CGA

(Color Graphics Adapter) The first color display interface for the IBM PC, which debuted in 1981. CGA was a digital display system that required an RGB Color Display monitor. It provided 16 colors in 80x25 or 40x25 text modes, but only four colors at 320x200 resolution and two colors at 640x200. CGA was superseded by EGA, and then VGA. See EGA and VGA.

CGA

Abbreviation for catabolite gene activator.

assessment

(a-ses'ment) [L. assessare, to assess a tax] 1. An appraisal or evaluation of a patient's condition by a physician, nurse, or other health care provider, based on clinical and laboratory data, medical history, and the patient's account of symptoms.2. The process by which a patient's condition is appraised or evaluated.

comprehensive assessment

A detailed, systematic physical examination of a patient.

comprehensive geriatric assessment

Abbreviation: CGA
A multidisciplinary process to evaluate the medical, functional, psychiatric, and social strengths and limitations in older patients. CGA provides a focus on the interrelated factors that contribute to illness. By addressing the complexity of needs, in some studies CGA improves survival and decreases the frequency of acute care hospitalization.

external quality assessment

Abbreviation: EQA
Proficiency testing.

fetal assessment

Estimating the health status of a fetus by a variety of techniques in order to prevent developmental injuries or death. Synonym: fetal monitoring in utero See: amniocentesis; chorionic villus sampling; deceleration; Doppler echocardiography; fetal heart rate monitoring; fetal (vibratory) acoustic stimulationtable

amniocentesis

amniotic fluid volume measurement

biophysical profile

chorionic villus sampling

contraction stress testing

Doppler velocimetry

fetal movement counting (with ultrasound correlation)

monitoring of fetal heart rate

nonstress test

functional assessment

In rehabilitation, the determination of a person's ability to perform everyday tasks and requirements of living. Functional assessment scales vary greatly with respect to the number, type, and scoring of the tasks used to determine performance levels, their degree of standardization, and their predictive validity. See: activities of daily living

functional gait assessment

Functional ambulation profile.

gait assessment

An analysis of a person's ability to walk, esp. to identify those deficits that limit safe walking. It involves evaluations of the patient's muscular strength, joint movement, balance, posture, sensory perception, and spatial orientation.

CAUTION!

During gait assessments, care should be taken to anticipate and prevent injuries that may occur if the patient falls. Synonym: gait analysis

gestational age assessment

1. Estimation of the prenatal age of the fetus, typically by reviewing the pregnant woman's menstrual history, making measurements of fundal height, or by making ultrasonic measurements of fetal parts. This information is essential so that appropriately timed obstetrical care can be provided and the pregnancy's progress can be compared with normal standards. See: amniocentesis; fundal height2. Estimation of newborn maturity; comparison of newborn assessment findings against the expected physical and neuromuscular characteristics consistent with a given point in gestation. See: Dubowitz tool; large for gestational age; small for gestational age

Kitchen Task Assessment

Abbreviation: KTA
A performance-based measure of cognitive function in which a subject is asked to follow a pudding recipe, and the amount of support needed to complete the task is measured. The test has been used to assess the ability of demented patients to make their own meals and to demonstrate to caregivers the amount of support that cognitively impaired individuals may need when performing simple household tasks.

needs assessment

An analysis of what is necessary to solve an administrative or clinical problem, and what resources must be used to accomplish the task.

nursing assessment

See: nursing assessment

pain assessment

A determination of the character, duration, intensity, and location of a patient's pain, including its effects on his or her ability to function.

primary assessment

The first evaluation of the patient in the field, conducted after it is clear that the scene is safe. This preliminary evaluation is designed to locate and manage life-threatening injuries or illness and to determine the patient's triage priority. The initial assessment follows the sequence of mental status, airway, breathing, and circulation.

rapid trauma assessment

Abbreviation: RTA
The evaluation of a trauma patient's head, neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, extremities, and posterior, conducted after the initial assessment in patients with a forceful mechanism of injury, such as a car crash. Synonym: rapid trauma exam

risk assessment

An estimate of the hazards people face, made by compiling data about disease and death rates during specified periods of time.

secondary assessment

The more thorough evaluation of a patient after the initial examination of his ABCs (airway, breathing, and circulation).

