Chapter 11- Plethysmography

Question 1

What part of the limb is photo-plethysmography used on?

Answer 1

DIGITS, as in your toes and fingers. This is basically like when we put that sensor on the toe and the machine calibrates it.

Question 2

What part of the limb is volume plethysmography used on?

Answer 2

limbs

Question 3

Can we do plethysmography on a diabetic patient with medial calcification

Answer 3

YES

it is unaffected unlike segmental pressures (artifically higher pressures with that)

Question 4

When we see a loss of the dicrotic notch but still see a sharp peak when doing plethysmography what does this indicate?

Answer 4

mild disease

Question 5

Severity of disease is often underestimated. True oR false

Answer 5

True