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UEV
USIDMS Upper Extremity venous
Question | Answer |
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located superficially along the lateral aspect of the biceps muscle | cephalic vein |
symptoms of this include: facial edema, dilation of neck veins, bilat arm swelling | superior vena cava syndrome |
name the superficial veins in the upper extremity | cephalic, basilic, and median cubital |
what are the deep veins in the upper extremity? | brachial, radial, ulnar, axillary, subclavian, internal jugular, innominate, and superior vena cava |
what do deep veins have that superficial veins do not have? | accompanying artery |
which upper extremity vein is typically hard to compress due to its location along a bone? | subclavian |
subclavian, axillary, and the internal jugular veins demonstrate which 2 types of flow? | respiratory phasicity and cardiac pulsatility |
what is the best position for imaging an arm? | supine |
repeated compression on the subclavian and axillary vein can lead to an "effort thrombosis" called? | Paget-Schroetter Syndrome |
what is created to sustain patients with end stage renal failure? | hemodialysis graft |