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Peripheral Vascular Disease- PVD vs PAD questions with correct answers
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PAD or PVD: Peripheral Pulse decreased or absent - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD PAD or PVD: cap refill >3 secs - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD PAD or PVD: edema absent unless leg constantly in dependent position - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD PAD or PVD: Loss of hair on legs, feet, toes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD PAD or PVD: Wound margin rounded, smooth, looks "punched out" - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD PAD or PVD:
Ulcer located on tips of toes, foot, lateral malleolus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD PAD or PVD: Wound drainage minimal - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD PAD or PVD: Wound tissue is black eschar or pale pink granulation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD PAD or PVD: Intermittent claudication or rest pain in foot; ulcer may or may not be painful - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD PAD or PVD: Nails are thickened and brittle - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD PAD or PVD: Skin is reddened with limb dependent, pallor with elevation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD PAD or PVD: skin is thin, shiny, taut - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD
ulcers are near medial malleolus - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD PAD or PVD: Wound margin is irregularly shaped - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD PAD or PVD: wound drainage is moderate to large amount - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD PAD or PVD: wound tissue has yellow slough or dark red granulation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD PAD or PVD: dull ache or heaviness in calf or thigh; ulcer often painful - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD PAD or PVD: nails are normal or thickened - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD PAD or PVD: skin is thick, hardened, and indurated - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD
PAD or PVD: skin is bronze-brown; varicose veins may be visible - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD PAD or PVD: skin is warm with no temperature gradient - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD PAD or PVD: dermatitis &/or pruritus frequently occurs - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD PAD or PVD: wound is distal to arterial stenosis, heels, toes, over bony prominences, metatarsals, malleoli, between toes, trauma points - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD PAD or PVD: wound is around the ankle, lower third of the leg, more often medial - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD PAD or PVD:
claudication pain at rest - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD PAD or PVD: PAD or PVD: continuous pain worsens with elevation and eases with dependency - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD PAD or PVD: if pulses are present, often disappears w/ exercise - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD PAD or PVD: treated with arterial bypass, angioplasty, stent placement - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PAD PAD or PVD: tissue surrounding wound is darkened in area and higher in temp than other skin areas. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD PAD or PVD: brawny edema - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD PAD or PVD:
wound border has irregular shape - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD PAD or PVD: pain described as aching, throbbing, heaviness with superficial stinging when open to air during dressing changes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD PAD or PVD: wound treatment is compression, elevation above heart, absorptive dressings - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD PAD or PVD: PAD or PVD: possible operative treatment- vein ligation/stripping, valve grafts, sclerotherapy, laser or radiofrequency ablation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔PVD
