Patho16(hemodynamics file16) Flashcards
What is the function of circulation of blood?
Delivers oxygen and nutrients and removes wastes generated by cellular metabolism.
What happens under normal conditions in terms of water and electrolyte movement?
Proteins in the plasma are retained within the vasculature and there is little net movement of water and electrolytes into the tissues.
What causes edema in general not the causes ( the mech)?
Endothelial function, increase vascular hydrostatic pressure, or decrease plasma protein content.
What can compromise the structural integrity of blood vessels? ( the most common stimulus )
Trauma
What is hemostasis?
The process of blood clotting that prevents excessive bleeding after blood-vessel damage.
What can inadequate hemostasis result in?
Hemorrhage, which can compromise regional tissue perfusion, leading to hypotension, shock, and death.
What can exsessive / inappropriate hemostasis cause?
Thrombosis / migration ( embolism) …Obstruction of blood vessels, potentially causing ischemic cell death (infarction).
What is thromboembolism and what cause depend on location?
a serious medical condition where a blood clot (thrombus) forms in a blood vessel and then travels (embolizes) to another location, blocking blood flow and causing harm to the affected tissue.//myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism (PE), and cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
What hyperemia and congestion mean?
Increase in blood volume within a tissue.
How is hyperemia characterized?
Arteriolar dilation and increased blood inflow, resulting in a red color.
how Congestion is characterized ?
passive process resulting from impaired outflow of venous blood from a tissue, characterized by a blue-red color (cyanosis).
What can chronic congestion lead to?
Hypoxia, parenchymal cell death, secondary tissue fibrosis, edema, or focal hemorrhages.
What do hyperemic or congested tissues feel like on cut surfaces?
Wet and typically ooze blood.
What are the findings in acute pulmonary congestion?
Blood-engorged alveolar capillaries, alveolar septal edema, and intraalveolar hemorrhage.
What are the findings in chronic pulmonary congestion?
Thickened and fibrotic septa, alveolar spaces with macrophages laden with hemosiderin-RBcs- (‘heart failure cells’).
What are the findings in acute hepatic congestion?
Distended central vein and sinusoids, possible necrosis of centrally located hepatocytes./ periportal hepatocytes experience less severe hypoxia and may develop only reversible fatty change