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🟣A bruit has a unique sound that you want to be familiar with as a nurse. The reason you want to be familiar with this sound is because you will be assessing for them during your head-to-toe nursing assessment. (Tip: The bell of the stethoscope is the best for assessing them.) 🟣A bruit is a blowing, swooshing noise found in a vascular structure (ex: artery) that can arise for stenosis or partial obstruction of that vessel. In an abdominal assessment you will be listening at various points on t

Carotid Duplex According to the CDC Stroke is the 5th leading cause of death (133,103) [1] Carotid examination is the initial exam in evaluating atherosclerotic disease. In this video I am going to cover the anatomy of the extracranial arteries, go over the protocol of duplex examination and briefly cover pathology at the end. Indications Syncope Stroke AMS TIA Bruit Follow up known stenosis | John Z Wetmore