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6 Cards in this Set
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ATHEROSCLEROSIS - DEFINITION
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Disease process starts long before symptoms |
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ATHEROSCLEROSIS - RFs |
Diabetes HTN Hyperlipidaemia Age BMI CVD Hyperhomocysteinemia (chronic alcohol abuse) |
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ATHERSCLEROSIS - COMPLICATIONS |
Critical ischaemia with rest pain at night (burning in sides of feet) and tissue loss (gangrene) |
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SIGNS OF ACUTE LIMB ISCHAEMIA
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Pulselessness Parasthaesia Paralysis Perishing cold Pallor |
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VARICOSE VEINS |
Can lead to tiredness, restlessness, ankle swelling, thrombophlebitis, haemorrhage, ulcers, skin changes, haemosiderin, lipodermatosclerosis |
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ABPI
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Systolic in ankle/systolic in arm >0.9 = normal 0.6-0.9 = moderate ischaemia <0.6 = severe ischaemia Beware calcified non-compressible arteries in diabetes give false high systolic |
