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USIDMS LE Arterial

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What are arterial disease symptoms?   Progressive disease, intermittent pain when walking, limb pallor or rubor, limb coolness, rest pain, and NO swelling of the legs.  
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What are true claudication symptoms?   The patient's pain will be easily reproducible with the same amount of activity =. The pain can also be relieved by just standing.  
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What are the mechanisms of arterial disease?   Atherosclerosis, embolism, aneurysm, and non-atherosclerotic lesions  
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What is entrapment syndrome?   The compression of an artery which creates ischemia. An example of this syndrome would be popliteal arterial compression from the medial gastrocnemius.  
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Ankle systolic pressure is _______________________ brachial pressure.   Greater than or equal to  
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What is reactive hyperemia?   An alternative to exercise testing. Cuffs are applied to the proximal thigh. They are inflated one at a time and the cuffs stay inflated for 3 to 5 minutes. After this time period the cuff is deflated and ABIs are acquired.  
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CW Doppler is a _______________ type of study.   Qualitative  
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What are the 7 ways to evaluate a patient?   Skin color, temperature, lesions or ulcers, capillary filling, elevation/dependency changes, palpation, and auscultation  
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Describe mild peripheral arterial disease (PVD).   The patient is usually asymptomatic with no hemodynamically significant changes. When the patient exercises there could be a slight decrease in ankle pressures.  
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Describe severe PVD.   The patient will have ischemic rest pain, night pain in the feet an toes, dependent rubor, tissue necrosis, and gangrene.  
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