Posted by BRAINY GROUP on May 31, 2001 at 14:49:21:
treatment of limb ischemia
a) amputation
b) arteriography
c) bypass graft
d) intrarterial vasodilator
e) femoral embolectomy
f) advise stop smoking and exercise
g) fasciotomy
1. man involved in road traffic accident is found to have sominuted fractures of the tibia and fibula. he develops rapid swelling of the lower limb below the knee. Arterial pulses are absent below the knee
2. An elderly male develops pain in his thigh and leg when walking for approximately 20 metres. This pain resolves with rest. He is a long time smoker. n examination his dorsalis pedis pulse on the affected side is absent
3. A 70 year old with known atrial fibrillation on treatment dvelops a sudden cold leg . Pulses are absent in the level at and below the knee.
4. A 67 year old male with a history of peripheral vascular disease develops sever ulceration and celllitis in his left foot and extending up his left leg above the left ankle.. The popliteal pulse is absent on that side. he has a history of ulceration on the contralateral side which resolved following a bypass graft operation on that side.
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