List of abbreviations | Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care for Children (Liben, Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care for Children)

Editors: Goldman, Ann; Hain, Richard; Liben, Stephen

Title: Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care for Children, 1st Edition

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List of abbreviations

Abbreviations

AACN

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Ach

Achetylcholine

ACT

Association for Children with Life-threatening or Terminal Conditions and their Families

AIDS

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

ALL

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

APA

American Psychiatric Association

ARV

Anti-Retroviral Drug

ASICI

Acid Sensing Ion Channels

BAE

Bronchial Artery Emboligation

BANS

British Artificial Nutrition Survey

BAPEN

British Association for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition

BCCAA

Branched Chain Amino Acids

BCL

B-cell Leukemia

BDNF

Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor

BiPAP

Biphasic Positive Airway Pressure

BMA

British Medical Journal

BMT

Blood and Marrow Transplant

BTx

Botulinum Toxin

CAI

Child Advocacy International

CAM

Confusion Assessment Method

CAM

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

CAMP

Cyclicadenosine Monophosphate

CBT

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Compact Disc

CDI

Children's Depression Inventory

CDRS-R

Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revised

Cystic Fibrosis

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CFS

Children Fatigue Scale

CF-TON

Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Network

CGRP

Calcium Gene Related Peptide

CHD

Coronary Heart Disease

CHI-PACC

Children's Hospice International Programme for All-Inclusive Care for Children and their Families

