Hemodynamic Disorders 1 Flashcards
Define Edema
Increased fluid in the interstitial space
Define hyperemia
Caused by increased blood flow
Active
Increased blood volume in tissue
Define congestion
Increased backup of blood
Passive
Increased blood volume in tissue
Define hemorrhage. Describe the development of a bruise. What happens to RBC during a bruise?
Extravasation of blood (leakage)
May cause hematoma (petechia is smallest, ecchymosis is largest)
Bruising: RBC phag and degraded
Hemoglobin→ BILIRUBIN→ HEMOSIDERIN
PURPLE→ GREEN→ BROWN
Define thrombosis
Clotting blood
Define embolism
Downward travel of a clot
Define infarction
Death of tissues w/o blood
Define shock
Circulatory failure/collapse
What is it called when we have fluid (edema) in the thorax?
Hydro-thorax
Pleural effusion
What is it called when we have fluid (edema) in the pericardium?
Hydro pericardium
Pericardial effusion
What is it called when we have fluid (edema) in the perituneum (abdomen)?
Hydro peritoneum
ascites
Define Anasarca
Total body edema
Severe
What maintains homeostasis of fluid in the body?
Vascular hydrostatic pressure
Plasma Colloid Osmotic Pressure (Oncotic pressure)
Define hydrostatic pressure.
the pressure exerted by a fluid at equilibrium at a given point within the fluid, due to the force of gravity
Define oncotic pressure.
the pressure exerted by proteins, notably albumin, in a blood vessel’s plasma that usually tends to pull water into the circulatory system
What 4 possibilities can cause Edema?
Increased Hydrostatic Pressure
Reduced Oncotic Pressure
Lymphatic Obstruction
Sodium/Water Retention
What two factors can cause increased hydrostatic pressure?
Impaired venous return
Arteriolar dilation
What is caused by impaired venous return?
Congestive heart failure (pumping)
Constrictive pericarditis (elasticity)
Venous obstruction or compression
-Thrombosis
-External pressure (e.g. mass)
-Lower extremity inactivity (right heart)
What is caused by arteriolar dilation?
Heat
Neurohumoral dysregulation
What is caused by reduced plasma oncotic pressure?
Protein-losing glomerulopathies (nephrotic syndrome) (low protein)
Liver cirrhosis (ascites) (slow blood flow)
Malnutrition (low protein)
Protein-losing gastroenteropathy (low protein)
How does sodium/water retention occur?
Heart failure→renal hypoperfusion→
increased renin-angiotensin-aldosterone secretion→sodium/water retention
How does edema occur from sodium water retention?
Increased hydrostatic pressure (due to intravascular fluid volume expansion)
Diminished oncotic pressure (due to dilution)
Sodium attracts water, water causes edema
How does a ACE inhibitor and Angiotensin 2 receptor blocker drug lower BP?
ACE promotes conversion of Angiotension 1 to Angiotensin 2
Angiotensin 2 constricts bv, increasing BP and also causes release of aldosterone from adrenal which cause Na/water retention
Blocking will prevent these
How does lymphatic obstruction occur (causing edema)?
Inflammatory
Neoplastic (mass of tissue)
Postsurgical
Post-irradiation
What are the types of edema?
Transudate- results from disturbance of Starling forces (hydrostatic and oncotic)
Exudate- results from damage to the capillary wall
gravity, protein content
Describe the different kinds of Edema.
Subcutaneous (“Pitting”)
“Dependent”-on gravity & position
Anasarca
Periorbital-severe renal disease
Cerebral (closed cavity, no expansion)
Ascites- abdomen
What kind of edema does left heart failure cause?
Pulmonary edema
What kind of edema does right heart failure cause?
Lower body edema
Define normal hemostasis.
Series of regulated processes
that maintain blood in a fluid, clot-free state in
normal vessels while rapidly forming a localized
hemostatic plug at the site of vascular injury
Define thrombosis
the formation of blood clot
(thrombus) in intact vessels or within chambers of
the heart
What 3 elements does hemostasis and thrombosis involve?
Vascular wall
Platelets
Coagulation cascade
What trippers the clotting process to begin? What causes it?
Exposer of the sudendothelial matrix
Caused when the blood vessel is injured and endothelial cells are lost