Circulatory Function and Disorders

Question 1

Risk factors related to the development of peripheral vascular disease

Answer 1

smoking
exposure to cold
obesity 
immobility
hypertension 
DM

Question 2

Peripheral vascular disease assessment

Answer 2

CHECK FOR 6ps

1. Pain
2. Paresthesia (tingling)
3. Pulselessness
4. Paralysis ( loss of muscle function)
5. Pallor (pale)
6. Poikliotherma (inability to regulate core body temp)

Question 3

Arterial Ulcers

Answer 3

• Lower leg affected
• Secondary to PVD, DM
• Pallor and pain with leg elevation
• Ulcers are distal to the loss of blood supply
• Pale, yellow or gray wound base
• Skin tight and shiny with hair loss
• Regular wound margins
• Keep legs dependent
• Decreased or absent peripheral pulses

Question 4

Venous Ulcers

Answer 4

• Ankles to knee affected
• Secondary to obesity, age, pregnancy, DVT
• Painless
• Affects medial and lateral aspect of the malleolus
• Ruddy or red wound base
• Irregular wound margins
• Elevate legs
• Presence of peripheral pluses

Question 5

Metabolic Syndrome X

Answer 5

a group of risk factors that increase the risk for heart disease and other health problems such as diabetes and stroke. People with metabolic syndrome are twice as likely to develop heart disease and five times as likely to develop DM.

• Increase B/P 135/85 or higher
• Increase fat around the waist ( over 35 inches female, over 40 inches male)
• Increase glucose level
• High triglycerides levels
• Decreased HDL or increased LDL