Peripheral vascular and lymph practice questions

Patient complains of pain and cramping in their legs during walking or exertion that is relieved by rest within ten minutes. What could be causing these symptoms?

Insufficient arterial supply potentially caused by atherosclerosis

After assessing a patient, you observe edema, varicose veins, and aching in the legs. What do these symptoms likely point to?

Venous stasis

True or false? Ulcers may be of venous or arterial origin

True

What is a possible cause of erectile dysfunction?

Poor blood supply to the penile arteries

Patient reports abdominal pain after eating and that they have a decreased desire to eat. This is indicative of atherosclerosis in what arteries?

mesenteric or celiac arteries

If a person is pregnant or uses estrogen, what are they at an increased risk for?

blood clots

A patient is diagnosed with CAD caused by atherosclerosis. What are they at risk for?

peripheral arterial disease

Following axillary node dissection and radiation therapy, what could a person possibly experience?

lymphedema of the arm and hand

Patient presents with prominent veins in an edematous arm. What does this suggest?

venous obstruction, such as a DVT

A 51y/o woman reports she is experiencing numbness and tingling in her fingers when exposed to cold and when she is stressed at work. When her fingers are warmed, they are red and painful. What condition may she have?

Raynaud's disease

A 47 y/o diabetic patient has recently been having chills, aching muscles, and loss of appetite. After discovering they also have skin abrasion and swollen lymph nodes, what do you suspect is the cause?

Acute lymphangitis

If a patient has aortic insufficiency, what should you expect their carotid, radial, and femoral pulse to feel like?

bounding

If a patient has asymmetric diminished pulses, what would you conclude is the cause?

arterial occlusion from atherosclerosis or embolism

True or false: discoloration or ulcers just above the malleolus suggest chronic venous insufficiency

True

While assessing a patient, you notice they have unilateral coldness in their leg. They also report pain and tiredness in their legs that worsens when walking and subsides with rest. What might this suggest?

arterial insufficiency from inadequate arterial circulation

A patient with deep iliofemoral thrombosis would present with what signs and symptoms?

a painful, pale swollen leg, along with tenderness in the groin over the femoral vein

What are three conditions in which bilateral edema would be present?

heart failure, cirrhosis, and nephrotic syndrome

A 65 y/o male has an exaggerated, widened popliteal pulse. He has also been previously diagnosed with atherosclerosis. This suggests what?

aneurysm of the popliteal artery

This artery may be congenitally absent or may branch higher in the ankle

the dorsalis pedis artery

Upon palpating for the femoral and popliteal pulses, you find that the femoral pulse is normal, but the popliteal pulse is absent. This is because atherosclerosis most commonly obstructs circulation where?

the thigh

Which occlusive disease would cause decreased or absent pedal pulses with normal femoral and popliteal pulses?

diabetes mellitus

You perform the Allen test on a patient to compare patency of the ulnar and radial arteries. After releasing the ulnar artery, you observe persisting pallor in the right hand. What does this indicate?

occlusion of the ulnar artery and its distal branches