PAD Assessment
PAD Treatment
DVT Assessment
DVT Treatment
100
Extremity pain that is relived with rest

What is intermittent claudication?

100

This type of diet is high in fruits, vegetables, & low-fat dairy, and can be used to lower blood pressure

What is the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet?

100

Pain with dorsiflexion of the foot that can indicate DVT

What is Homan's sign? (although this is not a reliable predictor)

100

The primary treatment goal for DVT

What is anticoagulation?

200

The risk factor most associated with peripheral arterial disease

What is atherosclerosis?

200

Moderate exercise is encouraged for PAD because it can aid in the development of this

What is collateral circulation?
200

This test measures the fibrin degredation products from fibrinolysis and can exclude diagnosis of DVT

What is D-dimer?

200

This simple intervention may be all that is needed to prevent DVT in surgical patients

What is early ambulation?

300

This type of positioning is helpful for arterial disease

What is dependent positioning?

300

The most sensitive indicator of arterial function is this pulse

What is the posterior tibial pulse?

300

The most serious complication that can arise from DVT

What is pulmonary embolism?

300

Considered a first-line medication for DVT treatment

What is heparin?

400

Extremities of a patient with PAD would be this temperature

What is cool/cold?

400

This procedure involves using a balloon to restore blocked arterial flow

What is percutaneous transluminal angioplasty?

400

The name for the group of risk factors that lead to DVT formation

What is Virchow's Triad?
400

This device could cause a thrombus to break away and become an embolus, and is therefore contraindicated for patients with diagnosis of DVT

What is Sequential Compression Device (SCD)?

500

This test uses a doppler and BP cuff to evaluate arterial disease

What is Ankle Brachial Index?

500

This procedure uses an autogenous or synthetic graft to treat arterial blockage 

What is bypass surgery?

500

This test is definitive for DVT

What is duplex ultrasound?

500

As the nurse, you would instruct the patient with DVT to position the legs in this manner? 

What is elevated?

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