Blood&Urine Flashcards
Which type of claudication is reproducible
vascular
what type of claudication is positional based
Neurogenic
How do you relive vascular claudication
REST
Raynauds is brought on by
cold, stress, or emotion. Cold sensitivity.
Allen’s test to identify
Varicose veins are
incompetent valves, that become dilated and are common in pregnant women and overweight adults
DVT present as
tenderness, edema, pain in calf
Homan’s is best test
Symptoms of pulmonary embolism
difficulty breathing, chest pain on inspiration, and palpitations
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy aka
complex regional pain syndrome, is CONTINOUS and gets worse rather than better over time
Telangiectasia is
small superficial dilated blood vessels, MC on face, nose, cheeks, and chin
Hemoglobin (Hb) (Hgb) is
is how much is in the blood able to carry oxygen to tissue, it transports oxygen and carbon dioxide
Hematocrit (HCT) is a representation of
percentage of total blood volume made up of RBC’s
packed cell volume
What three things do we look at to determine if anemic
RBC, Hgb,Hct
What three things tell us what kind of anemia it is
MCV, MCH, MCHC
MCV represents the
size of the RBC
MCH represents the
weight of RBC