Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)

Definiton

Partial or complete blood flow obstruction to or from arteries or veins outside of chest

Examples of PVD?

• Arteriosclerosis

• Atherosclerosis

• Deep venous thrombosis (DVT)

Etiology

• Diabetes

• Hypertension

• Smoking

Different kinds and degrees of PVD are characterized by?

• Numbness

• Pain

• Pallor

• Increased BP

• Impaired arterial pulsations

PVD with bacterial endocarditis may produce?

Gangrenous infarctions of various distal body parts

Large emboli may occlude peripheral _______ and cause _________ disease

vessels; atherosclerosis

Routinely perform?

Basic lab testing

________ and ________ _________ for secondary assessment

Venography and vascular ultrasound

Treatment of severe cases may require?

Amputation of gangrenous body parts

Treatment for less severe cases

• Eliminating contributing factors (smoking)

• Medication (salicylates and anticoagulants)