bruits and hypertension

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The textbook that I am looking at says to assess carotid, renal, ischial, or femoral bruits.

Where is an ischial bruit found, if there is one? The others that are mentioned are ones

that I have instructions about, but not for ischial.

My searching on google hasn't produced an answer.

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Specializes in GI.

Here is a shot in the dark: ischial is the pelvis; Ischium which is part of the pelvis. ???:confused:

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Specializes in ICU, Telemetry.

I googled and got a a bunch of hits, soooo....?

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

you might want to take a terminology course. several free online ones are listed on post #19 of this sticky thread in the nursing stident assistance forum: https://allnurses.com/nursing-student-assistance/need-help-abbreviations-89810.html - need help with abbreviations, medical terminology. all of the above (carotid, renal, ischial, or femoral) refer to anatomical areas of the body where a pulse can be located. ischial is a form of the word ischium, the lower part of the hip bone. the word root ischio- means the ischium and the suffix -ial that has been combined with it means "pertaining to". ischial literally means "pertaining to the ischium". so, you are looking for a bruit in an arterial pulse found over the ischium.

as a student you are more likely to get answers to questions like this from other more willing students on the student forums. click on the student tab above.

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