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Acute Limb Ischemia - Diagnosis and Management
#Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm #Limb #Ischemia #Ischemic #Amputation
Acute Limb Ischemia ... Management #Algorithm #Limb
6 P’s Mnemonic for Acute Limb Ischemia - Signs of an acutely threatened limb

Pain
Pallor
Pulselessness
Paresthesia
Paralysis (muscle/nerve ischemia)
Poikilothermia
Mnemonic for Acute Limb ... acutely threatened limb ... PPPPPP #Mnemonic #Limb
Acute and Critical Limb Ischemia
Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI):
 • Severe form of PAD that includes limb
Acute and Critical Limb ... Ischemia Critical Limb ... that includes limb ... Acute Limb Ischemia ... Acute #Critical #Limb
Limb-Shaking Transient Ischemic Attack (LS-TIA)

Limb shaking Transient Ischemic Attack (LS-TIA) during transient occlusion of the right
Limb-Shaking Transient ... Attack (LS-TIA) Limb ... @bobvarkey #Limb
Orofacial and limb dyskinesias in NMDAR encephalitis. 

Note the lip mutilation.  Pt is tracheostomized &
Orofacial and limb ... #Orofacial #limb
Alien Limb Syndrome on Physical Exam

Elderly lady with Parkinsonism (PSP) c/o left leg rising up spontaneously
Alien Limb Syndrome ... Left right sided limb ... types of Alien limb ... bobvarkey #Alien #Limb
Acute Compartment Syndrome
 • Crush injuries, burns, circumferential constriction to limbs (each containing facially divided muscle
constriction to limbs ... nutrient delivery to limb ... needs of affected limb ... bones, Prolonged limb ... vessels of affected limb
How to remember Billroth Anatomy
Billroth I - 1 Limb
Billroth II - 2 Limbs

Dr. Keith Siau @drkeithsiau

#Billroth
Billroth I - 1 Limb ... Billroth II - 2 Limbs
Acute limb ischemia (ALI)

Rapid decrease in lower limb blood flow due to acute occlusion of peripheral
Acute limb ischemia ... decrease in lower limb ... coldness of lower limb ... Critical Limb ischemia ... saved a gangrenous limb
Nephron Physiology and Transporters
 • Proximal Tubule
 • Thick Ascending Limb
 • Distal Convoluted Tubule
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Thick Ascending Limb