Unit 10

    Cards (3)

    • Valsalva maneuver - holding breath breath and straining against a closed glottis
    • Orthostatic hypotension - a common result of immobilization
    • Venous vasodilation and stasis:

      In immobile client, the skeletal muscles do not contract sufficiently, and the muscles atrophy. It can no longer assist in pumping blood back to the heart against gravity
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