List of medical abbreviations: I

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Abbreviation	Meaning
131I or I131	iodine-131 (aka radioactive iodine or radioiodine)
IA	intra-arterial
IAA	insulin autoantibody
IABP	intra-aortic balloon pump
IAI	intra-amniotic infection
IBC	inflammatory breast cancer
IBD	inflammatory bowel disease
IBS	irritable bowel syndrome
IC	ileocecal immunocompromised informed consent intensive care interstitial cystitis immune complex intracardiac
ICD	implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
ICDS	Integrated Child Development Services Program
ICD-10	International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision
ICF	intracellular fluid
ICG	impedance cardiography
ICH	intracerebral hemorrhage
ICM	ischemic cardiomyopathy
ICP	intracranial pressure
ICS	intercostal space inhaled corticosteroids internal carotid stenosis
ICSI	intracytoplasmic sperm injection
ICU	intensive care unit
ICCU	intensive cardiac care unit
ID	infectious disease identifying data
I&D	incision and drainage (how to treat an abscess)
IDA	iron deficiency anemia
IDC	idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy indwelling catheter infiltrating ductal carcinoma
IDDM	insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (now called diabetes mellitus type 1)
IDL	intermediate-density lipoprotein
IDP	infectious disease precautions
IE	infective endocarditis
IF	immunofluorescence
IFG	impaired fasting glycaemia
Ig	immunoglobulin
IgA	immunoglobulin A
IgD	immunoglobulin D
IgE	immunoglobulin E
IGF	insulin-like growth factor
IgG	immunoglobulin G
IgM	immunoglobulin M
IGT	impaired glucose tolerance
IHC	immunohistochemistry
IHD	ischaemic heart disease
IHPS	infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
IHSS	ideopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy)
IIEF	International Index of Erectile Function
ILD	interstitial lung disease
IM	intramuscular
IMA	inferior mesenteric artery
IMB	intermenstrual bleed (bleeding between periods)
IMI	intramuscular injection
IMM	intramyometrial
IMN	infectious mononucleosis
IMRT	intensity-modulated radiotherapy
IMT	inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor intima-media thickness
IMV	intermittent mandatory ventilation (see mechanical ventilation)
Inc	incomplete
INF(-α/-β/-γ)	interferons -α/-β/-γ
INH	isoniazid
Inj	injection
INR	international normalized ratio
Int	internal
INT	intermittent needle therapy
IO	intraosseous infusion
I&O	inputs and outputs intake and outputs
IODM	infant of diabetic mother
IOL	induction of labor intraocular lens
IOP	intra-orifice pressure
IP	interphalangeal joint
IPF	idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
IPG	Implantable Pulse Generator
IPH	intraparenchymal hemorrhage or intraperitoneal hemorrhage or idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
IPMN	Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm
IPPB	intermittent positive pressure breathing (see mechanical ventilation)
IPPV	intermittent positive pressure ventilation (see mechanical ventilation)
IPS	intraperitoneal sounds
IQ	intelligence quotient
IR	insulin resistance
IRDS	infant respiratory distress syndrome
IRIDA	inherited iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia
IRIS	Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
IS	Incentive Spirometry
ISA	intrinsic sympathomimetic activity
ISDN	isosorbide dinitrate
ISH	isolated systolic hypertension
ISMN	isosorbide mononitrate
ISQ	no change (from Latin, in status quo)
IT	immature teratoma intrathecal
ITP	idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura immune-mediated thrombocytopenic purpura
ITU	intensive treatment unit (or intensive therapy unit)
IUCD	intrauterine contraceptive device
IU	international units
IUD	intrauterine death—sometimes confused with intrauterine contraceptive device—use FDIU or IUFD instead. intrauterine device—sometimes confused with intrauterine death—use IUCD instead (intrauterine contraceptive device)
IUFD	intrauterine foetal demise
IUGR	intrauterine growth restriction
IUI	intrauterine insemination
IUP	intrauterine pregnancy
IUPC	intrauterine pressure catheter
IUS	intrauterine system
IUT	intrauterine transfusion
IV	intravenous
IVC	inferior vena cava
IVD	Intervertebral disc
IV-DSA	intravenous digital subtraction angiography
IVDU	intravenous drug user
IVF	in vitro fertilization; intravenous fluids
IVH	interventricular hemorrhage
IVIG	intravenous immunoglobulin
IVP	intravenous pyelogram
IVPB	intravenous piggyback (i.v. short-term infusion)
IVPG	Intravenous pyogenic granuloma
IVU	intravenous urogram
IVUS	intravascular ultrasound
Ix	Investigation(s)