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Chest diseases
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Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- AACP
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American College of Chest Physicians (www.chestnet.org)
- AACVPR
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American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- AARC
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American Association for Respiratory Care (https://www.aarc.org/)
The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) is a non profit professional organization supporting respiratory care in the United States. The AARC encourages and promotes professional excellence, advances the science and practice of respiratory care, and serves as an advocate for patients and their families, the profession and the respiratory therapists.
- AART
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American Association for Respiratory Therapy
- AATS
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American Association for Thoracic Surgery (www.aats.org)
- ABEA
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American Broncho-Esophagological Association
- AMG
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Aminoguanidine
- BD
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Bronchodilatation
- BPCO
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Broncho-Pneumopathie Chronique Obstructive
= COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | In English
= MPOC | Maladie Pulmonaire Obstructive Chronique | In French
= COLD | Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease | In English
= COAD | Chronisch obstruktive Atemwegserkrankung | In German
= EPOC | Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica | In Spanish
= BPCO | Broncopneumopatia Cronica Ostruttiva | In Italian
= DPOC | Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crónica | In Portuguese
= KOAH | Kronik Obstrüktif Akciğer Hastalığı | In Turkish - BPCO
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Broncopneumopatia Cronica Ostruttiva
= COPD, MPOC, COLD, COAD, EPOC, DPOC, KOAH (see above)
- COAD
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Chronisch obstruktive Atemwegserkrankung
= BPCO, COPD, MPOC, COLD, EPOC, DPOC, KOAH (see above)
- COLD
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Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
= BPCO, COPD, MPOC, COAD, EPOC, DPOC, KOAH (see above)
- COPCOV
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Chloroquine Prevention of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the Healthcare Setting
- COPD
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
= BPCO, MPOC, COLD, COAD, EPOC, DPOC, KOAH (see above)
- COVID-19
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Coronavirus Disease 2019
- CPT
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Capacité Pulmonaire Totale
- CRACMO
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Centre de Référence des Affections Chroniques et Malformatives de l’Oesophage
- CVF
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Capacité Vitale Forcée
- CVL
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Capacité Vitale Lente
- DEM
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Débit Expiratoire Moyen
- DEP
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Débit Expiratoire de Pointe
- DPOC
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Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crónica
= BPCO, COPD, MPOC, COLD, COAD, EPOC, KOAH (see above)
- EFR
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Exploration Fonctionnelle Respiratoire
- EFX
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Épreuve Fonctionnelle à l’Exercice
- ELF
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European Lung Foundation
- EPOC
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Enfermedad Pulmonar Obstructiva Crónica
= BPCO, COPD, MPOC, COLD, COAD, DPOC, KOAH (see above)
- ERS
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European Respiratory Society
- ESTS
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European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (www.ests.org)
- FFAAIR
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Fédération Française des Associations et Amicales d'Insuffisants Respiratoires
- GOLD
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Global initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
- HAP
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Hipertensió Arterial Pulmonar
= PAH | Pulmonalarterielle Hypertonie | In German
= PH | Pulmonale Hypertonie | In German
= PHT | Pulmonale Hypertonie | In German
= HTAP | Hipertensió Arterial Pulmonar | In Catalan
= PH | Pulmonary Hypertension | In English
= HTP | Hipertensión Pulmonar | In Spanish
= HTAP | Hypertension Artérielle Pulmonaire | In French
= PH | Pulmonale Hypertensie | In Dutch
= ЛГ | Лёгочная гиперте́нзия | In Russian
= PAH | Pulmonal Arteriel Hypertension | In Danish
= HTP | Hipertensión Pulmonar | In Galician
= ԹՀ | Թոքային հիպերտենզիա | In Armenian
= PAH | Pulmonal Arteriell Hypertensjon | In Norwegian
= PH | Plućna Hipertenzija | In Serbian
= PAH | Pulmonell Arteriell Hypertension | In Swedish
= PH | Pulmoner Hipertansiyon | In Turkish - HTAP
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Hipertensió Arterial Pulmonar
= HAP, PAH, PH, PHT, HTP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)
- HTAP
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Hypertension Artérielle Pulmonaire
