Operating Department Practice A-Z (second edition)

The abbreviations section includes a strange mixture of terms that are in everyday use and often bizarre entries (for instance, CRTAP [cartilage associated protein] and DAD [doctor assisted suicide]), which admittedly may represent commonly used terms in the authors’ local areas. There are duplications and ‘Americanisms’ (for instance, CBC [complete blood count] and FBC [full blood count]), which illustrate the confusion of having several abbreviations for the same term.