comprehensive geriatric assessment

CGA

Acronym	Definition
CGA➣Color Graphics Adapter (320 by 200 pixels, 4 colors; 1.60:1 or 640 by 200 pixels, 2 colors; 3.20:1)
CGA➣Common Ground Alliance (Alexandria, Virginia)
CGA➣Certified General Accountant
CGA➣Compressed Gas Association
CGA➣Computer Graphics and Applications
CGA➣Centre de Gestion Agréé (French: Chartered Management Center)
CGA➣Connecticut General Assembly
CGA➣Charitable Gift Annuity
CGA➣Coast Guard Academy
CGA➣Concours Général Agricole (French: General Agricultural Competition; est. 1870)
CGA➣Cryptographically Generated Addresses (Name Space; IANA)
CGA➣Coast Guard Approved (US Coast Guard)
CGA➣Compact Genetic Algorithm (evolutionary computation)
CGA➣Chromogranin A (glycoprotein; aka Secretory Protein-I)
CGA➣Canadian Gas Association
CGA➣Colour Graphics Adapter
CGA➣Centricstor Grid Architecture
CGA➣Cryptographically Generated Address
CGA➣Computer Graphics Architecture
CGA➣Center for Geographic Analysis (Harvard University; Cambridge, MA)
CGA➣Color Graphics Adaptor (software)
CGA➣Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
CGA➣Caixa Geral de Aposentações (Portuguese civil servant pension fund)
CGA➣Common Grant Application (various organizations)
CGA➣Casual Games Association
CGA➣California Grocers Association
CGA➣Cylinder Gas Audit (various locations)
CGA➣Citrus Growers Association
CGA➣Compagnie Générale d'Affacturage (French business financing company)
CGA➣Certified General Appraiser (real estate; various locations)
CGA➣Conditions Générales d'Abonnement (French: Terms of Subscription; various companies)
CGA➣Cornerstone Government Affairs (Washington, DC)
CGA➣Centro de Gestión Aeroportuaria (Spanish: Airport Management Center)
CGA➣Contract and Grant Administration (Michigan State University)
CGA➣Column Grid Array
CGA➣Contrôle Général des Armées (French: General Control of the Armed Forces)
CGA➣Coordination des Groupes Anarchistes (French: Anarchist Group Coordination)
CGA➣Conditions Générales d'Achat (French: Terms of Sale; various companies)
CGA➣Color Graphics Array (320 by 200 pixels, 4 colors; 1.60:1 or 640 by 200 pixels, 2 colors; 3.20:1)
CGA➣Chinese Gymnastics Association
CGA➣Committee on Government Assurances (India)
CGA➣Clinical Gait Analysis
CGA➣Corn Growers Association
CGA➣Centro de Gestión Avanzado (Spanish)
CGA➣Craig, AK, USA (Airport Code)
CGA➣Cercle Généalogique d'Alsace (French: Alsace Genealogy Circle; Alsace, France; est. 1967)
CGA➣Carrier Group Alarm
CGA➣Clerkenwell Green Association (London)
CGA➣Conjugate Gradient Algorithm
CGA➣Culver Girls Academy
CGA➣Cran-Gevrier Animation (French education association)
CGA➣Cancer Genome Atlas
CGA➣Certified Governmental Accountant
CGA➣Certified Graphoanalyst
CGA➣Cumulative Grade Average
CGA➣Contact Guard Assist
CGA➣Canadian Gelbvieh Association (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
CGA➣Congo Global Action (Washington, DC)
CGA➣Coût Global Actualisé (French: Total Escalated Cost)
CGA➣Confederation of St. Gabriel's (Thailand)
CGA➣Chorionic Gonadotropin, Alpha Chain
CGA➣Classic Gaming Archive
CGA➣Christian Golfers Association
CGA➣Chubu Golf Association (Japan)
CGA➣Currency Grading and Authentication (currency collecing)
CGA➣Climbing Gym Association
CGA➣Certified Gamers Alliance (cross platform gaming community)
CGA➣Conventional Genetic Algorithm
CGA➣Constrained Genetic Algorithm
CGA➣Criminals & Gangmembers Anonymous
CGA➣Controlled Gain Amplifier
CGA➣Czech Gas Association (formerly Czech Gas and Oil Association)
CGA➣Configurable Gate Array
CGA➣Concord Grape Association
CGA➣Credit Guarantee Assurance
CGA➣Central of Georgia Railway Company
CGA➣Cornhole Game Association
CGA➣Congressional Golfers Association
CGA➣Conditional Gaussian Approximation
CGA➣Computer Graphics Architect
CGA➣Caractérisation et Gestion de l'Atmosphère (French: Characterization and Management of the Atmosphere; degree program; University of Lyon; Lyon, France)
CGA➣Compressed Air Association
CGA➣Chase-GMD (Generalized Minimum Distance) Algorithm (Generalized Minimum Distance)
CGA➣Corporate Governance Authority
CGA➣Common Ground Architecture
CGA➣Chiba City Greenery Association (Japan)
CGA➣Calvin, Giordano and Associates, Inc (Fort Lauderdale, FL)