TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Trauma to the Extremities
A1  - Heilman, James
A2  - Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2  - Ma, O. John
A2  - Yealy, Donald M.
A2  - Meckler, Garth D.
A2  - Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2  - Cline, David M.
A2  - Thomas, Stephen H.
PY  - 2020
T2  - Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
AB  - Trauma  to  an  extremity  with  associated  vascular  injury  has  a  5%  rate  of  mortality,  5%  rate  of  primary  limb  amputation,  and  17%  rate  of  delayed  limb  amputation.1  Penetrating  trauma  with  early  shock  from  proximal  arterial  hemorrhage  is  more  likely  to  lead  to  mortality.  Blunt  distal  extremity  trauma  with  associated  distal  vascular  injury  is  more  commonly  involved  in  early  limb  loss  and  amputations.  Risk  factors  for  delayed  amputation  include  major  soft  tissue  injury,  compartment  syndrome,  ischemia  of  more  than  6  hours,  and  associated  fracture.2  Injuries  involving  the  lower  extremities  are  more  common  than  injuries  involving  the  upper  extremities.  The  two  most  commonly  injured  blood  vessels  are  the  femoral  and  popliteal  vessels.3  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1167028832
ER  -