RT Book, Section
A1 Heilman, James
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121495651
T1 Trauma to the Extremities
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121495651
RD 2024/04/23
AB Isolated  trauma  to  an  extremity  with  associated  vascular  injury  has  nearly  a  10%  rate  of  mortality  or  limb  loss.1  Injuries  involving  the  lower  extremities  are  more  common  than  injuries  involving  the  upper  extremities.  The  two  most  commonly  injured  blood  vessels  are  the  femoral  and  popliteal  vessels.2  Penetrating  trauma  with  early  shock  from  proximal  arterial  hemorrhage  is  more  likely  to  lead  to  mortality.  Blunt  distal  extremity  trauma  with  associated  distal  vascular  injury  is  more  commonly  involved  in  early  limb  loss  and  amputations.