Venous disease highlights

Question 1

Venous pump is associated with ___________ veins

Answer 1

deep

Question 2

Define superficial veins

Answer 2

network of subcutaneous veins that are superficial to the deep muscular fascia and include the great saphenous and small saphenous veins

Question 3

1) Define phlebitis and its clinical findings
2) Define thrombosis
3) Define thrombophlebitis

Answer 3

1) Pain and inflammation but no thrombus.
-Pain, tenderness, induration, and erythema along the course of a superficial vein.
2) Presence of clot within the vein
3) Phlebitis+ clot (thrombosis)

Question 4

_________________ has allowed the distinction of thrombophlebitis from phlebitis by confirming the presence or absence of thrombus within a vein

Answer 4

Duplex Ultrasound

Question 5

Name a venous disease secondary to DVT

Answer 5

Post Thrombotic Syndrome

Question 6

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