Journal article
Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene
Abstract
Critically ill patients with shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) can develop ischemic limb injury affecting the lower and sometimes the upper extremities. Arterial pulses are usually maintained in symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) as microthrombosis explains injury to acral (distal extremity) tissues. The strikingly symmetrical nature of the tissue injury, affecting 2 or 4 limbs, corresponds to the systemic nature of DIC …
Authors
Warkentin TE
Journal
Clinical Pulmonary Medicine, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 61–66
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
3 2018
DOI
10.1097/cpm.0000000000000253
ISSN
1068-0640