions and answers
  • QAAA  quantitative amino acid analysis
  • QAC  quaternary ammonium compound; quinacrine
  • QACC  quality assurance coordination committee
  • QAF  quality adjustment factor
  • QAHCS  Quality of Australian Health Care Study
  • QA&I  quality assessment and improvement
  • QALD  quality-adjusted life days
  • QALE  quality-adjusted life expectancy
  • QALPACS  quality patient care scale
  • QALY  quality-adjusted life year
  • QAM  quality assurance monitoring
  • QAP  quality assurance program or professional; quinine, atabrine, and pamaquine
  • QA/QC  quality assurance and quality control
  • QAR  quantitative autoradiography
  • QARANC  Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
  • QARNNS  Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service
  • QAS  quality assurance standard
  • QAUR  quality assurance and utilization review
  • QB  whole blood
  • QB  total body clearance
  • Qb  blood flow
  • QBC  query by case
  • QBIC  query by image content
  • QBV  whole blood volume
  • QC  quality characteristics; quality control; quantum computing; quinine colchicine
  • Qc  pulmonary capillary blood flow
  • QCA  quantitative coronary arteriography or angiography
  • QCID  qualitative contingent influence diagram [model]
  • QCIM  Quarterly Cumulative Index Medicus
  • QCM  quartz crystal microbalance
  • QCO2  carbon dioxide evolution by a tissue
  • QCP  quality care program
  • QCS  Quebec Cardiovascular Study; Quick Confusion Scale
  • QCT  quantitative computed tomography
  • QD  Qi deficiency; quantum dot
  • Qd  probability of detection
  • QDE  quantum detection efficiency
  • QDH/SS  [protective] quick doff hood/second skin
  • QDPR  quinoid dihydropteridine reductase
  • QE  quantum efficiency
  • QEA  quantitative culture of endotracheal aspirates
  • QED  quantum electrodynamics
  • QEE  quadriceps extension exercise
  • QEEG, qEEG  quantitative electroencephalography
  • QEF  quail embryo fibroblasts
  • QENF  quantifying examination of neurologic function
  • QEONS  Queen Elizabeth's Overseas Nursery Service
  • QEW  quick early warning
  • QF  quality factor; query fever; quick freeze; relative biologic effectiveness
  • QFCM  quantitative fluorescence cytometry
  • QFD  quality function deployment
  • QFES  Quality Feedback Expert System
  • Q fever  query fever
  • QFFV  Queensland fruit fly virus
  • QFT  QuantiFERON tuberculosis test
  • QGS  quantitative gated SPECT [single photon emission computed tomography]
  • QHDS  Queen's Honorary Dental Surgeon
  • QHFT  Quinapril Heart Failure Trial
  • QHNS  Queen's Honorary Nursing Sister
  • QHP  Queen's Honorary Physician
  • QHS  quantitative hepatobiliary scintigraphy; Queen's Honorary Surgeon
  • QI  quality improvement; quality indicator; Quetelet Index
  • QIDN  Queen's Institute of District Nursing
  • QIN  quality improvement network
  • QIO  quality improvement organization
  • QIP  quality improvement project
  • QISMC  Quality Improvement System for Managed Care
  • QJ  quadriceps jerk
  • QL  quality of life
  • QLE  quasi-likelihood estimation
  • Q-LES-Q  Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire
  • QLP  quality laboratory process
  • QLQ  quality of life questionnaire
  • QLQ-C  quality of life questionnaire-cancer
  • QLS  Quality of Life Scale; quasielastic light-scattering spectroscopy
  • QLV  quasi-linear viscoelastic [model]
  • QM  quality management; quantization matrix; quinacrine mustard
  • qm  every morning [Lat. quaque mane]
  • QMAN  query manager
  • QMB  qualified Medicare beneficiary
  • QMC  quantum Monte Carlo
  • QMF  quadrature mirror filter
  • QMI  Q-wave myocardial infarction
  • QMP  Quality Management Program
  • QMR  Quick Medical Reference
  • QMR-DT  Quick Medical Reference-Decision Theoretic
  • QMR-KAT  Quick Medical Reference- Knowledge Acquisition Tool
  • QMRP  qualified mental retardation professional
  • QMT  quantitative muscle test
  • QMWS  quasi-morphine withdrawal syndrome
  • QN, qn  quantitative
  • qn  every night [Lat. quaque nocte]
  • QNB  quinuclidinyl benzilate
  • QNS  Queen's Nursing Sister
  • qns  quantity not sufficient
  • QO2  flow of oxygen
  • Qo  oxygen consumption
  • QO2  oxygen quotient; oxygen utilization
  • Qo  flow at origin
