Posted: August 16th, 2017

Which of the following terms refers to leg pain that is brought on walking and caused by arterial insufficiency?

Which of the following terms refers to leg pain that is brought on walking and caused by arterial insufficiency?
a) Intermittent claudication
Intermittent claudication is leg pain that is brought on by exercise and relieved by rest.
b) Dyspnea
Dyspnea is the patient’s subjective statement of difficulty breathing.
c) Orthopnea
Orthopnea is the inability of the patient to breathe except in the upright (sitting) position.
d) Thromboangitis obliterans
Thomroangitis obliterans is a peripheral vascular disease also known as Burger’s disease.