CINRG

Cooperative International Neuromuscular Research Group

CLIPPS

Children Int. Proj Palliative Services

CML

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

CNS

Central Nervous System

COG

Children's Oncology Group

CONSORT

Consolidated Standards of Report Clinical Trails

Cerebral Palsy

CPAP

Continuous Positive Pressure

CQI

Continuous Quality Management

CRF

Corticotropin Releasing Factor

CSF

Cerebrospinal Fluid

CSM

Committee on the Safety of Medicines

CTZ

Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone

CVAD

Central Venous Access Device

DHA

Docose Hexanoic Acid

DIC

Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

DMD

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DNAR

Do Not Attempt Resuscitation

DNR

Do Not Resuscitate

DOH

Department of Health

DREZotomy

Dorsal Root Entry Zone-otomy

DRG

Dorsal Root Gangtion

DRV

Dietary Reference Value

DSM

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

Dopamine

EAPC

European Association for Palliative Care

Epidermolysis Bullose

EBV

Epstein Barr Virus

EEG

Electrodencephalogram

ELNEL

End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium

EOL

End of Life

EPA

Eicosapentanoic Acid

ESPR

European Society for Pediatric Research

EXQOL

Exeter Quality of Life Scale

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

FEVI

Forced Expiratory Volume in 1s

FHSSA

Foundation for Hospice in sub-Saharan Africa

FVC

Forced Vital Capacity

GABA

Gamma Amino Butyric Acid

GDNF

Glial Derived Nuratrophic Factor

GET

Gastric Emptying Time

GFAP

Glival Fibrillary Acidic Protein Hyphenation

GFR

Glomerular Filtration Rate

Growth Hormone

Gastrointestinal

GMC

General Medical Council

GORD

Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease

Histamine

HBV

Hepatitis B Virus

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HPOA

Hypertropic Pulmonary Ostecarthopathy

HPV

Human Papilloma Virus

HRQ

Health Related Quality of Life

HTLV

Human T-cell Leukemia Virus

IASP

International Association for the Study of Pain

ICH

Idiopathic Chronic Hiccup

ICP

Increased Intracranial pressure

ICU

Intensive Care Unit

Intellectual Disability

Interleukin

IPPC

Initiative for Paediatric Palliative Care

Intelligence Quotient

IRB

Investigation Review Board

ITT

Intention-to-Treat

Intravenous

JCAHO

American Joint Commissioner for Accreditation of Health Care Organization

KHD

Kinky Hair Disease

LLC

Life Limiting Condition

LLT

Life Limiting Illnesses

LST

Life Sustaining Treatment

LTR

Long Terminal Repeats

Magestrol Acetate

Marketing Authorisation

Mach

Muscasiric Acetyl Choline

MAPK

Mitogen Activated Pinae

MCA

Medicines Control Agency

MDD

Major Depressive Disorder

MDR

Multiple Drug Resistance

MFO

Mixed Function Oxidase

MGLUR

Metabotrophic Receptor

MHRA

Medicine And Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

MI-E

Mechanical Insuffocation-Exsuffocation

MPS

Mucopoly Sacehari Diesease

MSAS

Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale

MTD

Maximum Tolerated Dose

MVV

Maximum Voluntary Ventilation

N & V

Nausea and Vomiting

NACWOLA

Association of Women Living with AIDS

NCCAM

National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

NCI

National Cancer Institute

NGf

Nerve Growth Factor

NGT

Nasogastric Tube

NHS

National Health Services

NICE

National Institute of Clinical Excellence

NICHD

National Institute of Chile Health and Human Development

NICU

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

NIPPV

Non-invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation

Neurodegenerative Life-threateneing Illness

NMB

Neuromuscular Blockers

NMD

Neuromuscular disease

NMDA

N Methyl D Asparate

NPY

Neuropeptide Y

NSCLC

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

-3 Neurotrophin 3

NTS

Nuclear Tractus solitarus

OCD

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

ORS

Oral Rehydration Solution

PAPAS

Pain, Palliative Care and Support Care

PCA

Patient-Controlled Analgesia

PCRF

Parvicellular Reticular Formation

PEDSQL

Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory

PEG

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastronomy

PeGL

Polyethylene Glycol

PGI

Patient Generated Index

PICU

Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

PIM

Paediatric Index of Mortality

PKA

Protein Kinase A

PKC

Protein Konase C

PKU

Phenylketouria

PML

Promyelocytic Leukemia

PMN

Polymodel Nociceptor

PNET

Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor

Per Rectum

PRISM

Pediatric Risk of Mortality

PRO

Peer Review Organization

PVS

Persistent Vegetative State

PYY

Polypeptide

Quality Assurance

Quality Improvement

QOL

Quality of Life

QUEST

Quality of End-of-Life Care and Satisfaction with Treatment

RCPCH

Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health

RCT

Randomized Controlled Trials

RGC

Retrograde Giant Contraction

Subcutaneous

SEIQOL

Schedule of the Evaluation of Individual Quality if Life

SEP

Somatory Sensory Evoked Potential

SIDS

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

SIOP

Societe International O'Oncologie Pediatrique

Sublingal

SMA

Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Substance P

SSRI

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor

STAIC

State-trait Anxiety Inventory for Children

STAS

Support Team Assessment

SUDEP

Sudden and Unexpected Death in Epilepsy

SVC

Superior Vena Cava

SVCO

Superior Vena Cava Obstruction Syndrome

TCA

Tricylic Anti Depressant

TCM

Traditional Chinese medicine

TIME

Toolkit of Instruments to Measure End-of-Life Care Attached

TNF

Tumour necrosis factor

TOP

Termination of Pregnancy

TQM

Total Quality Management

TREND

Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Non-Randomized Designs

TRKA

Tyrosine Kinase A

Tidal Volume

UCP

United Cerebral Palsy Research and Education Foundation

UDPGT

Uridine Diphosphate Glucuronyl Transferase

UKCCSG

United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group

UNCRC

United Nations Convention on the Right of the Child

VAS

Visual Analogue Scale

Vomiting Center

VGSC

Voltage Gated Sodium Channel

VIP

Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide

VRI

Vanilloid Receptor 1

VRLI

Vanilloid Receptor Like Protein Subtype 1

WEEFIM

Functional Independence Measure

WHO

World Health Organization

WMA

World Medical Association