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| factors affecting blood flow |
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Resistance
Blood viscosity
Age-related changes |
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| Resistance is controlled by |
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| When vascular diameter increases, peripheral resistance falls and blood flow |
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| When vascular diameter decreases, peripheral resistance increases, thereby _ blood flow |
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| Stiffening of the vessel walls |
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| arteriosclerosis results from |
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| buildup of waste products in the tissue |
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| Produces a decline in the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood |
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| reddish brown discoloration |
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| brown pigmentation with flaky skin over the edematous area of ankles |
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| s/s of venous thrombosis depends on |
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| Embolus travels through circulatory system until it lodges in a vessel, thereby blocking blood flow distal to the occlusion |
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| severe acute pain, gradual loss of sensory and motor function, pain aggravated by movement or pressure, absent distal pulses, pallor, mottling, sharp line of color and temp. demarcation: |
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| tissue beyond obstruction is pale and cool |
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| pathologic changes in arteries; plaque formation |
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| PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE |
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| Cost common sites for peripheral arterial occlusive disease |
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| distal superficial femoral and popliteal arteries |
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| s/s of peripheral arterial occlusive disease develops |
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| with s/s there is an isidious onset of _ along with: |
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| cramping, tiredness, weaknes in legs relieved by rest, general rest pain, tingling, numbness, cold pallor, red in dependent position, Ulcerations, gangrene, muscle atrophy, thickening of nails, shiny, scaly skin, subcutaneous, loss, hairlessness of affected extremity, no pulse below occlusive area |
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| Forms of an intermittent constriction of arterioles that affects the hands primarily, may affect toes and tip of nose |
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| Unusual sensation of coldness, pain, and pallor in the area |
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| there is a correlation of raynaud's disease with |
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| hypersensitivity to cold or release of serotonin |
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| pallor r/t raynaud's disease is a result of |
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| pallor r/t to raynaud's disease progresses to |
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| finger involvement of raynaud's diseas is not |
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| Dilated segment of an artery caused by weakness and stretching of the arterial wall |
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| Most common cause of aneurysms |
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| there are no _ for anuerysms |
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| deep, diffuse chest pain, hoarseness, dysphagia, edema of head an darms, pulsating mass left of umbilicus |
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| signs of aortic aneurysms |
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| back pain, epigastric pain, constipation |
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| repair of aneurysm done by replacing dilated segment of artery with a _ or _ defective area |
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| synthetic graft, suturing or patching |
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| Small tear in the intima that permits blood to escape into the space between the intima and media |
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| in Aortic Dissection blood accumulates between the layers causing the media to _, ultimately causign occlusion of _ |
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| Dilated, tortuous, superficial veins often the saphenous veins in the lower extremities |
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| Dilation of vessels results from the incompetence of valves in the veins, meaning |
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| aren't capable of preventing backflow of blood |
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| vein incompetence results from |
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| hereditary weaknesses, aging, pregnancy, obesity occupations requiring prolonged standing or a combination of these |
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| Dull, aching sensations when standing or walking, a feeling of heaviness in affected legs, muscle cramps especially at night, increased muscular fatigue in affected area, and ankle edema, nodes palpated along veins, |
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| in vericose vein disease the veins are |
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| dilated, oversized, discolored, and purple |
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| Culmination of long-standing venous stasis primary varicose veins |
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| CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY |
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| s/s of chronic venous insufficiency |
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| dependent edema, stasis dermatitis, pain and stasis ulceration, leg edema, |
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| Acute inflammation of lymphatic channels |
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| iflammation of lymphangitis is usually the result of an infectious process in |
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| an infectious agent commonly seen in lymphangitis |
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| enlargement of lymph nodes, tendernes, redstreak from infected wound, generalized infection, elevated temp, chills, may localize into abscess with necrotic suppurative discharge |
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