Medical abbreviations and acronyms (H)

This article contains a list of commonly used medical abbreviations and acronyms that start with the letter Hand may be encountered in medicine and radiology (please keep in alphabetic order).

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• H
  • henry (SI unit of inductance)
  • height
  • histidine (single letter amino acid code)
  • hospital
  • hydrogen
• H/A: headache
• HA
  • headache
  • hepatic adenoma
  • hepatic artery
• HAI: healthcare-associated infection
• HANAC syndrome: hereditary angiopathy with nephropathy, aneurysms, and muscle cramps syndrome
• HAP: hospital-acquired pneumonia
• HASTE: half-Fourier acquisition single shot turbo spin-echo (Siemens)
• HAV: hepatitis A virus
• Hb: haemoglobin
• HbC: haemoglobin C
• HbCO: carboxyhaemoglobin
• HbF: fetal haemoglobin
• H&N: head and neck
• HbS: haemoglobin sickle cell
• HbSC: haemoglobin sickle cell C 
• HBV: hepatitis B virus
• HC
  • head circumference
  • hydrocephalus
• HCA: healthcare assistant
• HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma
• HCG: human chorionic gonadotropin
• HCLA: hydrocortisone and local anaesthetic
• HCM: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• HCP: hydrocephalus
• HCT: haematocrit 
• HCV: hepatitis C virus
• HCW; healthcare: healthcare worker
• HD
  • haemodialysis
  • Hodgkin disease
  • Huntington disease
  • Hashimoto disease
• HDL: high density lipoprotein
• HDP: hydroxyethylene diphosphonate
• HDU: high dependency unit
• HDV: hepatitis D virus
• He: helium
• HELLP: haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets
• HER2: human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
• HEV: hepatitis E virus
• HF: haemofiltration
• HFNP: high flow nasal prongs
• HFpEF: heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
• HFrEF: heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
• Hg: mercury
• HGG: high grade glioma
• HH: hiatus hernia
• H&H: haemoglobin and haematocrit
• HHT: hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia
• HHV: human herpes virus
• HI
  • Haller index
  • harmonic imaging
  • head injury
• HIDA: hepatobiliary iminodiacetic acid
• HIPAA: health insurance portability and accountability act 1996 (US)
• HIS: hospital information system
• His: histidine
• Histo: histology
• Histopath: histopathology
• HIT: heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
• HIV: human immunodeficiency virus
• HIVAN: HIV-associated nephropathy
• HL: Hodgkin lymphoma
• HLA: human leukocyte antigen
• HL7: health level-7
• HMB: heavy menstrual bleeding
• HMD: hyaline membrane disease
• HMG: human menopausal gonadotropin
• HMG-CoA reductase: 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase
• HN: hydronephrosis
• HNPCC: hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer
• HO
  • heterotopic ossification
  • house officer
• H/O: history of
• HOCM
  • high-osmolar contrast medium
  • hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
• HOD: hypertrophic olivary degeneration
• Hon: honorary
• HOP: head of pancreas
• HP
  • haemosuccus pancreaticus
  • hypersensitivity pneumonitis
• H&P: history and physical examination
• HPB: hepatopancreaticobiliary
• HPF: high-powered field of view
• HPOA: hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy
• HPT: home pregnancy test
• HPTX: haemopneumothorax
• HPV: human papilloma virus
• HR: heart rate
• HRCT: high resolution CT
• HRT: hormone-replacement therapy
• HS
  • at bedtime (Latin: hora somni)
  • head strike
• HSC: hysteroscopy
• HSCT: haemopoietic stem cell transplant
• HSG: hysterosalpingogram
• HSMVA: high speed motor vehicle accident
• HSP: Henoch-Schonlein purpura
• HSV: herpes simplex virus
• HT
  • height
  • hypertension
  • Hashimoto thyroiditis
• HTLV: human T-cell lymphotropic virus
• HTN: hypertension
• HTX
  • haemothorax
  • Hashithyrotoxicosis
• HU: Hounsfield unit
• HUS: haemolytic uraemic syndrome
• HV: hepatic vein
• Hx: history
• HZ: homozygote
• Hz: hertz