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Why a phlebotomist should never attempt venipuncture in a patient who shows clear oedema in the arms?
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What is another name for oedema?
Dropsy is the former name for oedema
What does endplate oedema mean?
what does endplate oedema mean
What causes oedema?
Oedema is the accumulation of fluid within any part of the body.
Lung auscultation in congestive heart failure?
You listen to both bases for signs of basal pulmonary oedema with the patient sitting up, presenting as crackles or rales.
Obsolete name for oedema?
Dropsy
What is an anasarca?
An anasarca is a generalized oedema.
Can anemia lead to oedema?
anemia causes increased production of vascular endothelial relaxing factor that causes dilatation of the vasculature producing oedema.
How do you get rid of pitting oedema?
pitting oedema is the retension of fluid due to cardiac failure as a consequence of excessive salt and water retension ,also seen in pulmonary diseases,peripheral oedema is mainly found in the feet and ankles in ambulant patients,as its site is determined by gravity,pressure with the thumb if sustained will displace the fluid and leave a pit,on going to bed it is redestributed to thighs and sacral regions,the treatment is to treat the cause for cardiac,pulmonary,venous congestion,or for renal causes, to advice the patient to consume less salt and to be ambulant
What is the reason for death after consuming methanol?
Death results from complications of metabolic acidosis including coma, convulsions, cardiovascular collapse, cerebral oedema and pulmonary oedema.
What is acroedema?
Acroedema is oedema which affects the hands and feet.
What is the medical term meaning swollen areas in tissue?
oedema
What are the signs and symptoms of hyperhydration?
lethargy,oedema,confusion,rhabdomyolysis
