PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM

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PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM
  1. ASSESSMENT
    1. PALPATION
      1. BRACHIAL ARTERY
        1. CAROTID ARTERY
          1. RATE
            1. RHYTHM
              1. SYMMETRY
                1. STRENGTH
                  1. ELASTICITY
                2. AUSCULTATION
                  1. BLOOD PRESSURE IN BOTH ARMS WHILE THE CLIENT IS SITTING AND STANDING
                3. FINDINGS
                  1. ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE (SITTING)
                    1. NORMAL
                      1. MAY BE DIFFERENCE OF 5-10 MMHG BETWEEN BOTH ARMS
                        1. SYSTOLIC PRESSURE: <120 MMHG
                          1. DIASTOLIC PRESSURE: <80 MMHG
                          2. DEVIATION FROM NORMAL
                            1. MORE THAN 10 MMHG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOTH ARMS
                              1. SYSTOLIC PRESSURE: >120 MMHG
                                1. DIASTOLIC PRESSURE: >80 MMHG
                              2. ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE (STANDING)
                                1. DEVIATION FROM NORMAL
                                  1. SYSTOLIC PRESSURE: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARMS OF MORE THAN 15 MMHG
                                    1. DIASTOLIC PRESSURE: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARMS OF MORE THAN 5 MMHG
                                    2. NORMAL
                                      1. SYSTOLIC PRESSURE: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARMS OF 15 MMHG OR LESS
                                        1. DIASTOLIC PRESSURE: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARMS OR 5 MMHG OR LESS
                                      2. CAROTID ARTERY PALPATION
                                        1. NORMAL
                                          1. 60 TO 90 BEATS PER MINUTE: REGULAR, EQUAL STRONG AND ELASTIC
                                          2. DEVIATION FROM NORMAL
                                            1. <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
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