blood vessels and lymphatic disorders

Question 1

Leriche’s Syndrome

Answer 1

aorto-iliac occlusion

Question 2

treatment of aorto-iliac occlusion

Answer 2

• smoking cessation and BP control
• ASA and/or clopidogrel
• cilostazol and pentoxiflline
• ramipril
• statin
• stent
• axillo-femoral bypass; aorto-fem bypass

Question 3

oslers sign

Answer 3

long time diabetics can have calcified vessels which takes more pressure to occlude the vessel -> false high BP

Question 4

50% of cardiac emboli go to the

Answer 4

legs

Question 5

with loss of light touch surgery

Answer 5

should be done immediately

Question 6

before revascularization of acute arterial occlusion

Answer 6

NaHCO3 should be administered

Question 7

6 Ps of acute arterial occlusion

Answer 7

pain
pallor
paralysis
paresthesias
pulselessness
pokilothermia

Question 8

verebro-basilar TIA

Answer 8

dizziness, diploplia, dysphagia, dysarthria, dysmetria, ataxia
10min-1hour

Question 9

treatment of mesenteric occlusion

Answer 9

angioplasty and stent 
or
aorto-celiac bypass
pr
superior mesenteric bypass

Question 10

carotid territory TIA

Answer 10

aphasias
unilateral weakness or numbness
amaurosis fugax

Question 11

amaurosis fugax

Answer 11

loss of vision in one eye due to loss of blood supply

Question 12

red clot

Answer 12

hypercoaguabilty (usually inherited)
not platelets
venous

Question 13

white clot

Answer 13

arterial due to platelets
smoking
HTN
hyperlipidemia
DM
cholesterol emboli

Question 14

causes of aa and vv clotting

Answer 14

HIT
myeloproliferative disease (JAK2)
thromboangitis obliterans (buergers disease)
nephrotic syndrome