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Abbrev. Meaning
V ventilation
VA visual acuity
VAD ventricular assist device
vincristine, adriblastine, dexamethasone
Vag vaginal
VAMP vesicle-associated membrane protein
vincristine, adriblastine, methylprednisone
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
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venereal disease (outdated name for sexually transmitted disease)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)
VEE Venezuelan equine encephalitis
VEB ventricular ectopic beat
VF
V-fib		 ventricular fibrillation
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
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
V/Q ventilation/perfusion scan
VRE vancomycin-resistant enterococcus
VRSA vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
VS vital signs
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
VZV varicella zoster virus
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