Common Medical Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. PPM
   Parts Per Million
2. PPM
   Policy & Procedure Manual
3. PPO2
   Partial Pressure of O2
4. PPP
   Pancreatic Polypeptide
5. PPRA-GAMMA
   Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Gamma
6. PPROM
   Premature Rupture of Membranes
7. PPROM
   Preterm, Prelabour Rupture of Membranes
8. PPROM
   Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes
9. PPS
   Post-Polio Syndrome
10. PPS
    Physical Plant Services
11. PPS
    Payroll Personnel System
12. PPT
    Precipitate
13. PPTCT
    prevention of parent-to-child transmission [of HIV]
14. PPTL
    Postoperative Postpartum Tubal Ligation
15. PPV
    Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine
16. PPV
    Positive Predictive Value (e.g., of a diagnostic test)
17. PPV
    Positive Pressure Ventilation
18. PPW
    Pulmonary Wedge Pressure
19. PPX
    Prophylaxis
20. PPY
    Pancreatic Polypeptide

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