Zusammenfassung der Ressource
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM
- ASSESSMENT
- PALPATION
- BRACHIAL ARTERY
- CAROTID ARTERY
- RATE
- RHYTHM
- SYMMETRY
- STRENGTH
- ELASTICITY
- AUSCULTATION
- BLOOD PRESSURE IN BOTH ARMS
WHILE THE CLIENT IS SITTING
AND STANDING
- FINDINGS
- ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE (SITTING)
- NORMAL
- MAY BE DIFFERENCE OF
5-10 MMHG BETWEEN
BOTH ARMS
- SYSTOLIC PRESSURE: <120 MMHG
- DIASTOLIC PRESSURE: <80 MMHG
- DEVIATION FROM NORMAL
- MORE THAN 10 MMHG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOTH ARMS
- SYSTOLIC PRESSURE: >120 MMHG
- DIASTOLIC PRESSURE: >80 MMHG
- ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE (STANDING)
- DEVIATION FROM NORMAL
- SYSTOLIC PRESSURE: DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ARMS OF MORE THAN 15
MMHG
- DIASTOLIC PRESSURE: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ARMS OF MORE THAN 5 MMHG
- NORMAL
- SYSTOLIC PRESSURE: DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ARMS OF 15 MMHG OR LESS
- DIASTOLIC PRESSURE: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ARMS OR 5 MMHG OR LESS
- CAROTID ARTERY PALPATION
- NORMAL
- 60 TO 90 BEATS PER MINUTE: REGULAR, EQUAL
STRONG AND ELASTIC
- DEVIATION FROM NORMAL
- <60 OR >90 BPM: IRREGULAR, UNEQUAL,
WEAK AND THREAD, BOUNDING AND FIRM, IN
ELASTIC. PULSE INEQUALITY MAY INDICATE
ARTERIAL CONSTRICTION OR OCCLUSION IN
ONE CAROTID. WEAK PULSE OCCUR W/
HYPOVOLEMIA, SHOCK OR DECREASED
CARDIAC OUTPUT. LOSS OF ELASTICITY MAY
INDICATE ARTERIOSCLEROSIS