One of the most urgent vascular circumstances: Acute limb ischemia:

SAGE Open Medicine

Rezzan DAcar¹ 

关键词: Acute limb ischemia;    thrombosis;    revascularization;    amputation;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2050312113516110

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Acute limb ischemia is a sudden decrease in limb perfusion that threatens limb viability and requires urgent evaluation and management. Most of the causes of acute limb ischemia are thrombosis of a limb artery or bypass graft, embolism from the heart or a disease artery, dissection, and trauma. Assessment determines whether the limb is viable or irreversibly damaged. Prompt diagnosis and revascularization by means of catheter-based thrombolysis or thrombectomy and by surgery reduce the risk of limb loss and mortality. Amputation is performed in patients with irreversible damage. Despite urgent revascularization, amputation rate is 10%–15% in patients during hospitalization, mostly above the knee, and mortality within 1 year is 10%–15% due to the coexisting conditions.

【 授权许可】

CC BY