| AA |
Alcoholics Anonymous |
| A&E |
Accident and Emergency |
| AUDIT |
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test |
| BAC |
Blood alcohol concentration |
| BNF |
British National Formulary |
| CAGE |
Attempts to Cut back on drinking, being Annoyed at criticisms about drinking,
feeling Guilty about drinking, and using alcohol as an Eye-opener |
| CDT |
Carbohydrate deficient transferrin |
| CRAFT |
Community reinforcement and family training |
| FAST |
Fast Alcohol Screening Test |
| GGT |
Serum gamma glutamyl transferase |
| GP |
General practitioner |
| ICD-10 |
International Classification of Diseases version 10 |
| MCV |
Mean red blood cell volume |
| NNT |
Number needed to treat |
| PAT |
Paddington Alcohol Test |
| RCT |
Randomised controlled trial |
| SIGN |
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network |
| SSRI |
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor |
| T-ACE |
Tolerance, Annoyed by someone criticising your drinking, felt need to
Cut down, Eye-opener |
| TWEAK |
Tolerance to effects of alcohol, Worry about drinking, Eye -opener, Amnesia,
felt the need to K cut down your drinking |
| W-K |
Wernicke-Korsakov |