Exam 3 Flashcards
What is blood pressure defined as?
the force exerted on arterial walls causes by pumping action of the heart
Where will a patient with peripheral vascular disease (PVD) have pulse monitored?
extremities
What does a duplex ultrasound check
to see how blood moves through your vessels
What is angiography?
injection of contrast media into a vessel while x-rays are taken
How is a plethysmography test carried out?
blood pressure cuffs are placed on extremities to measure systolic pressure.
Where should be prepped for a venous access device?
both sides, chin, neck, and chest to top of breasts
Where is the prep for a AV shunt procedure
whole arm up to axilla
What forcep s are most common in vascular surgery?
DeBakey and Geralds
Which forcep has teeth in vascular?
Geralds
Whats the instrument called that holds the hydrajaw inserts
Fogarty clamps
What is the instrument that puts disposable clips?
spring clip appliers
What are bulldogs used for?
to occlude vessels
What is the instrument that have similar to DeBakey forceps but is a ratcheted clamp?
DeBakey clamps
What instrument looks like a nerve root retractor but pulls out all the valves inside a vein?
valvulotome
What clamp in vascular surgery has a curve like the top of an S
satinsky
When the surgeon is tying suture, what do you do?
wet their hands
what is used to tap suture?
rubber shods on mosquitos
What is it called when dying red blood cells out number the bone marrows production of red blood cells
hemolytic anemia
What disease can happen if the mother has an incompatible blood type?
hemolytic anemia
is sickle cell anemia inherited?
yes
What disease? Not enough healthy RBC to carry enough oxygen through the body
sickle cell anemia
how quick do Sickle Cells die?
20 days
How can a child be born with sickle cell anemia?
If both parents have the gene
What is it called when the body stops producing enough blood cells?
aplastic anemia
What is atherosclerosis
Plaque build up
what is arteriosclerosis?
Hardening of vessel
What is hemophilia?
disorder where blood lacks clotting factors so it doesn’t clot normally
What does leukemia normally include (2)
bone marrow and lymphatic tissue
what blood cells does leukemia normally affect?
WBC
Most common type of leukemia
Acute
what is cancer of the lymphatic system called?
lymphoma
Where does myeloma cancer form?
in a WBC called plasma cells
What is intermittent claudication?
pain caused by too little blood flow, typically affecting legs
what is gangrene?
death of body tissue due to lack of blood flow or bacterial infection
what is an aneurysm
excessive localized enlargement of an artery caused by weakness in the wall
what are varicose veins?
gnarled, enlarged veins
what is the condition where the veins have trouble sending blood from legs back to heart?
venous insufficiency
what does raynauds disease cause?
some areas of the body to feel numb and cold in response to cold temps or stress
what is thrombophlebitis?
when a blood clot blocks 1 or more of your veins
what measures the amount of oxygen in the blood capillaries?
pulse oximetry
What measures the end tidal CO2 (on the anesthesia machine)?
capnography
What is used to measure forced expiration?
spirometry
What is the most common examination of the respiratory system?
chest x-ray
What is the test called that places a needle in the posterior portion of the pleural space for analysis of pleural effusion
thoracentesis
what test is a direct analysis of the pH and gas concentrations in arterial blood
ABG analysis
What instrument is used to remove the periosteum from a rib
Doyen rib stripper
what is used to remove a rib?
rib shear
what clamp is used to grasp lung tissue?
collins and duval clamp
what clamp is used to clamp the bronchus?
sarot bronchus clamp
What retractor looks like an S shaped pancake flipper?
scapula retractor
what retractor looks like a whisk
Allison lung retractor
What self-retaining retractor is used to expand the ribs?
burford retractor
what instrument is used to bring the ribs back into place?
rib approximator
what supply is used to collect sputum or fluid samples?
Lukens trap
what does cystic fibrosis cause damage to
lungs and digestive tissue
what cells are affected with cystic fibrosis
cells that produce mucus, sweat and digestive mucus
what is pectus excavatumm
breastbone is sunken in
what is pectus carinatum
breastbone protrudes out
what is infectious bronchitis?
inflammation of the lining of the bronchial tubes
What is empyema
collection of pus in the pleural space
what does infections pneumonia infect?
inflames the air sacs in lungs
what is a severe form of pneumonia?
legionnaires disease
what does TB affect?
lungs
what is pleuritis?
when the pleura become inflamed
what is atelectasis
partial lung collapse