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| Determining the patency of the RADIAL and ULNAR arteries (Squeezing the wrist, watching for return blood flow) |
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| variation from the heart's normal rhythm |
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| Thickening and loss of elasticity of arterial walls |
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| plaques of fatty deposits formed in the intima layers of arteries |
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| swishing, blowing sound heard when an artery is partially occluded |
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| calf pain that occurs when the foot is sharply dorsiflexed, may occur with DVT, phlebtis, Achilles tendinitis, or muscle injury |
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| deficiency of arterial blood supply to body part. |
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| swelling of an extremity due to obstructed lymph channel, nonpitting |
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| small oval clumps of lympathic tissue located at grouped intervals along lymphatic vessels |
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| indentation in skin after examiner depresses swollen tissue |
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| viewing finger from the side to detect early clubbing |
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| regular rhythm, but force of pulse varies with alternating beats of large and small amplitude |
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| irregular rhythm, every other beat is premature; premature beats have weakened amplitude. |
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| beats have weaker amplitude with respitory inspiration, stronger with expiration |
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| imflammation of the vein associated with thrombus formation |
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