Ch 4 - Hemodynamic disorders Flashcards
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Name the 3 body fluid compartments?
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intracellular, interstitial, intravascular.
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How much fluid is taken in a day?
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2.5 liters.
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How much fluid is let out in a day and how?
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2.5 liters. 0.1 in stool, 0.9 in respiration/sweat, 1.5 in urine.
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What are the 2 forms of edema?
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- Exudate. 2. Transudate.
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Which type of edema is typical of inflammation?
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Exudate.
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What is exudate rich in?
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Protein and blood cells.
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Transudate contains less proteins and fewer cells and is typical of what?
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Hydrostatic or osmotic pressure pathology.
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What is transudate?
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An ultra-filtrate of plasma fluid.
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4 factors of pathogenesis of edema?
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- Increased hydrostatic pressure. 2. Increased wall permeability. 3. decreased oncotic pressure. 4. Lymphatic obstruction.
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What is hydrostatic pressure?
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Blood pressure pushing fluid OUT of capillaries.
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What is oncotic pressure?
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Plasma proteins that are in capillaries want to be diluted - pull fluid back INTO the capillary.
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Transudate vs exudate - hypocellular/cellular?
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Transudate - hypocellular Exudate - cellular
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Transudate vs exudate - protein rich?
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Transudate - protein POOR Exudate - protein RICH
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Transudate edema - specific gravity higher or lower than 1.012?
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Lower.
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Exudate edema - specific gravity higher or lower than 1.020?
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Higher
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What causes transudate edema?
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Increased hydrostatic pressure, incresed oncotic pressure, Na retention.
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What causes exudate edema?
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Lymphatic obstruction, INFLAMMATION
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Hydrostatic pressure causes edema and is caused by what 2 things?
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hypertension (increased arterial pressure), heart failure (increased venous backpressure).
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Oncotic pressure, when low, causes edema and is caused by what?
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decreased protein synthesis, proteinuria (loss of proteins in urine).
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Obstructions that cause edema are usually caused by what?
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Tumors or chronic inflammation, also parasites like filaria which causes elephantiasis.
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What is hypervolemic?
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High levels of blood.
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Hypervolemia causes edema - what causes it?
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Na and H2O retention.
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What is anasarca?
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Extreme generalized edema.
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What are hydrothorax, hydropericardium, and hydroperitoneum?
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Clincal forms of edema that are in cavities.
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Low blood pressure leads to what type of edema?
Pulmonary edema (left sided heart failure)
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Elephantiasis is caused by what?
Lymph blockage from a parasite.
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Heart problems will show edema where?
lower extremities, or back if patient supine.
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Kidney problems will show edema where?
Diffuse edema.
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Liver problems will show edema where?
ascites (fluid in peritoneal cavity) due to low albumin and portal hypertension.
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What is hyperemia?
Excess blood flow.
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What is active hyperemia?
Dialation of arterioles like when blushing, exercise, inflammation.
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What is passive hyperemia?
Venous backpressure
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What is passive hyperemia associated with?
hydrosatic edema, cyanosis, and heart failure.
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What does chronic passive congestion of lungs lead to?
edema and RBC extravasation into alveoli.
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What is chronic passive congestion of the lungs accompanied by?
Anoxia (low oxygen in blood), and pulmonary fibrosis.
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With chronic passive congestion of the lungs, macrophages take up RBCs and degrade hemoglobin - what does this lead to?
Hemosiderin accumulation.
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Cardiac hemorrhage is often what?
Fatal.
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What will arterial hemorrhage look like?
Bright red pulsating/squirting.
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Capillary hemorrhage does what to venous pressure?
increases it.
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What does venous hemorrhage look like?
Dark/bluish color, oozing
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What are skin hemorrhages?
Bruises
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What is a purpura?
A skin hemorrhage that is between 1mm and 1 cm.
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What is ecchymosis?
A skin hemorrhage - large blotchy bruises
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What is petechia?
Skin hemorrhages that are less than 1mm.
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What is hemoptysis?
Respiratory tract hemorrhage - coughing up blood
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What is epistaxis?
Nose bleeds.
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What is hematemesis?
Vomiting blood.
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What is hematochezia?
Anorectal bleeding.
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What is melena?
Passage of black blood in stool from bleed in upper GI tract.
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What is hematuria?
Blood in urine.
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What is metrorrhagia?
Bleeding not related to normal monthly menses.
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What is menorrhagia?
Profound menstrual bleeding.
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How much blood can we lose and be ok?
Less than 500 ml
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What happens if we lose 1000- 1500 ml of blood?
Circulatory shock.
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How much blood loss is lethal?
1500 ml or more.
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What is hematoma?
Compression of tissues.
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What happens with intracerebral hemorrhage?
Stroke, death.
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Slow chronic hemorrhage leads to what?
Iron deficiency anemia.
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What type of hemorrhage has slower onset - subdural or epidural? And why?
Subdural - the lower pressure veins bleed more slowly than arteries.
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What is thrombosis?
Clotting.
