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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

ADQI

Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative

AE

Adverse Event

AKIN

Acute Kidney Injury Network

AMC

Academic Medical Centre

AoV

Aortic Valve

AR

Aortic Regurgitation

ASA

American Society of Anesthesiologists

AUC

Area Under The Curve

AVA

Aortic Valve Area

AVPG

Aortic Valve Pressure Gradient

BDNF

Brain-Derived Neurotropic Factors

BMI

Body Mass Index

BPS-NI

Behavioural Pain Scale For Nonintubated Patients

BP

Blood Pressure

BT

Bronchial Thermoplasty

CABG

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

CCMO

Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects

CCU

Cardiac Care Unit

CDC

Centres for Disease Control

COPD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

CSSI

Clinician Satisfaction with Sedation Instrument

CT

Computed Tomographic

EA

Electro-Acupuncture

EBUS

Endobronchial Ultrasound

ECG

Electrocardiogram

ECV

Electrocardioversion

EGF

Epidermal Growth Factor

EMA

European Medicine Agency

ERCP

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

ESGAR

European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology

ESWL

External Shockwave Lithotripsy

EtCO2

end-tidal CO

2

ExCO2

end-expiratory CO

2

FEV1

Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 s

GA

General Anaesthesia

GABA

Gamma-Amino-Butyric Acid

GCP

Good Clinical Practice

GE

Gastroenterologist