Textbook and lecture chapter 15 NSG
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1. Intermittent claudication pain in the leg muscles that occurs during exercise and is relieved
by rest, caused by tissue ischemia
2. paresthesia abnormal sensation of numbness and tingling without objective
cause
3. edema puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid
4. lymphedema swelling due to an abnormal accumulation of lymph fluid within
the tissues
5. thrombosis formation of a clot
6. rubor reddish-blue discoloration of the extremities; indicative of severe
peripheral arterial damage in vessels that remain dilated and
unable to constrict
7. raynauds phenomenon a peripheral arterial occlusive disease in which intermittent attacks
are triggered by cold or stress
8. Atherosclerosis most common PAD
9. peripheral artery disease PAD abbreviation
10. aneurysm ballooning of a weakened portion of an arterial wall, risk factors
include smoking, high bp and high cholesterol
11. smoking, high bp, high cho- biggest risk factors for aneurysm
lesterol
12. size, consistency, mobility, what are the 4 lymph nodes charectoristics
tenderness
13. <1 cm, discrete soft, freely what are the 4 normal for lymph nodes
movable, nontender
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