...rarer abbreviations we sometimes come across. Nothing kills me more than having to stop to look up the abbreviation for cubic meter or cubic microns, etc. While I have lots and lots in my expander already, such as pH, mg/dL, there are too many I don't have and am not even sure enough about to type without looking it up first.

So, this post is to be replied to with abbreviation examples for all of us to enter into our expanders! By anyone, not just me! I guess the best sources to find the correct way to type them all are......BOS, Drake and Drake....what else?

Here's a page for SI units:

SI Units of Measurement

That whole site is a great reference source for algorithms of all kinds:
The Medical Algorithms Project

Wow! Those sites are really something else! To my pleasure, not having Excel on my computer, I find that I'm able to open them in Word and look at them just fine. Thanks!

Well, here are a few that are nice to have in your expander. I'm not going to do this all at once; will add to it now and again. You feel free too, as well. The below ones were checked against BOS Second Edition.

• square meter is: m²
• cubic meter is: m³
• hertz is: Hz
• joule is: J
• kilogram per cubic meter is: kg/m³
• meter per second is: m/s
• meter per second squared is: m/s²
• volt per meter is: V/m
• meter is: m
• gram is: g or gm
• grain is: gr
• millimeters per hour is: mm/h
• millimeters of mercury is: mmHg
• millisecond is: msec
• milliliter is: mL
• milliequivalent is: mEq
• milligrams per deciliter is: mg/dL
• liter is L

• cubic meters per hour is: m³/h
• liters per hour is: L/h (not found through BOS)
• kilocycle is: kc
• kilogram is: kg
• kilohertz is: kHz
• kilometer is: km
• unit per liter is: U/L (not found through BOS)
• square centimeter is: cm² (not found through BOS)
• centigray is: cGy
• nanogram is: ng
• nanogram per milliliter is: ng/mL
• picogram is: pg
• picoliter is: pL (not found through BOS)
• a.c. is: before meals or food
• p.c. is: after meals
• milliunits is: mU (Drake & Drake)
• milliequivalents per liter: mEq/L (Drake & Drake)
• ph is: pH
• phd is: PhD
• grams per deciliter is: g/dL

More later; this doesn't go quickly! If anyone spots a mistake, don't be shy about saying so. Though I checked them; I just didn't go by what I think or "know." But a few are hard to find, especially the ones I want to find!

Also, I'm not addressing the Dangerous Abbreviation List right now. I'll try to do that at the end, but I'd say that's everyone's individual responsibility. I know enough of us have to type them right now because we are told to!