TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Arterial Occlusion A1 - Chopra, Anil A1 - Carr, David A2 - Tintinalli, Judith E. A2 - Stapczynski, J. Stephan A2 - Ma, O. John A2 - Yealy, Donald M. A2 - Meckler, Garth D. A2 - Cline, David M. PY - 2016 T2 - Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e AB - Acute limb ischemia requires rapid recognition and therapy for limb salvage. Critical limb ischemia occurs in chronic progressive peripheral arterial disease when pain at rest, ulceration, or gangrene exists. Despite improvements in the management of peripheral arterial disease, current 1-year mortality after the onset of critical limb ischemia is 25%, and 25% of survivors require amputation.1,2 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121504455 ER -