Neurosurgical Abbreviations
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V         vomiting

VA       vertebral artery

V.A.     Veterans Administration

vag.     vaginal

vag hyst  vaginal hysterectomy

V.A.H. Veterans Administration Hospital

var decel variable decelerations

VAS    visual analog scale

vasc.   vascular

VATS  video assisted thorascopic surgery

VB       vertebral body

VBA    vertebral body augmentation

VBAC  vaginal birth after Cesarean section

VC       vital capacity

VCF     vertebral compression fracture

VCR     vincristine (cancer chemotherapy drug)

vd        void

V.D.     venereal disease

VDRL   Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test for syphilis

VEGF   vascular endothelial growth factor

vent.    ventilator

verts    vertebral arteries

VF       ventricular fibrillation

V-fib    ventricular fibrillation

VH       vitreous hemorrhage

VHL     von Hippel-Lindau complex

VIP       volume infusion pump or very important person

vit.       vitamin

VMA    vanillylmandelic acid

VMC    ValleyCare Medical Center

VMH    Valley Memorial Hospital

V.O.     verbal order (given by physician)

vol.      volume

VP       ventriculoperitoneal

V&P     vagotomy and pyloroplasty

VPA     valproic acid

v-pad   vaginal pad

VPC     ventricular premature contraction (heart)

VR       vocational rehabilitation

VRE     vancomycin resistant enterococcus

VS       vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respirations)

vs.       versus

VSD     ventricular septal defect

VSS     vital signs stable

VT       tidal volume (of respiration)

VT       ventricular tachycardia

V-tach ventricular tachycardia

VVI      ventricular demand pacing mode

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