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13 Cards in this Set
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valsalva maneuver
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forceful attempted exhalation against a closed airway, by closing ones mouth and bearing down with stomach muscles |
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reflux
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abnormal reversed flow direction
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in situ |
left in place or position |
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fascia |
a thin sheath of fibrous tissue enclosing a muscle or other organ |
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tumescense in venous ablation |
injecting saline and lidocaine to cause local swelling around the vein to be cooked acts as a heat absorber and prevents burns to the underside of skin |
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primary dvt
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congential absence o malfunction of valves |
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secondary dvt
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post phlebitis damage to valves secondary to thrombosis and or venous outflow obstruction |
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venous insuffiency symptoms
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variscosities, venous claudication, stasis dermatitis, ulceration, chronic limb swelling |
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acute dvt symptoms
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persistent leg pain w acute onset, persistent leg swelling, calf pain and tenderness, |
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symptons of venous insuffiency
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recurrent calf foot swelling, chronic limb swelling, varicosities, venous claudication, statis dermatitis, ulceration
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great saphenous vein
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joins deep system at CFV, carries 15% of venous blood volume in leg, double systems 8% non-continuous 25%, no adjacent artery |
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small saphenous vein
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posterior aspect of calf, typical confluence is at popliteal vein, 20-30% SSV will enter above the popliteal vein, no adjacent artery |
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imaging leg technique
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semi fowlers position torso elevated 20 degrees, leg rotates externally, start at groin crease in transverse plane |
