Clinical Assessment of ANC of CVS

Question 1

What is there altered control of with ANS disease

Answer 1

Heart, Blood vol, GIT, kidneys, bladder

Question 2

Some presentations of ANS disease

Answer 2

Sudden cardiac death
Postural hypotension
Impaired temp regulation
Gut motility

Question 3

Circulatory stresses in normal life

Answer 3

Posture
Extremes of temp
Exercise
Digestion

Question 4

Circulatory stresses in the lab must be…

Answer 4

Safe, ethical, standardised, reproducible, controlled

Question 5

Purposes of clinical investigation

Answer 5

Evaluate:degree of dysfunction and site of lesion

Question 6

Primary or secondary dysfunction determines:

Answer 6

Further investigations, prognosis, management

Question 7

Forced breathing accentuates

Answer 7

Respiratory drive
Cardiovascular/respiratory afferent Inuit
HR response

Question 8

What does micronerography record

Answer 8

Sympathetic nerve activity directly from skeletal MVCs or CVCs
Multi fibre or single unit recordings