Avoiding the Dead Leg: Acute Limb Ischemia (ALI)

Medical errors related to vascular emergencies are common and costly. From head to toe, the vascular system is a fertile field for risk and error waiting to entangle the unwary practitioner.

• Starting at the top, the high-risk vascular entities include a trio of hemorrhages (subarachnoid, subdural, and epidural) and the ischemic duo of TIA and stroke. 
• In the chest reside some of the big hitters – acute coronary syndrome, pulmonary embolism, and thoracic aortic dissection. 
• Moving south into the abdomen, we find abdominal aortic aneurysm, mesenteric ischemia, GI bleeds, retroperitoneal bleeds and traumatic hemorrhages.

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