Learning Points:
• Acute limb ischemia is a sudden decrease in limb perfusion that threatens limb viability
• Etiology includes acute thrombosis, embolism from the heart, atherosclerosis, trauma and many more
• Assess the 6P’s: Pain, Pallor, Pulselessness, Parasthesia, Poikilothermia and Paralysis
• PROMPT diagnosis is necessary in an effort to salvage the limb
• Treatment options include anti-coagulation, endovascular revascularization vs surgical revascularization
• For more information, check out this article from NEJM.