Vascular Respiratory Path - Parks and Baker Flashcards
blood clots in the pulmonary system are almost always (emoblic/thrombotic)
embolic
T/F: a DVT means that you have a PE
false
T/F: a PE means that you have a DVT
true
What percent of pts have long term complications from a dvt?
1/2; pain, discoloration, swelling
what percent of pts with a DVT will recur in 10 years?
1/3
what percent of pts present with sudden death from PE?
25%
how does a DVT lead to a stroke?
communication between left and right heart; aka PFO plus DVT
why do people die within one month of PE diagnosis?
recurrence of another PE
What is Virchow’s Triad?
- endothelial injry
- blood stasis/turbulent flow
- hypercoagulability
what are the three things that lead to endothelial injury?
- trauma
- vasculitis
- hypertension
what are the two things that lead to blood stasis or turbulent flow?
- immobility
2. venous compression
what are the four things that lead to a hypercoagulable state?
- genetics (factor V)
- cancer
- immobilization
- pregnancy, HRT, OCP
what two types of compromise result from PE?
respiratory and hemodynamic
the severity of the symptoms of a PE are directly related the (blank) of the PE
size
A complete loss of blood flow from a large embolus will have what type of symptoms?
acute hypoxemia
right sided heart failure
INSTANT DEATH
what types of lesions occur in 10% of cases in PE that lead to pulmonary infarct?
hemorrhagic lesions
What arteries normally compensate for a PE, that if overwhelmed, lead to pulmonary infarct?
bronchial arteries
which lobes do you normally get a pulmonary infarct?
lower lobes
what is the characteristic EKG finding with PE?
S1Q3T3;
prominent S in lead I
Q wave and inverted T in lead III
what does S1Q3T3 tell you about the right heart?
right ventricular dilation
NOT RIGHT HEART STRAIN
what are the other EKG findings that suggest right heart strain?
- right axis deviation
2. RVH with precordial ST depression and T wave inversion
what is the most common EKG finding in PE?
sinus tachycardia; nonspecific ST segment changes and T-wave changes
what is the general presentation of PE?
tachycardia chest pain dyspnea hypoxemia cough fever
what might you see on CXR for a PE?
wedge shaped infiltrate indicating infarction