Glossary Search
Use this glossary search to find out what the acronyms we use in the DHB mean.
Term
Definition
CVA
Cerebral Vascular Accident
CVP
Central Venous Pressure
CW&F
Child Women and Family Service
CWD
Case Weighted Discharges
CXR
Chest X-Ray
D.V.T.
Deep Venous Thrombosis
DAH
Director of Allied Health
DCCM
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Auckland
Detox
Detoxification Inpatient Unit
Development
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DHB
District Health Board
DHBNZ
District Health Board NZ
DIC
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy
DKA
Diabetes Ketoacidosis
DLBT
Demential Lewy Body Type
DMHS
District Mental Health Service
DN
District Nursing
DNA
Did Not Attend
DoN/M
Director of Nursing & Midwifery
DRGs
Diagnostic Related Groups
DU
Delivery Unit
ECG
Electro-Cardiograph
ECHO
Echocardiogram
ECT
Electro-Convulsive Therapy
ED
Emergency Department