= HAP, PAH, PH, PHT, HTP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)
- HTP
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Hipertensión Pulmonar
= HAP, PAH, PH, PHT, HTAP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)
- HTP
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Hipertensión Pulmonar
= HAP, PAH, PH, PHT, HTAP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)
- IRA
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Infection Respiratoire Aiguë
- KOAH
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Kronik Obstrüktif Akciğer Hastalığı
= BPCO, COPD, MPOC, COLD, COAD, EPOC, DPOC, KOAH (see above)
- LVRS
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Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
- MEEI
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Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (https://www.masseyeandear.org/)
- MPOC
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Maladie Pulmonaire Obstructive Chronique
= BPCO, COPD, COLD, COAD, EPOC, DPOC, KOAH (see above)
- NETT
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National Emphysema Treatment Trial
- NSLC
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Non-Small cell Lung Carcinoma
- OAP
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Œdème Aigu Pulmonaire
- PAH
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Pulmonalarterielle Hypertonie
= HAP, PH, PHT, HTAP, HTP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)
- PAH
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Pulmonal Arteriel Hypertension
= HAP, PH, PHT, HTAP, HTP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)
- PAH
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Pulmonal Arteriell Hypertensjon
= HAP, PH, PHT, HTAP, HTP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)
- PAH
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Pulmonell Arteriell Hypertension
= HAP, PH, PHT, HTAP, HTP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)
- PH
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Pulmonale Hypertonie
= HAP, PAH, PHT, HTAP, HTP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)
- PH
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Pulmonary Hypertension
= HAP, PAH, PHT, HTAP, HTP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)
- PH
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Pulmonale Hypertensie
= HAP, PAH, PHT, HTAP, HTP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)
- PH
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Plućna Hipertenzija
= HAP, PAH, PHT, HTAP, HTP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)
- PH
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Pulmoner Hipertansiyon
= HAP, PAH, PHT, HTAP, HTP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)
- PHT
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Pulmonale Hypertonie
= HAP, PAH, PH, HTAP, HTP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)
- SARS
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Severe Acute Respiratory Disease
= SRAS | Syndrome Respiratoire Aigu Sévère | In French
= SARS | Schwere Akute Respiratorische Syndrom | In German
= SRAG | Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo Grave | In Spanish
= SARS | Şiddetli Akut Solunum yolu Sendromu | In Turkish
= SRAG | Síndrome Respiratoriu Agudu Grave | In Asturian
= ΣΟΑΣ | Σοβαρό οξύ αναπνευστικό σύνδρομο | In Greek
= SASoSo | Severa Akuta Spira Sindromo | In Esperanto
= SARS | Smagais Akūtais Respiratorais Sindroms | In Latvian - SARS
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Schwere Akute Respiratorische Syndrom
= SRAS, SRAG, ΣΟΑΣ, SASoSo (see above)
- SARS
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Şiddetli Akut Solunum yolu Sendromu
= SRAS, SRAG, ΣΟΑΣ, SASoSo (see above)
- SARS
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Smagais Akūtais Respiratorais Sindroms
= SRAS, SRAG, ΣΟΑΣ, SASoSo (see above)
- SASoSo
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Severa Akuta Spira Sindromo
= SARS, SRAS, SRAG, ΣΟΑΣ, SASoSo (see above)
- SLC
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Small cell Lung Carcinoma
- SPLF
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Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française
- SRAG
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Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo Grave
= SARS, SRAS, ΣΟΑΣ, SASoSo (see above)
- SRAG
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Síndrome Respiratoriu Agudu Grave
= SARS, SRAS, ΣΟΑΣ, SASoSo (see above)
- SRAS
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Syndrome Respiratoire Aigu Sévère
= SARS, SRAG, ΣΟΑΣ, SASoSo (see above)
- TVO
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Trouble Ventilatoire Obstructif
- VAP
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
- VEMS
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Volume Expiratoire Maximum au cours de la première Seconde
- ÖGLUT
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Österreichische Gesellschaft für Lungenerkrankungen und Tuberkulose (www.oeglut.at)
- ÖGP
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Österreichische Gesellschaft für Pneumologie (www.ogp.at)
- ΣΟΑΣ
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Σοβαρό οξύ αναπνευστικό σύνδρομο
= SARS, SRAS, SRAG, SASoSo (see above)
- ЛГ
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Лёгочная гиперте́нзия
= HAP, PAH, PH, PHT, HTAP, HTP, ԹՀ (see above)
- ԹՀ
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Թոքային հիպերտենզիա
= HAP, PAH, PH, PHT, HTAP, HTP, ЛГ, ԹՀ (see above)