PAD
What is it: Artery wall thicken
Pathophysiology: The walls of the arteries narrow.
What Normally Happens in the Body: Thickening happens with cholesterol deposits in the vessel walls.
What makes it worse: Tobacco, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, family history, increased age, hyperuricemia, obesity, sedentary lifestyle and stress.
Signs and Symptoms: intermittent claudications, paresthesia, skin is shiny and taut pallor, decreased or absent femoral pulse
Possible Causes: atherosclerosis
Labs and Diagnostics: Doppler ultrasound, segmental BP, angiography and ABI
Meds: Antiplatelets
Nursing Interventions: femoral pulse absent or decreased, pallor present, have the pt walk, nutrition therapy, Pre-op and Post-op care
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