Arteries vs Veins
These vessels carry oxygenated blood under high pressure to tissues.
What are arteries?
Pulse located lateral to the extensor tendon of the great toe.
What is the dorsalis pedis pulse?
Pain in legs with walking relieved by rest.
What is intermittent claudication?
Indentation remaining after pressure on tibia indicates this.
What is pitting edema?
Primary function of lymphatic system.
What is returning excess interstitial fluid to bloodstream?
These vessels rely on skeletal muscle contraction and valves to move blood.
What are veins?
Normal pulse amplitude grading.
What is 2+?
Noninvasive screening test comparing ankle to arm systolic pressures.
What is ankle-brachial index (ABI)?
Chronic swelling that does NOT improve with elevation.
What is lymphedema?
These nodes are normally non-palpable in adults above medial elbow.
What are epitrochlear nodes?
This condition results from deficient oxygenated blood supply to tissues.
What is ischemia?
A test used to evaluate collateral circulation before radial artery puncture.
What is the Allen test?
Normal ABI value range.
What is 1.0–1.4?
Life-threatening complication of DVT.
What is pulmonary embolism?
Firm, fixed lymph nodes suggest this.
What is malignancy?
The calf muscles acting as a pump to move venous blood is called this.
What is the calf pump (peripheral heart)?
Normal capillary refill time.
What is less than or equal to 2-3 seconds?
Skin findings of arterial insufficiency.
What are cool, pale, hairless, shiny skin?
Swelling from metabolic waste buildup is caused by this vascular problem.
What is venous disease?
Peau d’orange skin and non-pitting edema indicate this.
What is lymphedema?
Dilated tortuous veins with incompetent valves are called this.
What are varicose veins?
Triphasic whooshing sound heard using this device to detect weak pulses.
What is a Doppler ultrasound?
Raising legs then dangling causing pallor then rubor indicates this condition.
What is peripheral arterial disease?
Scale used to determine DVT probability.
What is Wells score?
Four main superficial lymph node groups examined.
What are cervical, axillary, epitrochlear, and inguinal nodes?