Aortoiliac angio and lower extremity runoff study?

nursej22, MSN, RN · Feb 21, 2011

I think you could use educational material for coronary angiography because the procedure itself is similar as far as prep and recovery.

Check out FamilyDoctor.org for teaching material for PAD and claudication. They have a Spanish version as well. It is sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

I like the Mayo Clinic site for education, but I don't see that they have a Spanish version available.

CRNA1982 · Feb 21, 2011

I absolutely cannot find education on this procedure for the patient. My hospital will do it but apparently not educate the patient about it. And if we can't understand it, how are we going to translate it to Spanish? Anyone have suggestions other than beating my cabeza against the wall? Thanks!

Not a vascular surgeon....but I do provide anesthesia for these cases. Aortoiliac angiography will most likely result in the surgeon accessing the femoral artery and injecting dye in the distal aorta and iliac arteries as well as any other communicating arteries in the pts. lower extremities. This pt. is probably suffering from severe PVD and may have a compromised limb that needs intervention or else he/she may lose it. Interventions include angioplasty, bypass grafts, TPA etc. Again, this is something that a vascular surgeon should explain to the patient with a translator at the bedside. It's not your job to explain a procedure (benefits and risks) to a pt. This is the surgeon's responsibility. Good luck.

MunoRN, RN · Feb 21, 2011

This is just more specific way of describing a peripheral angiogram, same as a cardiac cath except on vessels other than coronaries. A runoff study is another way of saying diagnostic angiogram (as opposed to angioplasty). If you use Krames, they have a general angiogram pamphlet in spanish and I think they have a peripheral angiogram one as well.