Peripheral Arterial Overview and Indirect Testing
Peripheral Arterial Overview and Indirect Testing
This video covers indirect physiologic testing methods for detecting peripheral arterial occlusive disease, including systolic pressure measurements, doppler waveforms, and plethysmography techniques. Students learn to identify clinical symptoms like intermittent claudication and rest pain, distinguish arterial disease from mimicking conditions, and understand proper patient positioning and cuff sizing for accurate hemodynamic assessment.
Transcript
22:36 lessonThis is unit eight. We're gonna talk about indirect assessment of arterial disease. Main objectives of this particular lecture is to describe the types of indirect testing included in systolic pressure measurements, doppler, waveforms, and plethysmography. This lists the indirect techniques, testing techniques employed in an upper and and lower extremities. We are going to identify normal and...
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