C1-C4 PICS Flashcards
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pulmanry edema
Pulmonary edema is a condition caused by excess fluid in the lungs. This fluid collects in the numerous air sacs in the lungs, making it difficult to breathe. In most cases, heart problems cause pulmonary edem
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pulmanary embolism
Pulmonary embolism is a blockage in one of the pulmonary arteries in your lungs. In most cases, pulmonary embolism is caused by blood clots that travel to the lungs from deep veins in the legs or, rarely, from veins in other parts of the body (deep vein thrombosis)
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renal infarction
Renal infarction results from acute disruption of the renal blood flow in the main ipsilateral renal artery or in one of its segmental branches. This can cause abrupt hypertension, sometimes malignant hypertension [1,2] and less frequently renal failure if the renal infarction is bilateral and extensive
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chronic pulmonary congestion
1) septa become thickened and fibrotic
2) alveolar spaces contain hemosidren macrophages (heart failure cells)
3) due to left sided heart failure or chronic pulmonary edema
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bowel infarct
Bowel infarction or gangrenous bowel represents an irreversible injury to the intestine resulting from insufficient blood flow. It is considered a medical emergency because it can quickly result in life-threatening infection and death.
red infarct
maybe gangrene necrosis