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angina pectoris associated with |
transient myocardial ischemia, lack of oxygenated blood |
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angina pectoris described as |
sudden substernal pain, radiate to L should arm and jaw, dull pressure |
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angina pectoris occurs secondary to |
atherosclerosis of coronary arteries |
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think of angina as |
symptom even though it is a disease |
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angina pain is |
temporary and reversible |
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angina is precursor to |
other cardiac episode |
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accompanying symptoms of angina pectoris |
diaphoretic, SOB from anxiety, fear |
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3 types of angina |
classic, variant, unstable |
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classic angina triggered by |
inc. activity, emotional excitement, large meals, cold exposure |
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angina from CAD has no compensatory effect meaning |
no way to reach the greater oxygen demand |
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what helps classic angina |
nitrate |
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classic angina underlying cause is usually |
CAD |
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variant agina also referred to as |
prizmetals angina |
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variant angina caused by |
coronary artery spasm |
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variant angina pain occurs when |
at any time even during sleep |
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tx for variant angina |
avoid spasm triggers |
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spasm trigger for variant angina |
cold, stress, fluid overload, smoking |
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variant angina drugs |
nitroglycerin and Ca channel blockers |
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people with variant angina have hx of |
A-fib |
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what falls between stable angina and MI |
unstable angina |
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what angina is more likely to lead to MI and why |
unstable because CAD is more progressed |
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ACS acronym and definition |
acute coronary syndrome dont know if having MI but know something is wrong |
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how to respond to ACS |
work pt up as if having MI until prove they are not |
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tx goal for all angina types |
reduce frequency and intensity of angina attacks |
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non drug tx for all angina types |
PTCA (andiogram), CABG (coronary artery bypass graph) |
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tx drugs for all angina types |
nitrates, beta blockers, ca channel blockers, thrombolytics
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nitrates do what, best route |
vasodilate, SL |
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beta blockers |
dec. workload of heart, help with blood supply and oxygen to heart |
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what drugs only provide symptom relief |
nitrate, beta blockers, ca channel blockers |
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what drug may treat cause |
thrombolytics (only if know for sure cause is clot) |
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oldest and most frequently used antianginal drugs |
nitrates |
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nitrate prototype |
nitroglycerin |
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nitrate mech. of action |
relax smooth muscle of vessels |
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is nitrate selective |
no |
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another nitrate example |
Mg sulfate |
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side effect from nitrate tx |
headache, orthostatic hypotension, reflex tachycardia |
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nitrate tolerance |
develops rapidly - tachyphylaxis |
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to prevent tachyphylaxis of nitrate tx |
NTG in lowest dose, longest acting, intermittently (8 hr break) |
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what needs to be documented for anginal attack |
severity, incidence, circumstances |
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check what each time before admin. of NTG and the intervals for admin. |
BP and HR, given 2 or 3 tabs q 5 minutes |
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stability, storage, and discarding of SL nitrate |
chemically unstable, store in dark air tight container away from heat, discard after 6 months |
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do what when admin. topical nitrate |
wear gloves |
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transdermal nitrate looks like |
adhesive bandage |
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transdermal nitrate given when and where |
q morning, rotate sides on non hairy area |
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use what nitrate admin. when others fail |
IV |
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IV nitrate found in |
glass bottle |
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beta blockers relieve pain by |
dec. HR, dec. contractility, dec. oxygen demand |
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Ca channel blockers relieve pain by |
dec. Ca influx which dec. contractility |
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dec. contractility related with |
neg. inotropic |
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dec. HR related with |
neg. chromotropic |
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clinical symptoms of ACS |
unstable angina, NSTEMI, STEMI |
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NSTEMI |
non-ST-elevated myocardial infarction |
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ACS associated with |
rupture of atherosclerotic plaque and partial or complete thrombosis of artery |
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ACS with stable CAD associated with |
ischemia, pathological Q wave, ST segment changes |