  • qod  every other day [Lat. quaque altera die; JCAHO unapproved abbreviation]
  • qoh  every other hour [Lat. quaque altera hora]
  • QOLHS  Quality of Life Hypertension Study
  • qon  every other night [Lat. quaque altera nocte]
  • QOL  quality of life
  • QOLI  quality of life index
  • QOLI-P  quality of life index-Padilla
  • QLOQ  quality of life questionnaire
  • QoS  quality of service
  • QP  quadrigeminal plate; quality planning; quanti-Pirquet [reaction]
  • Qp  pulmonary blood flow
  • QPC  quadratic phase coupling; quadrigeminal plate cistern; quality of patient care
  • Qpc  pulmonary capillary blood flow
  • QPCR  quantitative polymerase chain reaction
  • QPD  quadrature phase detector
  • QPEEG  quantitative pharmaco-electroencephalography
  • QPMV  Quail pea mosaic virus
  • QPV  Quokka poxvirus
  • Qp:Qs  pulmonary-to-systemic flow ratio; pulmonic-to-systemic flow ratio
  • QR  quality review; quieting response; quinaldine red; quinone reductase
  • qr  quadriradial; quarter
  • QRA  quantitative risk assessment
  • QRB  Quality Review Bulletin
  • Qrbc  flow of red blood cells
  • QRFV  Quaranfil virus
  • QRM  quality and resource management
  • QRNG  quinoline-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  • QRP  quick response program
  • QRS  in electrocardiography, the complex consisting of Q, R, and S waves, corresponding to depolarization of ventricles [complex]; in electrocardiography, the loop traced by QRS vectors, representing ventricular depolarization [interval]
  • QRS-ST  the junction between the QRS complex and the ST segment in the electrocardiogram [junction]
  • QRS-T  the angle between the QRS and T vectors in vectorcardiography [angle]
  • qRT-PCR  quantitative reverse transcriptase [RT] polymerase chain reaction [PCR]
  • QRZ  wheal reaction time [Ger. Qaddel Reaktion Zeit]
  • QS  question screening; quiet sleep
  • Qs, Qs  systemic blood flow
  • QSAR  quantitative structure-activity relationship
  • QSART  quantitative sudomotor axon reflex testing
  • QSFR  quantitative structure-function relationship
  • QSM  quality assurance and safety of medicine
  • QSPR  quantitative structure-property relationship
  • QSPV  quasistatic pressure volume
  • QSQT  shunted blood to total blood flow [ratio]
  • QSR  quality system regulation
  • QSS  quantitative sacroiliac scintigraphy
  • QSSR  quantitative structure-stability relationship
  • QST  quantitative sensory test
  • QT  cardiac output; Quick test
  • Q-T  in electrocardiography, the time from the beginning of the QRS complex to the end of the T wave [interval]
  • qt  quantity; quart; quiet
  • QTc, Q-Tc  Q-T interval corrected for heart rate
  • qter  end of long arm of chromosome
  • QTL  quantitative trait locus
  • Q-TWIST  quality-adjusted time without symptoms of disease and subjective toxic effects of treatment
  • Quad  quadratic [potential]
  • quad  quadrant; quadriceps; quadriplegic
  • QUADS  Quinapril Australian Dosing Study
  • QUAL  qualitative attribute [UMLS]
  • qual  quality, qualitative
  • QUAL-PACS  quality of patient care system
  • QUALYs  quality-adjusted life years
  • QUAN  quantitative attribute [UMLS]
  • quant  quantity, quantitative
  • quar  quarantine
  • QUART  quadrantectomy, axillary dissection, radiotherapy
  • QUASAR  Quinapril Anti-Ischemia and Symptoms of Angina Reduction [trial]
  • QUEST  Quality, Utilization, Effectiveness, Statistically Tabulated
  • QUESTAR  query estimation and refinement
  • QUESTT  Question the child, Use pain rating scale, Evaluate behavior and physiologic changes, Secure parents' involvement, Take cause of pain into account, Take action and evaluate results [pain assessment in children]
  • QUEXTA  Quantitative Exercise Testing and Angiography [study]
  • QUICHA  quantitative inhalation challenge apparatus
  • QUIET  Quinapril Ischemic Event Trial
  • QuIC  Quality Interagency Coordinating Task Force
  • QUIN  quinolinic acid
  • quint  fifth
  • QUIS  Questionnaire on User Interface Satisfaction
  • quot  quotient
  • quotid  daily, quotidian [Lat. quotidie]
  • QUPV  Quailpox virus
  • QUS  quantitative ultrasound
  • qv  which see [Lat. quod vide]
  • QWB  quality of well-being [questionnaire, scale, or index]
  • QYBV  Qalyub virus
  • QYD  Qi and Yin deficiency