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EMBOLISM (PULMONARY EMBOLUS (FATE (MEDIUM (OCCLUDES PULMONARY ARTERY…
EMBOLISM
PULMONARY EMBOLUS
ARISES FROM DEEP VEIN THROMBUS IN CALF MUSCLE
TRAVELS UP IVC INTO RIGHT ATRIUM
DETACHES FROM VEIN & TRAVELS TO INFERIOR VENA CAVA
PASSES RIGHT VENTRICLE INTO PULMONARY ARTERY & INTO ITS BRANCHES
FATE
MEDIUM
OCCLUDES PULMONARY ARTERY BRANCHES=PULMONARY INFARCT
THE INFARCT IS HAEMORRHAGIC BCOZ LUNG HAS DUAL BLOOD SUPPLY
MASSIVE
OCCLUDES PULMONARY TRUNK=SUDDEN DEATH
SMALL & MANY
OCCLUDES SMALL BRANCHES OFF PULMONARY ARTERY= PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
FORMATION OF SOLID MATERIAL CARRIED BY BLOODSTREAM & IMPACTS IN BLOOD VESSEL BLOCKING ITS LUMEN
EMBOLUS
MOST ARISE FROM THROMBI
CAN ARISE INTERNALLY/EXTERNALLY
TYPES:
TUMOUR
METASTASIS
AMNIOTIC FLUID
AMNIOTIC FLUID ENTERS MATERNAL CIRCULATION & CAUSES FATAL SHOCK
AIR
BONE NECROSIS & OSTEOARTHRITIS
HYPOXIA
COMA,HALLUCINATIONS
ATHEROMA
FOREIGN BODY
CATHETERS
BULLETS
THROMBUS
VENOUS
PULMONARY INFARCTION
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
SUDDEN DEATH
CARDIAC & ARTERIAL
INFARCTION
GANGRENE
FAT EMBOLUS
DUE TO TRAUMA FAT TISSUE/FRACTURE OF LONG BONE
PULMONARY FAT EMBOLISM
SYSTEMIC FAT EMBOLISM
SMALL HAEMORRHAGIC INFARCTS IN BRAIN,SKIN & MUCOSAL SURFACES
BACTERIAL EMBOLISM
SEPTIC EMBOLIS
SYSTEMIC EMBOLUS
FATE
ADHERENT THROMBUS
THROMBOEMBOLI
ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN AORTA