Vascular Emergencies

by Rogers, Robert L., M.d.; Scalea, Thomas, M.D.; Wallis, Lee; Geduld, Heike

• ISBN13: 9781107035027
• ISBN10: 1107035023
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-05-20
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Of all of the clinical entities within the discipline of medicine, vascular emergencies are the most time sensitive, and the patients with these conditions are amongst the most severely ill. Emergency care providers encounter these entities on a day-to-day basis in the emergency department. Vascular emergencies by their very nature are limb and life threatening, and emergency physicians and other providers have to be expert in the care and disposition of this group of patients. Vascular Emergencies focuses on the acute presentation in the emergency department. Each chapter includes a discussion on diagnosis and treatment when resources are limited, a list of critical actions, pearls and pitfalls, and definitive care. Written by emergency physicians with unique understanding of the pertinent issues in the emergency department, this book provides practical advice for all acute care providers caring for patients with vascular emergencies.

Table of Contents

Preface

List of contributors

Cerebrovascular Disease

Cerebral sinus venous thrombosis

Acute ischemic stroke

Intracerebral hemorrhage

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Blunt and penetrating injuries to the neck

Cervical artery dissection

Acute Aortic Disease

Acute aortic dissection

Acute aortic occlusion

Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms

Blunt aortic injury

Thoracica aortic aneurysm

Extremities Kapil Gopal:

Acute upper limb ischemia

Acute atraumatic lower limb ischemia

Extremity aneurysms

Evaluation and management of thrombosed/occluded bypass grafts

Penetrating extremity trauma - vascular aspects Timothy

Visceral Arterial/Venous Emergencies

Acute mesenteric ischemia

Acute visceral venous disease

Acute Venous Thromboembolic Disease

Upper extremity deep venous thrombosis

Lower extremity deep venous thrombosis

Pulmonary embolism

Thrombolytic therapy for venous thromboembolism

Use of Ultrasound in the Emergency Department Brian Euerle:

Ultrasound-guided central venous access Sarah

Use of ultrasound to assess the patient with hypotension and shock

Use of ultrasound to assess abdominal vascular emergencies

Miscellaneous Haney Mallemet:

Hemodialysis access emergencies

Complications of central venous catheterization

Complications of cardiac catheterization

Vascular manifestations of systemic autoimmune diseases

Index

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