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How does thrombosis take place?
transformation of fluid blood into a solid aggregate encompassing RBCs and fibrin.
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What does thrombosis form?
A thrombus.
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What are the 3 principle components of an intravascular coagulation?
1. Coagulation factors. 2. Platelets. 3. Endothelial cells.
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What are the 2 pathways for coagulation factors?
Endogenous (intrinsic) and exogenous (extrinsic).
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What 2 things will platelets do?
1. neutralize heparin and other anticoagulant factors 2. secrete thromboxane, which stimulates coagulation.
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What do endothelial cells normally have?
Antithrombotic properties.
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What happens when IL-1 and TNF activate endothelial cells?
They lose their negative charge and antithrombotic properties
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Endothelial damage uses which coagulation factor pathway?
Intrinsic.
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Tissue damage uses which coagulation factor pathway?
Extrinsic.
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What is the first step in forming a thrombi?
Defect is covered with fibrin and platlets.
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What is the second step in forming a thrombi?
Fibrin meshwork anchors RBCs into nascent thrombus.
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What is the third step in forming a thrombi?
Fully formed thrombi consists of layers of fibrin and RBCs
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What does intramural thrombi of the heart cause?
overlying Myocardial infarct.
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What does valvular thrombi of the heart mimic?
endocarditis (small fibrinous excretions).
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What do arterial thrombi cause?
atherosclerosis when attached to the walls, can be found in aortic aneurysms
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Where is a venous thrombi found?
in dilated veins (vericose veins)
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Where are microvascular thrombi found at?
Arterioles, capillaries, and venules.
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How are thrombi classified?
On the basis of their location
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What can deep venous thrombosis lead to?
Pulmonary embolism
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Deep venous thrombosis is predisposed by Virchow's triad, which is what 3 things?
1. Stasis. 2. Hypercoagulability (inflammation, increased ESR) 3. endothelial damage.
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Who is at risk for deep venous thrombosis?
Elderly people on transcontinental flights.
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What are lines of zahn?
Distinct layering of cellular elements and fibrin that occur in atrial and venous thrombi.
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What is occlusion of the lumen from a thrombi called?
Infarct.
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What is lysis of the thrombus called?
reperfusion.
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What does recanalization of the thrombus do?
reestablish blood flow
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What is embolization of a thrombi?
Breaking off of a clot.
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What is an embolus?
Undissolved materials like thrombus in blood.
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Name 4 types of embolisms?
thromboemboli, liquid emboli, gaseous emboli, solid particle emboli.
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What is the most common etiology for an embolism?
Thromboemboli
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What can cause a liquid embolism?
oil, fat (long bone fracture), amniotic fluid
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What can cause a gaseous embolism?
Air injection, caisson disease (decompression sickness, from N2)
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What can cause a solid particle embolism?
cholesterol crystals, bone marrow (from fractures), tumor emboli
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What can amniotic fluid emboli lead to?
DIC, especially postpartum.
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What does pulmonary embolus clinically present with?
Chest pain, tachypnea, dyspnea.
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95% of pulmonary emboli arise from what?
Deep leg veins.
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Origin of venous thromboemboli?
Anywhere
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Origin of arterial thromboemboli?
Left ventricle
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What is white infarct typical of?
Arterial occlusion in solid organs with single blood supply (heart, kidney, spleen)
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What is red infarct typical of?
Venous obstruction, like intestines and testis twisting.
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What does the fate of infarcts depend on?
Their anatomical site, type of cells forming the tissue, circulatory status , extent of necrosis.
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White infarcts are ________ areas.
Rimmed
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What is volvulus?
Twisting.
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What type of infarct is seen with volvulus?
Red infarct.
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What are 3 possible causes of shock?
1. Pump failure of the heart. 2. Loss of fluid from circulation. 3. Loss of peripheral vascular tone.
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Pump failure leads to what type of shock?
Cardiogenic shock.
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Loss of fluid from circulation lead to what type of shock?
Hypovolemic shock.
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Loss of peripheral vascular tone leads to what type of shock?
Hypotensive shock.
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What will loss of blood, myocardial or valvular disease, or vasodilation lead to?
Heart failure
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What does heart failure lead to?
Decreased cardiac output.
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What will decreased cardiac output lead to?
Decreased blood to tissues (hypoperfusion)
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What will hypoperfusion lead to?
Cell anoxia.
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What will cell anoxia lead to?
Shock and edema
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What does shock lead to?
Coma, renal failure, lung failure, GI bleeding, death
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What are the 3 clinical stages of shock?
1. early or compensated shock. 2. Decompensated but reversible shock. 3. Irreversible shock.
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What happens with the heart during compensated shock?
Tachycardia (beats faster).
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What happens to arterioles during compensated shock?
Vasoconstriction - vital organ perfusion
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What happens to urine production during compensated shock?
Reduced urine production
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What happens with decompensated reversible shock?
hypotension, tachypnea and shortness of breath, oliuria, acidosis.
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What happens with irreversible shock?
1. Circulatory collapse. 2. marked hypoperfusion of vital organs. 3. Loss of vital functions.
