Category: Medical

AIVR Full Form

AIVR Full Form – Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm This results when the ectopic pacemaker exceeds that of the natural sinus node.This happens when the heartbeat per minute ranges from 50 to 110 bpm.On the other hand,Idioventricular rhythm is a slow heartbeat with...

ABX Full Form

ABX Full Form – Antibiotics Ever since penicillin was first discovered,antibiotics have saved millions of lives.They are used to kill most types of bacteria’s that cause disease in humans and are ineffective against viruses,which need a vaccine to be eliminated.In essence,antibiotics...

ASCVD Full Form

ASCVD Full Form – Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease Commonly known as Atherosclerosis ,this is a condition of the heart in which the walls of arteries that lead to the heart get filled with plaque.Plaque is made up of fats and calcium deposits.If...

AMYL Full Form

 AMYL Full Form – amyl nitrite This is an important class of drugs that is administered to patients who have a high heart rate,chest pains due to mild cardiac blockages and it lowers the blood pressure.This in turn makes the patient...

AECD Full Form

AECD Full Form – Automatic external cardioverter-defibrillator This type of defibrillator was used in cardiac care units in hospitals as a backup for patients who had erratic heartbeats.Its main purpose was to monitor and gauge the patient and automatically control the...

ANZCTR Full Form

ANZCTR Full Form – Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry The ANZCTR is a registry of all the clinical trials of medical vaccines and pharmaceutical drugs that need to undergo testing before they can go into mass production.If the drugs are...

ALCL Full Form

ALCL Full Form – Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma This is a rare form of cancer and is also curable with a mortality rate of 10%-20%.It can be cured with radiotherapy and chemotherapy over a period of sessions as advised.It is formed...

AVH Full Form

AVH Full Form – Acute viral hepatitis As we know there are 5 major types of hepatitis – ABCDE. Either of these can cause the liver and gallbladder be inflamed when infected.In most cases AVH is not lethal and can cause...