Vascular History Taking

Overview

Taking a vascular history tends to mean a focused history looking at arterial symptoms in the context of PVD.

The process should follow the usual history-taking sequence, with particular emphasis as described here.

Most commonly:

SOCRATES history of pain (see Figure 11.1). In claudication, the pain is typically:

localised to the calf and sometimes the buttock
aching/cramping/tight
relieved with rest
occurring after consistent distance
relieved after consistent rest time
inclined to pass without the patient needing to sit down (suggesting a load-bearing problem, e.g. hip pain).

In rest pain, the pain is:

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Jul 1, 2016 | Posted by admin in CARDIOLOGY | Comments Off