List of medical abbreviations: V

Abbreviation Meaning
Vventilation
VAvisual acuity
VACvincristine, actinomycin D, and cyclophosphamide (chemotherapy regimen)
VADventricular assist device
vincristine, adriblastine, dexamethasone
Vagvaginal
VAIcincristine, actinomycin D, and ifosfamide (chemotherapy regimen)
VAMPvesicle-associated membrane protein
vincristine, adriblastine, methylprednisone
VASvibroacoustic stimulation
visual analog scale
VBGvenous blood gases
VBACvaginal birth after caesarean
VCvital capacity
VCTCvoluntary counselling and testing centers (for HIV—government centres in India)
vCJDvariant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
VCUGvoiding cystourethrogram
VDvaginal delivery
venereal disease (outdated name for sexually transmitted disease)
volume of distribution
VDRFventilator-dependent respiratory failure
VDRLVenereal Diseases Research Laboratory (old test for syphilis)
VEvaginal examination (manual examination)
VEBventricular ectopic beat
VEDVacuum Erection Device
VEEVenezuelan equine encephalitis
VF
V-fib
ventricular fibrillation
VFSSvideofluoroscopic swallow study
VHvisual hallucinations
vaginal hysterectomy
VHLVon Hippel–Lindau disease
VINvulvar intraepithelial neoplasia
VIRVascular Interventional Radiology
VIPvasoactive intestinal peptide
VLDLvery-low-density lipoprotein
VMAvanillylmandelic acid
violent mechanical asphyxia
VNPIVan Nuys prognostic scoring index (for ductal carcinoma)
VOverbal order
VOCvaso-occlusive crisis
VODvolume of distribution
VPAvalproic acid
VPAPvariable positive airway pressure
VPBventricular premature beats (see premature ventricular contraction)
VPC (PVC)ventricular premature contraction
VPIVelopharyngeal insufficiency
V/Qventilation/perfusion scan
VREvancomycin-resistant enterococcus
VRSAvancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
VSvital signs
versus
VSDventricular septal defect
VSRventricular septal rupture (see myocardial rupture)
VSSvital signs stable
VTventricular tachycardia
verotoxin
VTEvenous thromboembolism
VTECverotoxin-producing Escherichia coli, also known as enterohaemorrhagic E. coli
VURvesicoureteral reflux
VWDventral wall defect
Von Willebrand disease
VWFVon Willebrand factor
VZIGvaricella zoster immune globulin
VZVvaricella zoster virus
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