| 1 | DVBCWAV1 ;ALB/CMM ARTERIES AND VEINS WKS TEXT - 1 ; 5 MARCH 1997
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| 2 |  ;;2.7;AMIE;**12**;Apr 10, 1995
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| 3 |  ;
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| 4 |  ;
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| 5 | TXT ;
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| 6 |  ;;A.  Review of Medical Records:
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| 7 |  ;;
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| 8 |  ;;
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| 9 |  ;;
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| 10 |  ;;B.  Medical History (Subjective Complaints):
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| 11 |  ;;
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| 12 |  ;;    Comment on:
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| 13 |  ;;    1.  Symptoms due to aortic aneurysm, other large or small artery 
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| 14 |  ;;        aneurysm, or arteriovenous aneurysm.
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| 15 |  ;;
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| 16 |  ;;
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| 17 |  ;;    2.  Current and past treatment, including surgery - e.g., aortic 
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| 18 |  ;;        aneurysm grafting, varicose vein stripping, angioplasty of 
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| 19 |  ;;        peripheral vessels, etc.  Date and response, side effects.
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| 20 |  ;;
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| 21 |  ;;
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| 22 |  ;;    3.  Pain, cramping, claudication on exertion? standing? pain at 
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| 23 |  ;;        rest?  Give frequency, severity, level of exercise that 
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| 24 |  ;;        precipitates pain, duration.
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| 25 |  ;;
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| 26 |  ;;
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| 27 |  ;;    4.  Paresthesias or other abnormal sensations.
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| 28 |  ;;
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| 29 |  ;;
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| 30 |  ;;    5.  Attacks of angioneurotic edema - severity, location, frequency, 
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| 31 |  ;;        duration?
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| 32 |  ;;
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| 33 |  ;;
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| 34 |  ;;    6.  Cold sensitivity.
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| 35 |  ;;
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| 36 |  ;;
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| 37 |  ;;    7.  If treated for malignancy, state type of treatment and dates,
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| 38 |  ;;        including date of last treatment.  Describe any residual
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| 39 |  ;;        or recurrent symptoms if treated has been completed.
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| 40 |  ;;
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| 41 |  ;;
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| 42 |  ;;    8.  Is exercise and exertion precluded by the condition?
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| 43 |  ;;
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| 44 |  ;;
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| 45 |  ;;    9.  Is veteran confined to house or bed because of the condition?
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| 46 |  ;;
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| 47 |  ;;
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| 48 |  ;;   10.  Describe the effects of the condition(s) on the veteran's 
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| 49 |  ;;        usual occupation and daily activities.
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| 50 |  ;;
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| 51 |  ;;
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| 52 |  ;;C.  Physical Examination (Objective Findings):
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| 53 |  ;;
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| 54 |  ;;    Address each of the following and fully describe current findings:
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| 55 |  ;;    1.  Nutrition, general state of health.
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| 56 |  ;;
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| 57 |  ;;
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| 58 |  ;;    2.  Renal, cardiac, or cerebral arteriosclerotic foci.
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| 59 |  ;;
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| 60 |  ;;
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| 61 |  ;;    3.  Cardiac status - size, function.
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| 62 |  ;;
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| 63 |  ;;
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| 64 |  ;;    4.  Evidence and size of aneurysm.
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| 65 |  ;;
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| 66 |  ;;
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| 67 |  ;;    5.  Extremities:
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| 68 |  ;;        a.  Temperature.
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| 69 |  ;;
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| 70 |  ;;
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| 71 |  ;;
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| 72 |  ;;        b.  Evidence of superficial phlebitis.
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| 73 |  ;;
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| 74 |  ;;
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| 75 |  ;;
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| 76 |  ;;        c.  Ulceration or tissue loss.
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| 77 |  ;;
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| 78 |  ;;
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| 79 |  ;;
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| 80 |  ;;        d.  Edema (constant or intermittent, relieved by elevation?).
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| 81 |  ;;
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| 82 |  ;;
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| 83 |  ;;        e.  Scar.
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| 84 |  ;;
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| 85 |  ;;
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| 86 |  ;;
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| 87 |  ;;        f.  Color.
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| 88 |  ;;
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| 89 |  ;;
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| 90 |  ;;        g.  Eczema.
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| 91 |  ;;
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| 92 |  ;;
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| 93 |  ;;        h.  Tenderness.
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| 94 |  ;;
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| 95 |  ;;
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| 96 |  ;;    6.  If there are attacks of blanching or flushing, or blanching, 
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| 97 |  ;;        rubor, and cyanosis, indicate their frequency and duration.
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| 98 |  ;;
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| 99 |  ;;
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| 100 |  ;;    7.  If evidence or history of erythromelalgia - severity, frequency,
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| 101 |  ;;        duration?
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| 102 |  ;;
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| 103 |  ;;
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| 104 |  ;;    8.  If varicosities are present, indicate their size (diameter?),
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| 105 |  ;;        location, appearance, and if deep circulation is involved.
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| 106 |  ;;
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| 107 |  ;;
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| 108 |  ;;D.  Diagnostic and Clinical Tests:
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| 109 |  ;;
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| 110 |  ;;    1.  X-rays, Doppler vascular studies, angiogram, etc., as 
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| 111 |  ;;        appropriate, and if indicated.
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| 112 |  ;;    2.  Include results of all diagnostic and clinical tests conducted
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| 113 |  ;;        in the examination report.
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| 114 |  ;;
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| 115 |  ;;
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| 116 |  ;;E.  Diagnosis:
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| 117 |  ;;
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| 118 |  ;;
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| 119 |  ;;Signature:                             Date:
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| 120 |  ;;END
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