RT Book, Section
A1 Chopra, Anil
A1 Carr, David
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121504455
T1 Arterial Occlusion
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121504455
RD 2024/04/23
AB Acute  limb  ischemia  requires  rapid  recognition  and  therapy  for  limb  salvage.  Critical  limb  ischemia  occurs  in  chronic  progressive  peripheral  arterial  disease  when  pain  at  rest,  ulceration,  or  gangrene  exists.  Despite  improvements  in  the  management  of  peripheral  arterial  disease,  current  1-year  mortality  after  the  onset  of  critical  limb  ischemia  is  25%,  and  25%  of  survivors  require  amputation.1,2