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Venous Diagnostic Tests
Diagnostic test
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Nursing
Graduate
08/22/2011

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Term
Phlebography
Definition
Lack of filling of a vein indicative of venous occlusion d/t a thrombus

-dye injected to view thrombi
Term
Venous pressure measurements
Definition
Significant only in early stages of thrombophlebitis before collateral veins develop

-venous occlusion in one leg causes venous pressure to be higher in the other leg
Term
Isotope Studies
Definition
Can help Dx early formation of throbi

-Fibrinogen labeled w/radioactive iodine make up a clot along naturally occuring fibrinogen. Radioactivity increased over thrombi.
Term
Ultrasonic Flow detection
-Doppler Studies
Definition
Indicates obstruction in blood flow in extremeties

-electronic stethoscope that detects sound of blood flow
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