Online Medical Books for Buerger's disease
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- GANGRENE
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- GANGRENE
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Does it involve the upper or lower extremity? Involvement of the upper extremities should suggest Raynaud's disease, scleroderma, and other collagen diseases.
Are there good peripheral pulses? The ... DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP
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Chronic venous insufficiency affects up to 25% of the general population and is the most common cause of edema or swelling of the lower extremities. Normal venous blood return to the heart requires competent venous valves, intermittent muscle contraction of the legs,... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment
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... Signs and Symptoms Crepitation at infection site, pain, discoloration, foul- smelling discharge, hypovolemia, toxemia (decreased blood pressure, tachycardia, tachypnea)
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... Buerger’s disease (sometimes called thromboangiitis obliterans) — an inflammatory, nonatheromatous occlusive condition — causes segmental lesions and subsequent thrombus formation in the small and medium arteries (and... Causes and incidence ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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... Buerger’s disease, also known as thromboangiitis obliterans, is an inflammatory, nonatheromatous occlusive condition that causes segmental lesions and subsequent thrombus formation in small- and medium-sized arteries (and sometimes the veins), resulting in decreased... Causes ... Signs and symptoms ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Special considerations
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The mneumonic VINDICATE will help formulate a useful list of
possible causes of gangrene.
V—Vascular. Gangrene is seen in peripheral arteriosclerosis, Buerger
disease, thrombosis of the large arteries such as
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