DESCRIPTION:
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.
CONTENTS:
Part I. Cerebrovascular Disease
1. Cerebral sinus venous thrombosis
2. Acute ischemic stroke
3. Intracerebral hemorrhage
4. Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
5. Blunt and penetrating injuries to the neck
6. Cervical artery dissection
Part II. Acute Aortic Disease
7. Acute aortic dissection
8. Acute aortic occlusion
9. Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms
10. Blunt aortic injury
11. Thoracica aortic aneurysm
Part III. Extremities
12. Acute upper limb ischemia
13. Acute atraumatic lower limb ischemia
14. Extremity aneurysms
15. Evaluation and management of thrombosed/occluded bypass grafts
16. Penetrating extremity trauma - vascular aspects
Part IV. Visceral Arterial/Venous Emergencies
17. Acute mesenteric ischemia
18. Acute visceral venous disease
Part V. Acute Venous Thromboembolic Disease
19. Upper extremity deep venous thrombosis
20. Lower extremity deep venous thrombosis
21. Pulmonary embolism
22. Thrombolytic therapy for venous thromboembolism
Part VI. Use of Ultrasound in the Emergency Department
23. Ultrasound-guided central venous access
24. Use of ultrasound to assess the patient with hypotension and shock
25. Use of ultrasound to assess abdominal vascular emergencies
Part VII. Miscellaneous
26. Hemodialysis access emergencies
27. Complications of central venous catheterization
28. Complications of cardiac catheterization
29. Vascular manifestations of systemic autoimmune diseases
