Exam 2 Flashcards
Connective tissue of vessel
Tunica adventitia
Smooth muscle of vessel
Tunica media
Endothelium of vessel
Tunica intima
Put risk factors in…
HPI
Pregnant women’s blood pressure…..during pregnancy
Decreases
Unilateral edema is from…
Peripheral vascular disease
Bilateral edema is…
From the heart
Normal reperfusion for capillary refill is…
Less than 2 seconds
Carotid pulse point
60-70
Radial pulse point
> 80
Femoral pulse point
70-80
Pulses paradoxus
Decrease in SBP and pulse amplified with inspiration
Pulsus biferiens
Biphasic pulse, double peak
Pulsus parvus et tardus
Pulse is weaker and slower than expected
Pulsus alternans
Alternating strong and weak beats
Diaphragm
High frequency, deep pressure
Bell
Low frequency, light pressure
Allen test
Assess patency of the ulnar artery
What is one of the first symptoms with PAD?
Claudication
Arterial ulcers start out…
In the toes
Ulcers from veins are…
Usually in ankles
Arterial occlusion 3 p’s
Pain/paresthesias
Pallor
Pulselessness
Claudication
Walking Cramp/ache/pain Unilateral Constant Atherosclerosis Relief: stop activity/stand still
Pseudoclaudication
Walking or standing Parasthetic pain Bilateral Variable (not constant) Spinal stenosis/herniated disc Relief: sit down/lay down
Debakey 1
60%
Debakey 2
10-15%
Debakey 3
25-30%
Stanford A
Proximal
Stanford B
Distal
Quincke’s pulse
Blanching and flushing of the nail bed related to aortic insufficiency
Change in blanching and flushing is in conjunction with the cardiac cycle
Varicose veins
Dilation of vessel due to incompetent valves, collateral circulation developed, most easy to detect while patient is standing
Preeclampsia
>40 Primagravida Obese Multigestational Hx of HTN or gestational HTN Renal disease/DM
Arterial insufficiency
Pallor with elevation Rumor Intermitten claudication Diminished/absent pulses Thin, shiny, loss of hair Ulceration on toes
Venous insufficiency
No pain Normal pulses Edema Normal color/cyanosis/brown Ulceration medial ankles
Lipodermatosclerosis
Thick skin and fibrotic due to WBC trapped in capillaries from chronic venous insufficiency
Stage 1 mild venous insufficiency
18-22 pressure, mild discomfort, ankle swelling
Stage 2 moderate venous insufficiency
20-30 pressure, hyperpigmentation, edemas
Stage 3 severe chronic venous insufficiency
> 40 pressure, chronic pain, non healing ulceration
Virchow’s triad
Hypercoagulability
Abnormalities
Stasis
PE classic triad
Dyspnea
Chest pain
Hemoptysis
Thromboangiitis obliterans
Arterial obstruction in the upper extremity
20-40
Emboli
Diminished or absent pulses at the wrists
Temporal arteritis
50+ years
Temporal headache, visual disturbances, claudication
Kawasaki disease
Acute vasculitic illness
Males>females
Coronary artery aneurysms complication
Strawberry tongue
Coarctation of the aorta
Narrowing of the aorta distal to the L subclavian artery
Men>women
Disparity in pulses in upper and lower extremities
Severe HTN!
Subclavian steal syndrome
Subclavian artery stenosis
BP differences in arms
Syncope/presyncope
Neuro
Vascular thoracic outlet syndrome
Compression of arteries at clavicle
Arterial or venous
Young active people
Numbness/tingling, arm/hand fatigue, edema, color changes, diminished pulse
Non modifiable risk factors
Age
Family history
Metabolic syndrome
2 out of 5 of the following: Abdominal obesity Triglycerides >150 HDL men <40, women <50 HTN >130/88 Glucose >100
Pericarditis
Inflammation of the pericardium
2-4 days post MI
Worse with deep inspiration
Dressler syndrome
2-10 weeks postinfarct, chest pain, pleuropericarditis, fever
Viral pericarditis MCC
Coxsackie B virus in young adults
Cardiac tamponade
Pulsus paradoxus 75% Impending doom Tachycardia *muffled heart tones Friction rub
Beck’s triad
JVD
Hypotension
Muffled heart sounds
Seen in cardiac tamponade
Cullen’s sign
Peri umbilical cyanosis
AAA
Grey-turner’s sign
Flank cyanosis
AAA
Janeway lesions
Palms of soles, crop up every few hours to daysa
Osler nodes
Painful blue or pink lesions on pads of fingers or toes
Valsalva maneuver
Forced expiration through closed airway, high intrathoracic pressure impeding venous return to the right atria
Aortic area
2nd right intercostal space, right sternal border
Pulmonic area
2nd left intercostal space, left sternal border
2nd pulmonic area
3rd left intercostal space, left sternal border
Tricuspid area
4th and 5th left intercostal space, left sternal border
Apex/mitral area
5th left intercostal space in medial clavicular line
A wave
Right atrial contraction
If absent, a fib