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RRT rapid response teams SWS slow wave sleep
RRT renal replacement therapy TAFI thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor
RTS revised trauma score TB tuberculosis
RVF right ventricular failure TBI traumatic brain injury
RVP right ventricular pressure TCD transcranial Doppler
RVSWI right ventricular stroke work index TEG thromboelastograph
SaO 2 saturation of oxygen in arterial blood TIPS transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic
SpO 2 saturation of oxygen in peripheral tissues shunt/stent
SvO 2 venous oxygen saturation TISS therapeutic intervention scoring system
SA sinoatrial TLC total lung capacity
SAC safety assessment coding TNFα tumour necrosis factor alpha
SAED semiautomatic external defibrillator TNS tumour necrosis factor
SAFE Saline versus Albumin Fluid Evaluation (trial) TOE transoesophageal echocardiograph/y
SAH subarachnoid haemorrhage tPA tissue plasminogen activator
SAI State Anxiety Inventory tPD technical practice development
SAPS simplified acute physiology score TPN total parenteral nutrition
SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome TPR temperature, pulse, respirations
SARS-CoV severe acute respiratory syndrome TSANZ Transplant Society of Australia and New
coronavirus Zealand
SAS Sedation Agitation Scale TSC trauma symptom checklist
SBE serum base excess TSH thyroid-stimulating hormone
SBP systolic blood pressure TST total sleep time
SCA sudden cardiac arrest TT thrombin time
SCI spinal cord injury TV tidal volume
SCUF slow continuous ultrafiltration TVI time velocity interval
SE status epilepticus UEC urea, electrolytes, creatinine
SEI sleep efficiency index UO urine output
SF-36 Short Form 36 URTI upper respiratory tract infection
SGRQ St George’s Respiratory Questionnaire V ventilation
SIADH syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic V/Q ventilation/perfusion
hormone secretion V T tidal volume
SICQ Sleep in Intensive Care Questionnaire VALI ventilator-associated lung injury
SIG strong ion gap VAP ventilator-acquired pneumonia
SIMV synchronised intermittent mandatory VAS Visual analogue scale
ventilation VAS-A Visual analogue scale – Anxiety
SIP sickness impact profile VC vital capacity
SIRS systemic inflammatory response syndrome VC volume-controlled (ventilation)
SjvO 2 jugular venous oxygen saturation VCv volume controlled ventilation
SLTx single lung transplantation VE minute ventilation
SOFA sepsis-related/sequential organ failure VF ventricular fibrillation
assessment VICS Vancouver Interaction and Calmness Scale
SPECT single photon emission computed VO 2 oxygen consumption
tomography VRE vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus
SR systematic review VT ventricular tachycardia
SSG surviving sepsis guidelines VTE venous thromboembolism
STAI State Trait Anxiety Inventory VV veno-venous
STEMI ST-elevation myocardial infarction WBC white blood cell
SVDK snake venom detection kit WCC white cell count
SVG saphenous vein graft WFCCN World Federation of Critical Care Nurses
SVR systemic vascular resistance WHO World Health Organization
SVT supraventricular tachycardia WOB work of breathing
SVV stroke volume variation XeCT xenon-enhanced computed tomography