Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 90%
Simulated
When developing a teaching plan for a client with peripheral artery disease (PAD), the nurse should explain that intermittent claudication occurs as the result of which underlying pathophysiology?
Correct answer
C
Rationale
Intermittent claudication is cramping leg pain during exercise due to inadequate blood flow from arterial narrowing/occlusion in PAPain occurs when oxygen demand exceeds supply during activity-classic ischemic pain. Option is correct. A is opposite (elevation reduces venous return), is chronic effect, is venous stasis sign.