Abdominal Vasculature - Part 8 Flashcards
What is the proximal SMA at risk for?
Atherosclerosis/stenosis
What kind of flow pattern should fasting demonstrate in the SMA? (2)
- High resistant flow pattern
2. Flow below the baseline
What is the normal postprandial flow pattern in the SMA? (3)
- Low resistant
- High PSV and EDV
- No flow below the baseline
What can happen with a renal transplant? (2)
- Arteriovenous fistula
2. Pseudo aneurysm
Renal transplant
Organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end stage renal disease
How can a persons immune system treat a transplanted kidney?
As a “non-self” and reject it
Who is a good candidate for a renal transplant? (2)
- Patients who have end stage renal disease
2. Depending on dialysis to survive
Dialysis
A process of diffusing blood across a membrane to remove substances a normal kidney would eliminate
What can dialysis do?
May restore electrolytes and acid-base balance
What are those patients who are on dialysis have an increase incidence of developing? (3)
- Cysts
- Adenomas
- Carcinoma
Where is renal transplant common?
In the lower abdomen
What is the second most common transplanted major organ?
The liver
Orthotopic
Procedure in which a failed liver is removed from the patients body and a healthy donor liver is transplanted in the same location
Allograft
Transplant from a person with a different genotype but is from the same species
What is the most common disease requiring orthotopic liver transplant (OLTX)?
Hepatitis C
