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SBMThe Society of Bedside Medicine (SBM) is a global community of clinical educators dedicated to bedside teaching and improving physical examination and diagnostic skills. | ||
SHAAPScottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) was set up in 2006 by the Medical Royal Colleges in Scotland and is based within the RCPE. Clinicians had become increasingly concerned at the escalation in alcohol-related health damage in Scotland - both in its acute effects seen in admissions to EDs and in chronic conditions such as liver disease and brain damage. | ||
SIGNThe Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) develops evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the NHS in Scotland. | ||
SLESystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, known as lupus) is an autoimmune disease where the body mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. Lupus can affect many systems of the body, including the skin, heart, lungs, kidneys and brain. | ||
SMCThe Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) is the national source of advice on the clinical and cost-effectiveness of all new medicines for NHS Scotland. | ||
SOBShortness of breath (SOB) is termed dyspnoea. | ||
SOBOEShortness of breath on exertion (SOBOE) refers to SOB when exercising. Causes include COPD and CCF. | ||
SPECTSingle-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is a non-invasive, nuclear medicine imaging technique (similar to PET), combining the information gained from scintigraphy with that of CT. SPECT provides metabolic and functional information. SPECT may be combined with a separate CT machine, providing hybrid imaging: single photon emission computed tomography-computerised tomography (SPECT-CT). | ||
STEMISTEMI is ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction | ||