Case challenge · Vascular / Emergency · teaching

Acute Limb Ischemia — Management Pathway · case challenge

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Case #1Vascular / Emergency

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Rutherford gradeIIb (immediately threatened)

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Step 1 / 1 · Rutherford grade

Rutherford grade (sensory/motor loss and Doppler signals)?

💡 Acute limb ischemia — the 6 P's: Pain, Pallor, Pulselessness, Perishing cold, Paraesthesia, Powerlessness; usually embolic (AF) or thrombotic. Give every salvageable limb immediate IV unfractionated heparin + analgesia + CTA. Grade by sensory/motor loss and Doppler arterial/venous signals.

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