chapter 4-6

Question 1

fat embolus

Answer 1

associated with long bone fractures and soft tissue trauma

Question 2

s/s of fat embolus

Answer 2

dyspnea bc usually go to lungs, petechia on skin overlying chest

Question 3

gas embolus s/s

Answer 3

bends- muscle/joint pain & chokes- resp. s/s

caisson dz- multifocal ischemic necrosis of bone.

Question 4

amniotic fluid embolus s/s

Answer 4

mom has SOB, neuro s/s, DIC

-squamous cells and kerating debris from fetal skin in embolus.

Question 5

Pulmonary embolism s/s

Answer 5

usually silent bc dual blood to lungs- Pulmonary A and bronchial A

Question 6

pulmonary embolism leading to infarct s/s

Answer 6

SOB, HEMOPTYSIS, pleuritic chest pain and pleural effusion.
V/Q mismatch Q= perfusion is abnormal
increased D-Dimer, wedge shape infarct

Question 7

systemic embolism arise from where?

Answer 7

most commonly left heart usually go to lower extremities.