Asvd???

[EMTPTORN]

Last week in clinical on the MAR the first DX was ASVD....what is this? I have looked in Merck, Tabors, and did internet search but to no avail.

Thanks in advance,

Randy

[EMTPTORN]

kristi you had a great guess. my client w/ ASVD; actually ASVD stood for atherosclerotic vascular disease, just as you had guessed. after reading the chart further today, also found out ASA was being given as an anticoagulant for this DX.

thank you all for the help...........would have responded sooner but my computer was temporarily on the fritz.

[micro, RN]

no i would lay money that it means atherosclerotic vascular disease.......

nursing school is always about __#of years behind the current practice and knowledge.......

of course.....what is my goal in this career life....to be an educator............yikes.......

micro and out

[NICU_Nurse, BSN, RN]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh, baby! That was fun. We should do more of those...gave me an excuse to exercise my sleuthing skills. ;>P