| Abbreviation
|
Meaning
|
| V |
ventilation
|
| VA |
visual acuity
|
| VAC |
vincristine, actinomycin D, and cyclophosphamide (chemotherapy regimen)
|
| VAD |
ventricular assist device
vincristine, adriblastine, dexamethasone
|
| Vag |
vaginal
|
| VAI |
cincristine, actinomycin D, and ifosfamide (chemotherapy regimen)
|
| VAMP |
vesicle-associated membrane protein
vincristine, adriblastine, methylprednisone
|
| VAS |
vibroacoustic stimulation
visual analog scale
|
| VBG |
venous blood gases
|
| VBAC |
vaginal birth after caesarean
|
| VC |
vital capacity
|
| VCTC |
voluntary counselling and testing centers (for HIV—government centres in India)
|
| vCJD |
variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
|
| VCUG |
voiding cystourethrogram
|
| VD |
vaginal delivery
venereal disease (outdated name for sexually transmitted disease)
volume of distribution
|
| VDRF |
ventilator-dependent respiratory failure
|
| VDRL |
Venereal Diseases Research Laboratory (old test for syphilis)
|
| VE |
vaginal examination (manual examination)
|
| VEB |
ventricular ectopic beat
|
| VED |
Vacuum Erection Device
|
| VEE |
Venezuelan equine encephalitis
|
VF
V-fib |
ventricular fibrillation
|
| VFSS |
videofluoroscopic swallow study
|
| VH |
visual hallucinations
vaginal hysterectomy
|
| VHL |
Von Hippel–Lindau disease
|
| VIN |
vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia
|
| VIR |
Vascular Interventional Radiology
|
| VIP |
vasoactive intestinal peptide
|
| VLDL |
very-low-density lipoprotein
|
| VMA |
vanillylmandelic acid
violent mechanical asphyxia
|
| VNPI |
Van Nuys prognostic scoring index (for ductal carcinoma)
|
| VO |
verbal order
|
| VOC |
vaso-occlusive crisis
|
| VOD |
volume of distribution
|
| VPA |
valproic acid
|
| VPAP |
variable positive airway pressure
|
| VPB |
ventricular premature beats (see premature ventricular contraction)
|
| VPC (PVC) |
ventricular premature contraction
|
| VPI |
Velopharyngeal insufficiency
|
| V/Q |
ventilation/perfusion scan
|
| VRE |
vancomycin-resistant enterococcus
|
| VRSA |
vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
|
| VS |
vital signs
versus
|
| VSD |
ventricular septal defect
|
| VSR |
ventricular septal rupture (see myocardial rupture)
|
| VSS |
vital signs stable
|
| VT |
ventricular tachycardia
verotoxin
|
| VTE |
venous thromboembolism
|
| VTEC |
verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli, also known as enterohaemorrhagic E. coli
|
| VUR |
vesicoureteral reflux
|
| VWD |
ventral wall defect
Von Willebrand disease
|
| VWF |
Von Willebrand factor
|
| VZIG |
varicella zoster immune globulin
|
| VZV |
varicella zoster virus
|
