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    The peripheral vascular system is the part of the circulatory system that consists of the veins and arteries not in the chest or abdomen (i.e. in the arms...
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  • A peripheral vascular examination is a medical examination to discover signs of pathology in the peripheral vascular system. It is performed as part of...
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    Peripheral edema is edema (accumulation of fluid causing swelling) in tissues perfused by the peripheral vascular system, usually in the lower limbs. In...
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    Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a vascular disorder that causes abnormal narrowing of arteries other than those that supply the heart or brain. PAD...
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    Vascular disease is a class of diseases of the vessels of the circulatory system in the body, including blood vessels – the arteries and veins, and the...
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  • circulation is known as the systemic vascular resistance or may sometimes be called by another term total peripheral resistance, while the resistance caused...
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  • artery is 0.7-1.1 cm). PAAs are the most common aneurysm of the peripheral vascular system, accounting for 85% of all cases. PAAs are bilateral – occurring...
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    Cyanosis (redirect from Peripheral cyanosis)
    obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Arterial obstruction (e.g., peripheral vascular disease, Raynaud phenomenon) Venous obstruction (e.g., deep vein...
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    the vascular system has been called vegetative-vascular dystonia. The term "vegetative" reflects an older name for the autonomic nervous system: the...
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    gets shunted to the left side of the heart and ejected to the peripheral vascular system. This causes signs of cyanosis.[citation needed] Heart of human...
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    the word neuropathy (neuro-, "nervous system" and -pathy, "disease of") without modifier usually means peripheral neuropathy. Neuropathy affecting just...
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    Kenneth Ouriel (category American vascular surgeons)
    paper, Peripheral arterial disease 2013, paper, Reporting standards for adverse events after medical device use in the peripheral vascular system Joanne...
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    is referred to as chronic venous disease. It is also known as chronic peripheral venous insufficiency and should not be confused with post-thrombotic syndrome...
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  • medical classification system of Peripheral artery disease, based on wound, ischemia and foot infection, by the Society for Vascular Surgery WIFI (AM), a...
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    surgeons in the treatment of vascular conditions, particularly peripheral vascular disease. As of 2022[update], LeMaitre Vascular sells directly to hospitals...
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    small part of the cannula breaks off and flows into the vascular system. When removing a peripheral IV cannula, the tip should be inspected to ensure it's...
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  • of the peripheral vascular system. This can help in managing Raynaud's phenomenon. Complications are present with an affected or injured system, such as...
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    Angioplasty (category Vascular procedures)
    femoral or radial artery or femoral vein, to permit access to the vascular system for the wires and catheters used. If no access vessel of sufficient...
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  • the legs, where lower extremity bypass surgery is used to treat peripheral vascular disease. Cardiac bypass is performed when the arteries that bring...
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  • Diabetic neuropathy can affect any peripheral nerves including sensory neurons, motor neurons, and the autonomic nervous system. Therefore, diabetic neuropathy...
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    needed] In common usage, in clinical practice including angiology and vascular surgery, the femoral artery includes the common femoral artery, and the...
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    specialities. The vascular surgeon is trained in the diagnosis and management of diseases affecting all parts of the vascular system excluding the coronaries...
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    vascular system". Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 169: 63–78. doi:10.1016/j.addr.2020.12.005. PMID 33316347. "The functions of the Lymphatic System"...
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    Gangrene (redirect from Peripheral gangrene)
    Gangrene is caused by a critically insufficient blood supply (e.g., peripheral vascular disease) or infection. It is associated with diabetes and long-term...
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  • including Women in Technology International, Heritage Valley Health System, Carolina Vascular, Mission Hospital, and Lake Norman Regional Medical Center. The...
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    "Acrocyanosis: The Flying Dutchman." Vascular Medicine 2011 Aug;16(4):288-301 Olin, J.W. (2004). Other peripheral arterial diseases. In L. Goldman & D...
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    which play crucial roles in the modulation of vascular tone. Additionally, sympathetic nervous system activation, triggered by stress or other stimuli...
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    for the administered medications and fluids to go directly into the vascular system. The IO route of fluid and medication administration is an alternative...
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    Erythromelalgia (category Peripheral nervous system disorders)
    Erythromelalgia, or Mitchell's disease (after Silas Weir Mitchell), is a rare vascular peripheral pain disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the lower extremities...
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    first. SEMS are also sometimes used in the vascular system, usually in the aorta and peripheral vascular system. In the past they have been used for saphenous...
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