Which vessel does the axillary vein drain? Correct Answer: Subclavian
Which vessel does the common anterior tibial vein drain into? Correct Answer:
Popliteal
A venous Photoplethysmographic study (PPG) is ordered on yo
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Which vessel does the axillary vein drain? Correct Answer: Subclavian
Which vessel does the common anterior tibial vein drain into? Correct Answer:
Popliteal
A venous Photoplethysmographic study (PPG) is ordered on your next patient. The
initial refill time (VRT) is 13 seconds with a VRT of 15 seconds following
application of a tourniquet. What do these values suggest? Correct Answer:
Incompetence of the deep system
How is flow to the upper extremity affected when a patient with acute superior
vena cava syndrome takes in a breath? Correct Answer: The flow remains the
same
How is the left renal vein anatomically related to the aorta? Correct Answer: The
vein is anterior to the artery
During muscle contraction, what is the normal direction of blood flow in the
perforating veins of the lower extremity? Correct Answer: Moves cephalad from
the superficial into the deep
Mrs. CS is complaining of swelling of her left lower extremity. As you proceed
with your venous duplex study, you document continuous flow in the left common
femoral vein. How would you most likely interpret that finding? Correct Answer:
Indicative of a proximal obstruction
During a CW Doppler evaluation of a swollen right lower extremity, you are not
able to discern a spontaneous signal at the PTV site. However, you can document
augmentation with distal compression. What is the significiance of these findings
in the PTV? Correct Answer: Within normal limits
A venous duplex study is ordered on a pt with a swollen right arm 4 days after the
insertion of a PICC line. If that line was inserted into the cephalic vin (V), what is
the most likely course it will follow? Correct Answer: Cephalic V into subclavian
V into Innominate
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