ARDMS Abdomen Review (Based off of URR Review Course) Questions and Answers Already Passed

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ARDMS Abdomen Review (Based off of URR Review Course) Questions and Answers Already Passed What does an increased RI mean ✔✔increased resistance in vascular bed What does an increased pulsatil... ity index mean ✔✔increased resistance in vascular bed Normal PI for vessels supplying organs such as kidneys ✔✔< 0.75 Hydrostatic pressure: when supine at ankle when standing above heart when standing ✔✔0 mmHg 100 mmHg -30 mmHg What vessel is the most posterior abdominal vessel ✔✔aorta Paired branches of the aorta (5) ✔✔suprarenal arteries (adrenal glands) renal arteries (kidneys) gonadal arteries (ovaries/testicles) lumbar arteries common iliac arteries Unpaired branches of the aorta (4) ✔✔celiac axis (common hepatic, splenic, left gastric arteries) SMA IMA median sacral artery What level common iliac arteries bifurcate ✔✔L3-4 Decreased hematocrit may indicate what ✔✔bleed in body What happens to the aorta as you follow it distally (2) ✔✔gets smaller becomes more anterior Aortic Ectasia ✔✔lack of tapering of aorta as you move distally (can be precursor to aneurysm) AAA What vessel walls are involved ✔✔focal dilation of aorta >3cm or >50% diameter between two adjacent segments all three Most common cause of AAA ✔✔atherosclerotic disease Risk factors for AAA (4) ✔✔1. male 2. family history 3. smoking 4. chronic hypertension Saccular aneurysm ✔✔localized round out pouching, may have small stalk Fusiform aneurysm ✔✔vessel wall stretched in circumferential manner (most common) Mycotic aneurysm ✔✔infected aneurysm, seen with syphilis Most common location of fusiform aneurysms ✔✔infrarenal At what diameter is surgical intervention done on an AAA ✔✔>5.5cm Complications of AAA (5) ✔✔1. rupture 2. decreased blood to lower extremities 3. thrombus accumulation and embolization (blue toe syndrome) 4. affects renal circulation and systemic blood pressure (if suprarenal) 5. compress IVC Yin Yang Sign ✔✔sonographic sign with AAA swirling of blood in body of aneurysm on color doppler Splanchnic artery aneurysm most commonly occurs in What gender is this more common in ✔✔splenic artery women Aneurysm in the hepatic artery most commonly oc [Show More]

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