Neurosurgical Abbreviations
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U          unit

U/         above the umbilicus

/U         below the umbilicus

UA       urinalysis test

UAC     umbilical artery catheter

UAL     ultrasonic assisted liposuction

UBO's  unidentified bright objects (on MRI)

UBW    usual body weight

UCD     University of California at Davis

UCG     urinary chorionic gonadotropin (pregnancy test)

UCHD   usual childhood diseases

UCLA   University of California at Los Angeles

UCSF   University of California at San Francisco

UD       up draft (respiratory therapy term)

UE        upper extremity

umb.    umbilicus

UMN     upper motor neuron

ung      ointment

UGI      upper gastrointestinal

UL        upper lid

UO       urinary output

UQ       upper quadrant

U.R.     Utilization Review

URI       upper respiratory infection

Uro      Urology

URD     upper respiratory disease

URI       upper respiratory infection

urol.     urology

US       ultrasound

U/S      ultrasound

USN     ultrasonic nebulizer

U.S.P.  United States Pharmacopeia

UTI       urinary tract infection

U/U      at umbilicus

UV       ultraviolet light

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