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Know medications to treat PVD & PAD: -Ramipril -Aspirin -Clopidegrel (Plavix) -Cilostazol(Pletal): inhibits platelet aggregation, increases vasodilation -Pentoxifylline (Trental): Improves deformability of RBCs and WBCs -Simvastatin: treat high cholesterol and triglyceride levels What do you nee...

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NSG 170 Perfusion Study Questions and
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Know medications to treat PVD & PAD: ✅-Ramipril
-Aspirin
-Clopidegrel (Plavix)
-Cilostazol(Pletal): inhibits platelet aggregation, increases vasodilation

-Pentoxifylline (Trental): Improves deformability of RBCs and WBCs

-Simvastatin: treat high cholesterol and triglyceride levels

What do you need for good central perfusion? ✅- Functional cardiac system
- Adequate blood volume
- Adequate BP

Central Perfusion:
Force of blood movement generated by cardiac output

Cardiac output (CO) =
stroke volume x heart rate

Problems with central perfusion:
- Heart not pumping well

Assessing for adequate central perfusion:
- alert and oriented
- normal BP
- normal HR
- central cyanosis

Symptoms:
- central cyanosis
- severe fatigue


*Systemic: entire body is effected

What do you need for good tissue or "local" perfusion? ✅- Patent vessels
- Adequate hydrostatic pressure
- Capillary permeability

Tissue perfusion:

, Volume of blood that flows to target tissues

Problems with local perfusion:
- blocked vessel
- excessive edema
- Ischemia (interruption in the arterial blood supply to a tissue, organ, or extremity)

Assessing for adequate local perfusion:
- good pedal pulses
- cap refill
- pallor
- temperature
- RR normal
- HR normal

Symptoms:
- edema
- tissue breakdown (ulcers)
- lack of hair growth on lower extremities (arterial peripheral disease)

athrosclerosis ✅hardening of the arteries

cardiogenic shock ✅A state in which not enough oxygen is delivered to the tissues of
the body, caused by low output of blood from the heart. It can be a severe complication
of a large acute myocardial infarction, as well as other conditions.

Hemorrhagic ✅pertaining to profuse or excessive bleeding

All cells need? ✅- oxygen
- nutrients
- fluids

What organs require a large volume of perfused blood? ✅- brain
- intestines
- kidneys & liver

What organ require a lower volume of perfused blood? ✅-skeletal tissue

Hypertension ✅*high blood pressure

* Affects 1 in 3 adults in the US! (Healthy people 2020)

What risks are increased with hypertension? ✅- MI
- Heart failure
- Stroke

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