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ischemia longer than _____ = irreveresable cell damage |
30-45 minutes |
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85% of MI caused by |
coronary thrombosis |
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large portion of atypical MI are |
silent |
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long term angina precedes what % of MI |
20% |
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typical MI symptoms |
chest pain, diaphoresis, perceived indigestion |
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cellular ischemia is ST what |
ST depression |
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best case scenario for MI |
ST depression (cellular ischemia) |
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cellular injury is ST what |
ST elevation |
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cellular injury from |
O2 deprevation |
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survive cellular injury for how long |
20 minutes |
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cellular death is what part of EKG |
Q wave |
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cellular death is area of |
MI |
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necrotic or infarcted area has permanent |
cesation of contractile function |
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most MI affect what chamber |
L ventricle |
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2 types of MI |
transmural, subendocardial |
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most common type of MI |
transmural |
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transmural includes and is |
all levels of ventricular wall and is more serious |
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subendocardial inculdes and is |
only inner 1/3-1/2 of ventricular wall and is associated with less severe symptoms |
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functional changes with MI |
dec. contractility, altered L ventricle compliance, dec. stroke volume, dec. EF, SA node malfunction |
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what is the most common arrhythmia seen with MI |
A-Fib |
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dx MI |
thorough family hx, 12-lead EKG, cardiac markers |
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12-lead EKG localize what |
injured region of L ventricle |
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12-lead EKG appearance |
ST elevation, Q wave, inverted T waves in 3 leads |
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cardiac markers test what |
serum enzymes - CPK, troponin, LDH |
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most common test enzymes for cardiac markers |
CPK and troponin |
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how is it possible to draw serum enzymes |
when cardiac muscle cells die following MI they release their intracellular contents |
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serum enzymes allows the dx of |
existence and extent of cell death |
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elevated enzymes at different times tells |
timing of infarction |
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enzymes that become elevated |
LDH, AST, WBC, CPK, troponin |
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MI tx |
nitrate, beta blocker, Ca channel blockers, ACE inhibitors, thrombolytics, PTCA, CABG |
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MI initial tx |
MONA - morphine, oxygen, nitrate, aspirin |
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morphine does what |
dec. anxiety, vasodilate, dec. catecholamines |
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oxygen does what and reason and dose |
inc. O2 supply to heart, standard tx for any chest pain, 4L/nasal canula (even COPD) |
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nitrates do what |
coronary vasodilate, dec. preload, reduces workload and oxygen demand of heart |
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nitrate route |
SL, spray, IV |
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nitrate IV for what |
continued pain |
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watch what with nitrate |
BP |
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aspirin does what |
dec. mortality associated with MI, blocks platelet aggregation |
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aspirin route admin. |
chew initially, additional tablet orally |
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81 mg of aspirin means what |
dec. thrombosis formation for heart |
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MI pharmacological tx |
ASA, nitrate, beta blocker, Ca channel blocker, ACE inhibitors, thrombolytics |
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ACE inhibitors do what |
lower BP |
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thrombolytics given if |
if hospital does not have cath lab
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MI surgical procedures |
PTCA, CABG |
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HF manifests as |
pump failure that does not keep up with body |
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HF is porblems with |
ejection fraction and cardiac output |
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cormorbidities of HF |
diabetes, HTN, lung disorders, renal failure |
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causes of HF |
inc. preload, inc. afterload, reduced contractility |
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inc. preload from |
distention or overstretching of ventricles, renal failure, fluid overlaod |
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inc. afterload from |
aortic stenosis, systemic HTN |
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HF Dx methods based on |
symptoms |
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HF Dx methods |
BNP, chest xray, hemodynamic monitoring |
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HF tx |
reduce cardiac work, reduce preload, reduce afterload, enhance contractility, meds |
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how to reduce preload |
diuretics, low Na diet |
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how to reduce afterload |
vasodilate |
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goal of enhancing contractility |
better perfusion |
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stenosis |
narrowed valves |
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regurgitation/insufficiency |
valve closure probs |
