OBSTRUCTIVE DISORDERS II

Question 1

what is this test?

knee straight
dorsiflex at ankle joint
pain in calf

Answer 1

homans sign

Question 2

what is this test?

squeeze posterior calf
elicit pain

Answer 2

pratt sign

Question 3

DVT diagnostic testing?

Answer 3

venous ultrasound
impendence plethysomography
MRI venography
plasma d-dimer

Question 4

what is this DVT diagnotic test?

currently the diagnostic method of choice

commonly used in ED to r/o DVT

Answer 4

venous ultrasound (venus doppler)

Question 5

what is this DVT diagnotic test?

BP cuffs/sensors placed on the leg, attached to the device

measures changes in volume of a limb, related to blood flow through limb

Answer 5

impendence plethysomography

Question 6

what is this DVT diagnotic test?

inject dye into fool under fluroscopy

where dye terminates indicates filling defect

MRI venography

Answer 6

venography

Question 7

what is this DVT diagnotic test?

adjunct test
marker of fibrin breakdown
diagnosis of exclusion
not used on patients using anticoagulants
elevated in thrombosis

Answer 7

plasma d-dimer

Question 8

DVT tx?

Answer 8

warfarin
LMWH
fondaparinux
LDUH

Question 9

PE: diagnostic pblm?

Answer 9

chest pain
SOB
tachypnea
tachycardia
syncope
cyanosis

Question 10

PE diagnostic testing?

Answer 10

spiral CT
ventilation-perfusion scanning
D-dimer
pulmonary angiography