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Congestion and Oedema: Pathophysiology Flashcards

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What is the fundamental truth about the flow of water?

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It flows downhill, down the pressure gradient

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What is Darcy’s law?

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Q=(delta)P/R

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What is congestion?

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Relative excess of blood in vessels od tissue or organ

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What kind of process is congestion?

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  • Passive process

- Secondary phenomenon

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Is congestion acute or chronic?

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Can be either

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What types of congestion are there?

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  • Local acute congestion
  • Local chronic congestion
  • Generalised acute congestion
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Give an example of local acute congestion.

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Deep vein thrombosis

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Give an example of local chronic congestion.

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Hepatic cirrhosis

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Give an example of generalised acute congestion.

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Congestive cardiac failure

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How does DVT relate to congestion?

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Vein is blocked causing localised acute congestion

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How can DVT cause ischaemia and infarction?

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  • Blood backs up in the veins, venules and capillaries
  • Decreased outflow of blood
  • Local, acute congestion
  • Decreased pressure gradient
  • Decreased flow across system
  • No O2 delivery
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What is hepatic cirrhosis?

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Regenerative nodules of hepatocytes with intervening fibrosis

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What causes hepatic cirrhosis?

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Liver damage e.g. HBV, alcohol

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What does hepatic cirrhosis result in?

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Loss of normal architecture leading to altered hepatic flow

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What does blocked portal blood flow lead to?

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  • Congestion in portal vein and branches
  • Increased portal venous pressure
  • Collateral circulation- several sites anastomose with systemic circulation
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What type of risk does local chronic congestion pose?

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Haemorrhage risk

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What clinical appearances can portal-systemic shunts result in?

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  • Oesophageal varices

- Caput medusae

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What is congestive cardiac failure?

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  • Heart unable to clear blood, right and left ventricles

- Ineffective pump

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What is the pathophysiology of congestive cardiac failure?

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  • Decreased CO
  • Decreased renal GFR
  • Increased amount of fluid in body
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What does an increased amount of fluid in the body lead to?

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Increased fluid overload in the veins

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What is the treatment for fluid overload in the veins?

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Diuretics

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What are the effects of congestive heart failure?

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  • Heart cannot clear blood from ventricles
  • Back pressure, blood dammed back in veins
  • Liver experiences central venous congestion
  • Acute and chronic changes in lungs leading to pulmonary oedema
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What is central venous congestion associated with?

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  • Right heart failure
  • Increased JVP
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Peripheral oedema
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What is pulmonary oedema associated with?

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-Left heart failure
-Crepitations in the lungs
Tachycardia

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What appearance does the liver take with hepatic central venous congestion?
- Nutmeg liver | - Red/brown + pale spotty appearance macroscopically
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What is the red part of the nutmeg liver in hepatic central venous congestion?
- Pericentral hepatocytes | - Stasis of poorly oxygenated blood
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What is the pale part of the nutmeg liver in hepatic central venous congestion?
- Periportal hepatocytes | - Relatively better oxygenated due to proximity of hepatic arterioles
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What is normal microcirculation?
Constant movement of fluid through capillary beds: process of dynamic equilibrium
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What is normal microcirculation driven by?
Hydrostatic pressure from the heart
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What is normal microcirculation balanced by?
Osmotic pressures and endothelial permeability
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Where does filtratiuon occur in the normal microcirculation?
From capillary beds to interstitium
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Why does filtration occur at the arterial side?
Capillary hydrostatic pressure > capillary oncotic pressure
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Why does reabsorption occur at the venous side?
Capillary oncotic pressure > capillary hydrostatic pressure
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What 3 components affect net flux and filtration?
- Hydrostatic pressure - Oncotic pressure - Permeability characteristics and area of endothelium
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What do disturbances of normal components lead to?
Oedema
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What is oedema?
Accumulation of abnormal amounts of fluid in the extravascular space
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Give examples of extravascular space.
- Intracellular tissue space (extracellular space) | - Body cavities
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What is peripheral oedema?
Increased interstitial fluid in tissues
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What is an effusion?
Fluid collections in body cavities
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Give 3 examples of effusions.
- Pleural effusion - Pericardial effusion - Joint effusions
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What is an effusion in the abdominal cavity known as?
Ascites
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What are the characteristics of a transudate oedema?
- Alterations in the haemodynamic forces which act across the capillary wall - Cardiac failure, fluid overload - Not much protein/albumin - Lots of H2O and electrolytes - Low specific gravity
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What are the characteristics of an exudate oedema?
- Part of the inflammatory process due to increased vascular permeability - Tumour, inflammation, allergy - Higher protein/albumin content - H2O and electrolytes - High specific gravity
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What is the pathophysiology of pulmonary oedema with left ventricular failure?
- Increased left atrial pressure causing passive retrograde flow to pulmonary veins, capillaries and arteries - Increased pulmonary vascular pressure - Increased pulmonary blood flow - Increased capillary hydrostatic pressure causing increased filtration and pulmonary oedema
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What is the pathophysiology of pulmonary oedema in the lungs?
- Perivascular and interstitial transudate - Progressive oedematous widening of alveolar space - Accumulation of oedema fluids in alveolar spaces
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What is the pathophysiology of peripheral oedema?
- Right heart failure - Blood retained in systemic veins - Congestive cardiac failure
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Why does right heart failure lead to peripheral oedema?
Cannot empty right ventricle in systole
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Why does blood retained in systemic veins lead to peripheral oedema?
Increased pressure in capillaries leads to increased filtration and peripheral oedema
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Why does congestive cardiac failure lead to peripheral oedema?
- Right and left ventricles fail - Pulmonary oedema and peripheral oedema at the same time - All about hydrostatic pressure
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What does lymphatic obstruction cause?
Hydrostatic pressure upset
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What happens if the lymphatic system is blocked?
Lymphoedema
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Why might someone with breast cancer develop lymphoedema?
- May require radiotherapy to axilla - Causes fibrosis - Decreased outflow - Oedema of upper limb
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What is the pathophysiology of oedema in abnormal renal function?
- Abnormal renal function results in salt and H2O retention - Secondary in heart failure due to reduced renal blood flow - Primary in acute tubular damage
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What is decreased renal function a result of?
- Increased salt and H2O - Increased fluid volume - Secondary increased hydrostatic capillary pressure - Oedema
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What does capillary oncotic pressure require?
Normal protein levels
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What can lead to hypoalbuminaemia?
- Nephrotic syndrome - Hepatic cirrhosis - Malnutritions
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Why does nephrotic syndrome lead to hypoalbuminaemia?
- Leaky renal glomerular basement membrane - Lose proteins - Generalised oedema
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Why does hepatic cirrhosis lead to hypoalbuminaemia?
- Diffuse nodules and fibrosis in liver | - Liver unable to synthesis enough protein
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Why does malnutrition lead to hypoalbuminaemia?
Insufficient intake of protein
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What is the pathophysiology of low protein oedema?
- Oncotic pressure | - Transudate
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What is the pathophysiology of permeability oedema?
- Endothelial permeability | - Exudate
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Why does damage to the endothelial lining lead to oedema?
- Increased pored in membrane - Leads to osmotic reflection coefficient of endothelium decreases towards 0 - Proteins and larger molecules can leak out
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Give examples of when oedema due to permeability of endothelium may occur?
- Acute inflammation such as pneumonia | - Burns

Systems: Cardiovascualar AB (42 decks)

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