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mitral valve prolapse |
floppy valve, leaflets don't close all the way |
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stenosis, regurgitation, and prolapse seen in what valves |
mitral and aortic |
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hear murmur from _____ when valve is open because of _____ |
stenosis, narrow opening |
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hear murmur from _____ when valve is closed because of _____ |
regurgitation, blood leaking through |
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ineffective endocarditis |
inflammation (and infection) of endocardium |
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ways to get ineffective endocarditis |
inhaled > systemic > heart, central line (large vessel catheter) |
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how to tx ineffective endocarditis |
4-6 weeks of IV therapy |
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may need what after having ineffective endocarditis |
valve replacement |
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if you have mitral valve issues what are you given when having oral surgery |
prophylactic |
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pericarditis sometimes has what present |
fluid |
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pericarditis fluid does what to heart |
strangle because it has nowhere to go |
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pericarditis tx |
diuretics, tap fluid, NSAID |
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cardiac tamponade is ____ (2 emotions) |
serious and scary |
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cardiac tamponade manifests as |
fluid accumulation in pericardium, impair expansion and filling |
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cardiac tamponade symptom |
engorged neck vessels |
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acute arterial occlusion can result from |
thrombus, emboli, vessel compression, vasopressin, vessel changes |
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acute arterial occlusion SnS |
acute pain, numbness, tingling, pallor, coldness |
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acute arterial occlusion tx |
thrombolyitic or anticoagulant, avoid applying heat or cold |
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atherosclerotic occlusive disease often affects |
superficial femoral or popliteal vessels |
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atherosclerotic occluisve disease SnS |
intermittent claudication, thinning of skin and subQ tissue, popliteal pulse weak or absent, limb color blanches with elevation, loss of hair on limbs |
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intermittent claudication |
pain when walking |
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atherosclerotic occlusive disease alleviating and aggrevating |
better when dangle, worse when elevate |
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atherosclerotic occlusive disease tx |
protect tissues, walking, fem-pop bypass, aspirin |
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aneurysm is |
weakening of vessel wall, abnormal localized dilation of vessel |
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aneurysm most common in |
aorta |
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aneurysm SnS depends on and may be |
size and location - may be asymptomatic |
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aneurysm SnS |
may be palpable, may hear murmur in abdomen, may cause pain in area |
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aneurysm tx |
control HTN, possible surgery |
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HTN further does what |
weakens vessel wall |
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4 types of anuerysms |
berry, fusiform, saccular, aortic dissection |
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berry aneurysm |
small spherical dilation of vessel at a bifurication |
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berry aneurysm usually found in |
circel of willis |
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fusiform aneurysm |
entire circumference of vessel, gradual and progressive dilation of vessel |
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saccular aneurysm |
appears over part of circumference of vessel, appears sacklike |
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aortic dissection aneurysm |
tear in initial layer of vessel, blood enters vessel wall |
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which aneurysm is a false aneurysm |
aortic dissection |
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venous thrombosis aka |
thrombophlebitis |
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venous thrombosis may be in |
deep or superficial vein |
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risk factors of venous thrombosis |
venous stasis, inc. blood coaguability, vascular trauma |
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venous stasis from |
bedrest, immobility |
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inc blood caoguability from |
contraceptives, trauma, pregnancy |
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vascular trauma from |
surgery, fracture |
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venous thrombosis tx |
anticoagulant therapy, heat, bedrest |
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venous throbosis is risk for |
pulmonary embolus |
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varicose veins |
dilated tortuous veins of lower extremeties |
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varicose veins more common in |
>50 yrs, obese, more women than men |
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varicose veins from |
prolonged standing, increased intra-abdominal pressure (pregnancy, lifting) |
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what happens to the vessels of varicose veins |
vein valves become imcompetent from prolonged exposure to inc. pressure, valves don't closure, venous enlargement |
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arterial insufficiency (pain, pulse, skin) |
pain - intermittent claudication, relieved by dependent positioning pulse - diminished or absent skin - dependent rubbor elevational, pallor, dry, shiny, cool, cold |
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venous insufficiency (pain, pulse, skin) |
pain - aching, cramping, relieved by elevation pulse - present skin - thick and tough, brawny pigment, malleous |