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DVT398-AH2
USIDMS Lower Extremity Venous
Question | Answer |
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Accompanying artery with veins is termed as __________. | Venae comintantes |
True or false. Superficial veins have a corresponding artery. | False. |
What 3 conditions must exist for DVT to occur? | Circulatory stasis, venous wall trauma, and hypercoagulable state |
What causes venous ulcers? | tissue is breaking down from a lack of oxygen and nutrients |
What are normal Doppler waveforms for venous flow? | spontaneous signal and phasicity |
What is another name for a synovial fluid bulge into the popliteal sapce? | Baker's cyst |
What is the infection in the soft tissue or connective tissue of the skin? | Cellulitis |
What is the congenital absence of valves within veins? | Avalvular veins |
What occurs when a piece of thrombus breaks off and loges into a pulmonary artery? | Pulmonary embolism |
Steady, continuous flow suggests what? | Proximal DVT or extrinsic compression |